Jewish Teens Around the World Celebrate Unforgettable Shabbat
Throughout the weekend of December 2-3, Jewish teens from more than 500 local chapters in hundreds of communities across 20 countries joined together to take part in BBYO’s Global Shabbat 2016. Celebrating this year’s theme, “Be a Gamechanger,” participants engaged a variety of influential gamechangers, including local officials, politicians, lay leaders, entrepreneurs, journalists, and Holocaust survivors, in interactive Shabbat celebrations alongside their peers, families, and communities.
Just a few of the many notable guests joining this year’s Global Shabbat celebrations included: Glenn Greenberg, Senior Editor at Time, Inc. and former writer for Marvel Entertainment; Larry King, American television and radio host and former CNN commentator; Mort Lightstone, Captain with the Royal Canadian Air Force; Estee Portnoy, Senior Vice President of Marketing for JUMP DC and Business Manager for NBA legend, Michael Jordan; and Harry Swimmer, a top-ten finalist for this year’s CNN Heroes and Founder of Mitey Riders, a non-profit providing equine therapy to young people with disabilities.