Young Judaea

06/05/2026

Mark your calendars! Alumni weekends, big anniversaries, family retreats, and more are on the horizon at YJ Camps! ☀️

Find all the info here: https://www.youngjudaea.org/events

06/04/2026

Young Judaea celebrates our commitment to inclusion and belonging across our Israel programs, camps, and year-round programming. As a pluralistic movement, we believe our community is stronger when everyone has a place in our big tent. Happy Pride Month!

06/03/2026

Will you be at Sprout's 50th this summer?

Register here! https://www.cyjsproutlake.org/donate/registration/

They’re going to CYJ Sprout Lake’s 50th on July 19, 2026… are you?

“Sprout Lake just feels like home. It’s the place that raised me, where I grew into my best self. There’s a magic that exists there for me that always calls me back.” – Sam Schneider (Camper 2004–2008, Staff 2013–2017)

Join Sam and so many others as we celebrate 50 years of Sprout magic with campers, staff, families, alumni, and lifers ✨

Register now: https://www.cyjsproutlake.org/donate/registration/

06/02/2026

Can the Jewish community hold many voices?

Join Young Judaea and Hadassah Midwest for a virtual conversation on building Jewish communities that embrace diverse beliefs, traditions, and perspectives.

Hear from YJ CEO Adina Frydman, Rabbi Adam Drucker, and Young Judaea alumna Rabbi Leora Frankel as they discuss the role pluralism has played in their Jewish journeys and leadership.

June 15 at 7:30 PM ET / 6:30 PM CT

Register Here: https://bit.ly/4sswAuH

06/01/2026

For more than a decade, Alon Friedman worked with Young Judaea in Israel and as a shaliach on college campuses across the U.S. Today, as Founding Executive Director of ENTER: The Jewish Peoplehood Alliance, he continues to build Jewish connection and community.

Read our latest Alum Spotlight here!
https://www.youngjudaea.org/alum-spotlight-alon-friedman/

06/01/2026

What a day!

Young Judaeans joined over 50,000 people on Fifth Avenue yesterday in a powerful display of pride, unity, and love of Israel. From our youngest campers to our alumni, the Young Judaea community showed up.

Am Israel Chai! 🇮🇱

05/29/2026

The best part of YJ? The friends who are always there to lift you up. 😉

Shabbat Shalom!

05/28/2026

Get your popcorn ready.. The Floaters Movie movie, filmed at Tel Yehudah is coming to the big screen!

The Jewish movie moment I’ve personally been waiting years for is finally here: “The Floaters,” a Jewish summer camp movie starring Jackie Tohn, Sarah Podemski and Seth Green, is coming to theaters on July 10 — perfectly timed for summer camp season. Directed by Rachel Israel, the movie star...

05/26/2026

Recently, YJ alum Sharon Green hosted an event for the peace organization Roots, bringing together fellow Young Judaea alumni through a web of shared history, friendships, and connections spanning generations.

Read about it here:

In the photo from left to right: Mirele Goldsmith, Betsy Diamant-Cohen, Rabbi Hanan Schlesinger, and Sharon Green. Young Judaea connections continue to span generations and geography. Recently, alum Sharon Green […]