L'Taken Social Justice Seminars

L'Taken

January 24-27, a group of teens traveled to Washington D.C. to participate in the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism (RAC), L'Taken Social Justice Seminar and to help make our world a better place.

Our teens had the opportunity to impact our political process as they shared their views on social justice topics with decision-makers on Capitol Hill. Here are a couple of their reflections:

The RAC L’Taken weekend was one of the best weekends of my life! I met people from all over the country who were very intelligent. I cannot wait to go back to L’Taken next year! - Danny Goldberg

L'taken was one of those experiences that I'll never forget. It was special not just because of the few hundreds of Jews in the rooms, the variety of different programming to learn about crucial issues, the friendships that were made and became closer, or the delivering of speeches to our congressmen. L'Taken mattered so much because for one of the first times in my life, I was able to truly to something remarkable and make a difference in the world. - Ilana Shreiber

Please join us for Shabbat Services at 6pm on Friday, February 21st to hear more about their extraordinary weekend and to celebrate their accomplishments...

Please take a moment to read their lobby speeches...

Disability Rights:
Rachel Kunz & Mackensi Karman

International Human Rights: Preventing the Spread of Malaria
Ryan McCoy, Ashley Jones & Arianna Fano

LGBT Equality:
Ilana Schreiber

Torture: Not Just A Moral Issue
Julia Dennen

Israel:
Danny Goldberg & Zoe Zirlin