BBYO IN THE NEWS

Feb 04 2015

First bar mitzvah highlights ONR BBYO regional kallah

For the first time, a local teenager celebrated a bar mitzvah during the Ohio Northern Region BBYO’s regional kallah Jan. 30 to Feb. 1 at Hiram House Camp in Moreland Hills.

Jan 29 2015

MJDS, BBYO create strong Jewish leaders

I recently moved away from Milwaukee leaving my position as marketing and communications director at the Milwaukee Jewish Day School.

Jan 07 2015

Spring Kickoff to welcome new members

Spring Kickoff is our largest “rush event” of the year. We have created Spring Kickoff to be the perfect introduction to BBYO for any new teen, not just eighth graders, specifically because of its relaxed tone and the fun venue.

Dec 27 2014

Teens raise money for those in need at ‘Hunger Games’ showing

BBYO, the world’s leading pluralistic Jewish youth movement and DoSomething.org, the largest not-for-profit for young people and social change, teamed up to launch “Can-Tribute,” a campaign that rallied young people across North America to fight hunger in their local community...

Dec 24 2014

We are all ‘mishpacha’ at BBYO’s Winter Retreat

On Friday night, Dec. 12, over 130 members of South Jersey Region journeyed to the Jewish Federation Annex building in Cherry Hill for the region’s first-ever Winter Retreat, themed “We are Mispacha” (family).

Dec 17 2014

Hanukkah brings together Jewish teens, South High students

Two groups of teenagers from very different Columbus communities came together last night to usher in Hanukkah, the Jewish Festival Lights. The kids from South High School, many of them Christian, learned a few Israeli dance moves, discovered why Hanukkah lasts for eight days, lit the first...

Dec 15 2014

Today’s Not So Different from Our Day: BBYO IC 2015 is Proving It

You wouldn't think that I, a father of an 11-year old and 8-year old, would have much in common with a couple of 17 year-old girls. A couple of years ago, I wouldn't have thought so either, but the second I mentioned to my kids’ babysitters that I was in BBYO in high school, that...

Dec 12 2014

Greenwich's Temple Sholom Teens Volunteer With Habitat For Humanity

Teenagers from Greenwich's Temple Sholom’s Judah BBYO chapter, Temple Sholom’s teen choir, and JTeen of Westchester completed a community service initiative after volunteering with Habitat for Humanity of Westchester in New Rochelle, N.Y.

Dec 12 2014

Youth groups join together to fight hunger at the ‘Hunger Games’

Raising awareness of hunger was one of the reasons 289 local Jewish teenagers came together through BBYO for a pre-screening of “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1” last month.