 Forrest Yesnes is the NFTY President for the 2011-2012 year. He was the regional Religious and Cultural Vice President of NFTY-Northern in 2009 and the regional president last year. He is from Minnetonka, Minnesota and belongs to Temple Israel in Minneapolis. Forrestis a freshman at the University of Minnesota where he plans on majoring in Youth Studies and minoring in Jewish Studies. He attended the URJ Kutz Camp in Warwick, New York in the summer of 2010 as a part of the Regional Board Leadership track and worked on staff this past summer.
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 Liza is serving as NFTY’s Programming Vice President and can’t wait to work with the NFTY Leadership Team and the North American Board this year. Originally from Dallas, TX, Liza served as NFTY-TOR’s President and is attending Boston University. Liza is a member of Temple Emanu-El in Dallas and has been an active member of the religious school, local youth group, and an eight year alum of the URJ Greene Family Camp. She enjoys playing soccer, singing in acapella choir groups, and watching the Dallas Cowboys.
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 Avra, NFTY's Social Action Vice President, is a freshman at the George Washington University in Washington DC, planning on majoring in Political Communication within the School of Media and Public Affairs. Originally from South Jersey, she served as the NFTY Pennsylvania Area Region (PAR) SAVP, and then President the following year. As an 8-summer alumna of URJ Camp Coleman and in being a songleader, she has always been active in the Jewish community. Tzedek, tzedek, tirdof -- justice, justice shall you pursue.
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 In the coming year, Austin Zoot will serve as the Religious and Cultural Vice President. Hailing from Chicago and Congregation Beth Am, he will be attending Indiana University and study Judaic Studies and Communications. After serving two years as NFTY-CAR RCVP, Austin is excited to take the position to the next level. Outside of NFTY, Austin enjoys watching his Chicago Cubs, playing sports, and reading. In the future, he hopes to continue a lifetime of Jewish learning and education, and become a Rabbi.
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 Taylor Lyles, NFTY’s Membership and Communications Vice President, is a freshman at the University of Miami (FL) and plans to study Athletic Training. A native New Orleanian and a die-hard Saints fan, she belongs to Temple Sinai of New Orleans. She served as NFTY-Southern’s Membership Vice President last year and as Secretary the year prior. Taylor participated in the Regional Board Leadership Track at Kutz (‘09 and ’10) and in NFTY’s Strategic Plan Think Tank in 2010. She aspires to be an athletic trainer for the NFL someday and loves laughing, cooking, saying y’all, and all things New Orleans.
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New Year’s Eve is one of my favorite nights of the entire year. I love watching the ball drop in Times Square, hearing the fireworks booming in the night sky, and wearing the crazy glasses and hats to ring in the New Year. It’s a time to look forward to a clean slate.
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Last weekend, six leaders from across the NFTY world met in Boston for the first official summit meeting of the Coalition of Jewish Teen Leaders, an assembly that convened young leaders from NFTY, BBYO, and Young Judaea.
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NFTY » NFTY SAVP
Being immersed into a brand new environment with people you don’t really know beyond name and where they’re from. Not being sure of what is going on around you, but going with the flow, along for the ride. This is the situation I have found myself in since coming back from Greensburg, Kansas with a group of ten peers from GW on an alternative spring break.
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By Avra Bossov, NFTY Social Action Vice-President People. Pathways. Partnerships. It’s funny how a thing you say on a conference call can wind up being projected to a few hundred people and then distributed as the slogan for the Campaign for Youth Engagement. It’s the people we meet and share this journey through NFTY with [...]
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NFTY » NFTY RCVP
As the school year comes to an end, there are hundreds of NFTYites who will be graduating and taking their Judaic leadership to the next big thing. Whether that is Hillel at a University campus, some form of religious education or forming one’s own religious identity, there will most definitely be a transition period.
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One of my favorite characters in Jewish history is Yitzhak Rabin. In our entire history, we have never gotten closer to peace between Israel and Palestine as we were during his time as Prime Minister. We have never seen hope that was as contagious as it was during his time.
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NFTY » NFTY MCVP
The 2011-2012 NFTY Membership, Communications, and Financial Vice Presidents put together a list of 15 successful fundraising ideas for Temple Youth Groups.
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This being my first event away from my home region, I wasn’t sure what to expect. From the first moments of the event, however, my anxieties were calmed as I was greeted by friendly faces, familiar and new, letting me know that though the place might not be familiar, I had arrived back in my home, in NFTY.
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The NFTY North American Board is comprised of youth leaders who are generally enrolled in their first year of university. Being a member of the NFTY Board is very different than holding a local or regional leadership position, and is an honor that has been held by very few individuals compared to our incredible membership over the past 65+ years.
