B'nai Tzedek Program
This Knoxville Jewish Alliance program combines philanthropy with community service for our teenagers. It encourages young people to start an endowment fund and help others with money and deeds. Details and participants here and from the links to the right.
B'nai B'rith Youth Organization (BBYO)
BBYO is the leading pluralistic teen movement aspiring to involve more Jewish teens in more meaningful Jewish experiences. For more than 80 years, BBYO has provided exceptional identity enrichment and leadership development experiences for hundreds of thousands of Jewish teens. Many of BBYO’s 250,000 alumni, who are among the most prominent figures in business, politics, academia, the arts, and Jewish communal life, claim it is BBYO to which they "owe it all."
BBYO has a strong presence in Knoxville. Gert Weinstein BBG and Rabbi Isaac Winick AZA serve teens in grades 9-12.
With emphasis on the importance of the well-rounded individual, BBYO’s unique programming includes social programming, community service projects, and Judaic enrichment programs. The diversity of programming, coupled with the sense of camaraderie and leadership training, provided by BBYO cannot be paralleled by any other youth organization. BBYO is a place where teens can have fun, develop relationships, embrace tradition and community, and find something inside themselves that only BBYO can bring out. Teens throughout North America are being trained to serve Jewish communities in the 21st century through the magic of the BBYO experience. The local chapters of BBYO are supervised by adult advisors. Parents are also encouraged to learn about the program and help with activities.
Teen Connection is the BBYO experience for pre-high school students in grades 6-8 who want to enjoy social, recreational, athletic, cultural, and Judaic activities with new friends! Teen Connection activities occur several times throughout the school year. This program is coordinated entirely by adults.
Knoxville's BBG and AZA are part of the Cotton States Region.
For more information about BBYO, please contact the Knoxville Jewish Alliance at (865) 690-6343 or Judith Rosenberg, BBYO Area Executive Director at (865) 633-5902 or jrosenberg@bbyo.org.
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