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The Springboard blog highlights the experiences of Jewish teens and Jewish teen professionals participating in community programs across Chicagoland and beyond. Dive into blogs about different Jewish teen events, leadership programs, trip opportunities, and more! Join us in celebrating the unique perspectives and contributions of Jewish teens and professionals in the Jewish community. To post a blog, please email daniell...@juf.org.
I attended Bernard Zell Anshe Emet Day School from nursery until 8th grade. While I was there, I gained an amazing Jewish education that has served me well in life so far. Going to Israel in 8th grade with my grade was an experience that I will treasure for the rest of my life. Instead of spending time with family in the areas where they lived like on my previous trips with family, I was exposed to many different areas and perspectives that I had not been afforded prior. I am also very thankful to have spent my summers at Camp Interlaken JCC in Eagle River Wisconsin. Going to camp strengthened my Jewish identity and gave me the confidence to participate in Jewish life fully. Being part of a Jewish community has been very important to me especially since I currently attend a non-Jewish school. I have become a part of many different Jewish organizations including BBYO, Diller, RTI, and one of the heads of JSC. All of those things have helped me get to where I am currently in regards to my Jewish identity. Being a Peer Ambassador is an exciting step for me and my Jewish identity because I want to share and create programs that will get people as excited about Judaism as I am. I am so thankful that I was exposed to all of these amazing programs and I want to help more people become involved. I would like to stay involved and be a leader in the Jewish community when I go to college and beyond and I think that being a Peer Ambassador will give me the skills and experience to make that happen.
In addition to discovering impactful organizations, participating in conversations on Camp Tov Zoom Calls made me feel like I truly belonged somewhere. Living in a community with a very small Jewish Population, I have never truly felt accepted besides at SJCS. During Camp Tov, I was able to make connections and share similar beliefs with the other Jewish Teens. This experience encouraged me to become more involved in my Jewish community and to apply for the Springboard Peer Ambassadorship. I am excited to get connected with more Jewish teens during my Peer Ambassadorship and to continue to develop my Jewish Identity.
Stacy Bernstein is the NFTY Midwest Area Associate Managerat the URJ. She oversees six regions:Chicago, Missouri Valley, Ohio Valley, Northern, Northeast Lakes, andMichigan. Stacy went to the Universityof Kansas where she studied Elementary Educator and was an elementary schoolteacher for 2 years in Topeka, KS before coming back to St. Louis to work withthe Reform Teen Initiative. Stacy isthrilled to have made this leap in her career and is excited to get to continuemeeting enthusiastic professionals in the Chicago area.
Talia is a junior at Francis W. Parker School of Chicago, where she is an active leader and member of her community. Through her work with Cradles to Crayons and the Anti-Creaulty Society, her Jewish identity has become central to her passion for volunteering
I think this is a great story givenour current climate. You never know when someone is going through a roughpatch, and a small (or big) act of kindness can have such a huge impact. I amso excited to be in a position where I have the opportunity to make a positiveimpact on my camp and the greater Jewish Community.
Connecting Chicago was foundedby Rem Johannknecht and Lucy Gold in March of 2020. Sophomores at Payton at thetime, this team of friends was inspired and met the moment as individualsaround the City of Chicago fell victim to isolation amid shutdowns and stay athome orders. When public school students began at-home learning, theyunderstood that thousands of families would soon be struggling to keep fromfalling behind.
Rem and Lucy organized theirfellow students in Chicago to launch an innovative virtual tutoring program.Available to students of all incomes, the program impacts over 1000 studentsover the course of the year and is growing steadily. Both tutors and studentsalike have been motivated by a sense of community, connection, and serviceduring these unprecedented times.
After collecting feedback fromtheir volunteers, the founders organized two teams to guide their improvementsteps. First, Rem oversaw a resource development team that crafted bestpractices and compiled resources for tutors in English/Language Arts,Mathematics, and World Languages. Then, Lucy created a recruitment team whichhas been hard at work finding amazing new volunteers crucial to the health ofthe program. Recently, the recruitment team finished crafting their holidayfundraising plan. With a goal to collect five thousand dollars, they arecommitted to ensuring the sustainability and growth of Connecting Chicago.
Recently, the organizationswitched to a quarterly sign up system where one-on-one pairings are made forseveral months. This means that students currently enrolled will continuethrough January! Anyone interested in signing up for the third quarter willhave the opportunity to do so on their website!
Ella, a tutor with ConnectingChicago since the spring, says that her time has been nothing short of amazingsince I started tutoring with them. They are empathetic, organized, easy tocontact, and completely flexible with scheduling."
Rem Johannknecht is the Founderof Connecting Chicago and is known for his hard work ethic. At Payton, he isorganizing a TedxYouth Conference, excels on the varsity sailing team, andparticipates in Model UN. Outside of school, he has organized fellow Chicagoanson several political campaigns, and enjoys learning languages.
Lucy Gold is the Co-Founder of Connecting Chicago and loves to helpothers. In school, she manages the football team and boys basketball team, sheis a peer buddy in Best Buddies, and will be Vice President of the Payton'sSpecial Olympics Committee. Out of school, Lucy loves her job at the Cubs,babysitting, and hanging out with friends and family.
This Chanukah, Springboard is thrilled to partner with JUFTOV to collect winter gear for those in need through Nourish our Neighborhoods on Sunday,December 13th. There will be contactless drop-off locations throughoutthe Chicagoland, include the city and suburbs.
This has been a tough year for so many in our community andthe necessity to support those in need is even greater this year. AtSpringboard, the Jewish middot (values) of kehillah (community), chesed(kindness), and kavod (respect) are essential to our core principle ofsupporting the Chicago teen community. When thinking about what opportunitiesto provide for our community this Chanukah, it was important to us to create on-rampsfor teens and their families to donate to organizations that will help the mostin need this winter. We are proud to share that those receiving our donationson December 13th represent a diverse group of organizations servinga variety of populations including those working within the Jewish community,Black and Brown communities, adult disability community, domestic violencecommunity, and more.
We also recognize that this has been such a tough year formany of you. If you decide to donate on Sunday, December 13th to oneof the ten locations for Nourish our Neigbhorhoods, Springboard will give anyteen ages 13-18 a special Chanukah gift with some limited edition swag thatwill keep you warm as well this winter. Just make sure you email naomi...@juf.org once you register forNourish and she will get you a gift when you donate.
Because this was my first election, I knew that it was important that I stayed engaged. Once the primary season ended, I realized that I wanted to have a role in this election as a volunteer, and thus, I joined a high school volunteer group for a presidential candidate. Not only did I get to call voters, but I also met politically active students all around the country. Inspired by these students and their passion, I took on a couple of leadership roles. I served as the events manager for high school women and Illinois high school students chapters. In these roles, I was able to organize events in which we called voters, participated in enriching discussions, and watched informative political documentaries. I have enjoyed my time in this organization, and I have realized that I want to continue to volunteer for candidates because it is truly amazing to help people participate in one of our most fundamental democratic processes.
Yesterday, I had the opportunity to work as an election judge for the 2020 presidental election. I decided to serve as an election judge since it was driving me crazy that I couldn't vote in this election. I wanted to find a way to make a difference and serving as an election judge was a great opportunity for me to support our democracy. Here are four things that I learned throughout my 15-hour shift:
Setting up for Election Day was tedious and required a lot of patience (with the machines and each other). My polling place was assigned six poll workers, three of which had never worked an election before. Luckily, we had some wonderful women on our team who were experts and were extremely kind and patient throughout the entire very long process. With all of us working together, we were able to set up in time before the election, and clean up afterwards without having to stay too late.
Since a plethora of devices were struggling to connect to our WiFi pod, one of our computers used to check-in voters was running very slowly throughout the entire day, causing a short waiting period for voters as the machine processed everything. The wide range in the way voters reacted amazed me. Some exercised patience and thanked us all for being volunteers, some gave into anger and insults, and some just stood quietly while the computer did its work. I quickly learned that the best way to handle upset voters was to try my best to remain empathetic and handle the situation calmly and gracefully.
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