When we started to plan Parenting Your Teen, we knew two basic things:

Parents were eager for insightful wisdom to help them parent their teens, specifically around setting healthy boundaries, communication and relationships; and BJE’s Jewish Teen Alliance knew experts who could help our parents.

Last Sunday we brought the two groups together at Parenting Your Teen. Thank you for attending and for contributing.  We hope that you returned home with some learning that will resonate with you and your family.

This is just the beginning of our teen-focused parenting events. If you enjoyed yesterday’s event, please consider signing up for additional workshops.

First up: Rabbi Howard Ruben and Rick Concoff, MA, two of yesterday’s presenters, are offering a four-part series of Parenting Classes. to be held in San Francisco at Jewish Community High School of the Bay.

Learn more and register here:   

http://parentingyourteencontinues.eventbrite.com

We still have a few tickets available, so register today!

http://parentingyourteen.eventbrite.com

You will also hear from a diverse group of teens directly, through spoken word presentations and in teen panel workshops.

Featuring Keynote Speaker Denise Pope, Ph.D.

Co-founder, Challenge Success · Senior Lecturer, Stanford University School of Education

Workshop Presenters include Denise Pope Ph.D., Marsha Rosenbaum Ph.D., Rachel Brodie MA, Rabbi Howard Ruben, Naomi Tucker, Zephira Derblich-Milea, Rick Concoff MA, Lisa Cohen-Bennett Ph.D., Holly Pederson, Ph.D., MFT; Jamie Simon, Geoff Smith, Elana Reinin, MPH, Co-Active Coach and Sheva Feld, Ph.D.

Click here for the workshop descriptions.

Click here for the schedule of the day.

August 3 – 10, 2012, Houston, TX

JCC Maccabi Games ®  – 30 th  Anniversary Year!

Join nearly 5,000 Jewish teen athletes competing in the summer of 2012 at the annual JCC Maccabi Games. The Games provide a unique experience for teens to compete from all around the world.

JCC Maccabi ArtsFest ® 

Be a part of the JCC Maccabi ArtsFest designed to inspire Jewish teens to develop their individuality through the medium of artistic expression and to celebrate their cultural identity.

For registration and further information, please contact Jackie Lewis at 415.292.1241 or jlewis@jccsf.org, or visit www.jccsf.org/maccabi for information about tryouts, auditions and registration.

For news and updates, visit www.facebook.com/jccsfmaccabi.

How can BJE help you, and your child, navigate the teen years? We’ve assembled educators, rabbis, therapists, coaches and other experts whose focus is on healthy boundaries, healthy relationships and communication.  Our experts will teach, lead workshops, offer take-home tools and answer questions, all framed within the context of Jewish learning and Jewish values.

Check out a clip from our keynote speaker (and workshop presenter) Denise Pope, Ph.D :

Denise Pope Talks To Parents About Over-Programmed Teens
Featuring Keynote Speaker: Denise Pope, Ph.D.
Co-founder, Challenge Success · Senior Lecturer, Stanford University School of Education

Click here for more information about the presenters and workshop topics.

Click here for the event schedule.

Event Co-Sponsors:

Brandeis Hillel Day School

Camp Tawonga

Congregation Sherith Israel

The Curriculum Initiative

Jewish Community Center of San Francisco

Jewish Community Center, Sonoma County

Jewish Family and Children’s Services of the East Bay

Moving Traditions

Event Supporters:

The Center for Jewish Living and Learning

Congregation Emanu-EL

>Contemporary Jewish Museum

East Bay Midrashot

The Ronald C. Wornick Jewish Day School

BJE’s Jewish Teen Alliance (JTA) is supported by the Jewish Community Federation and Endowment Fund, the Joan and Robert Sinton Philanthropic Fund, Barbara and Christopher Wilson, the Robbins Family Philanthropic Fund, The Alexander M. and June L. Maisin Foundation, The Bernard Osher Jewish Philanthropies Foundation and other individuals.

Sunday, January 15  @ 2 PM

Free with admission. 18 and under are always free.

Celebrate the closing of Houdini: Art and Magic with a documentary film, Make Believe, which follows six of the world’s best young magicians as they pursue the title of Teen World Champion. Emotionally moving and magically intriguing, The New York Times calls Make Believe, “perfectly paced…[with] all the drama of a high-stakes sporting event.”

How can BJE help you, and your child, navigate the teen years? We’ve assembled educators, rabbis, therapists, coaches and other experts whose focus is on healthy boundaries, healthy relationships and communication.  Our experts will teach, lead workshops, offer take-home tools and answer questions, all framed within the context of Jewish learning and Jewish values.
Featuring Keynote Speaker: Denise Pope, Ph.D.
Co-founder, Challenge Success · Senior Lecturer, Stanford University School of Education

Register Today!

Click here for more information about the event presenters.

Event Co-Sponsors:

Brandeis Hillel Day School

Camp Tawonga

Congregation Sherith Israel

The Curriculum Initiative

Jewish Community Center of San Francisco

Jewish Community Center, Sonoma County

Jewish Family and Children’s Services of the East Bay

Moving Traditions

Event Supporters:

The Center for Jewish Living and Learning

Congregation Emanu-EL

Contemporary Jewish Museum

East Bay Midrashot

The Ronald C. Wornick Jewish Day School

BJE’s Jewish Teen Alliance (JTA) is supported by the Jewish Community Federation and Endowment Fund, the Joan and Robert Sinton Philanthropic Fund, Barbara and Christopher Wilson, the Robbins Family Philanthropic Fund, The Alexander M. and June L. Maisin Foundation, The Bernard Osher Jewish Philanthropies Foundation and other individuals.

There are tons of great Chanukah videos floating around the internet…here is one featuring a song performed by the JCHS a cappella group “Jew Man Group” :

http://youtu.be/Ry1FUKnLo7U

Chag Sameach!

9 am – 1 pm at the BJE “Teen Leadership Symposium:  Tips of the Trade“

With Aaron Levi of BJE’s Diller Teen Fellows, Aaron Mandel of Camp Tawonga

Light lunch provided
Come to the Teen Leadership Symposium in January with your hosts Camp Tawonga’s Teen Program Coordinator Aaron Mandel and the Bureau of Jewish Education’s Diller Teen Fellowship Program Coordinator Aaron Levi.  We will facilitate discussions and interactive programs to share information, tools, tricks of the trade, programmatic ideas and methodologies to empower teens as vehicles for change in their communities.

RSVP to: rsmith@bjesf.org

Shalhevet is a learning experience that connects Bay Area high school juniors and seniors to the history, heritage and future of the Jewish people.

Shalhevet is unique among teen travel programs to Poland and Israel due to the comprehensive curriculum the students engage in before the trip and the follow up upon return. Jewish history in Eastern Europe, the founding of the state of Israel, the Holocaust and modern day revitalization of Polish Jewry are just a few of the topics. During the two week trip to Poland and Israel much of the curriculum is brought to life. With a Bay Area Holocaust survivor as a guide, students visit concentration camps, remnants of the Jewish Ghetto, and today’s growing Jewish community. They spend time with Polish and Israeli peers, learn how they relate to their countries’ past, and their hopes for the future. They’ll develop a deep connection to Israel and the Jewish people, and with the tools to become their generation’s Jewish leaders.

This year’s travel dates are March 21 – April 4, 2012. Pre-trip educational seminars take place on five Sundays: January 22, February 5, 12, 26, and March 11. A post-trip seminar will take place on Sunday, April 15.

Shalhevet is a transformational journey with an amazing group of teens and staff. We hope you’ll join us for this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. For program details and more information, find Shalhevet on Facebook www.facebook.com/Shalhevet.BayArea or contact me (info below). I look forward to answering all your questions!

If you’re on the Peninsula (or can make it to the Peninsula), we have an informational session on December 11 at 4:30pm. To RSVP, or if you can’t make it but want to know more, check out our events on the Facebook page above.

You may also be interested in checking out last year’s blog: http://shalhevetblog.org/2011/04/18/p-s/ for more information.