L'Taken Seminars

Loving Israel and Lobbying for Peace

Anya Byrne

March 29, 2019

Although Israel is a small country thousands of miles away from us, I believe that the U.S. has an important role to play in facilitating peace negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians. The U.S. has historically fostered a strong, mutually beneficial relationship with Israel, now providing $3.8 billion per year in Foreign Military Financing,

Three Burstein fellows bless the reading of the Torah on Shabbat morning

L'Taken Seminars

Reflections from the 2019 Burstein Fellows

March 29, 2019

Inspired by Rabbi Marcus Burstein's commitment to Torah, social justice and developing a new generation of Jewish leaders, the Rabbi Marcus Burstein Fellowship strengthens the group of college students and young professionals helping lead the L'Taken Social

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Reform Jewish Teens Say to Congress: Pass a Pathway to Citizenship for DREAMers and TPS holders!

Mahalya Meyer and Benny Jimenez

March 22, 2019

In March, we attended the RAC’s L’Taken Social Justice Seminar with Camp Harlam and chose to lobby our members of Congress about the importance of comprehensive immigration reform and refugee resettlement.

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I Lobbied for Expanded Background Checks - And My Representative Listened

Sammy Polliack

March 22, 2019

This January, nearly 650 high school students from across the United States converged on Capitol Hill to lobby their members of Congress as part of the RAC’s L’Taken Social Justice Seminar.

Teen LTaken particpants at Martin Luther King Jr memorial

L'Taken Seminars

L'Taken Participant and Family Information

Learn more about the issues your teens will explore at L'Taken and join them in taking action.