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Engell, a senior at Longmeadow High School, is one of 22 teens in western Massachusetts who serve on the exclusive leadership council for the B'nai Tzedek Teen Philanthropy Program. As a result of her active involvement in B'nai Tzedek, she was selected to attend the first ever Jewish Youth Funders conference. She met with nationally recognized adult Jewish philanthropists and other teen philanthropists to share her ideas about how to engage teens in social action and philanthropy. Engell comments, "B'nai Tzedek is an incredible opportunity to connect with other Jewish teens, to challenge and further your sense of justice and to directly assist in tikun olam, the repair of the world." She says, "As discouraging as the situation of our world can be, the B'nai Tzedek Youth Foundation has empowered me and given me the tools to make a difference. I have become more confident in my drive for social action, clearer in my reasoning and support and better educated with the details of how to substantially make a difference. The B'nai Tzedek Youth Foundation gives me a chance to connect, challenge and expand my mind. I have had to look within myself to find the why, and the how I will support one organization over another." | ||||||
