History will Document what happened. These stories will Document how it felt.
שותפים לסיפור | You’re Part of the Story
You’re Part of the Story brings together Jewish teens and young adults from around the world to share what they’re experiencing, questioning, discovering, and becoming. Through writing, art, photography, music, and personal stories, we’re creating a space where young Jewish voices can be heard, where we can learn from one another, and where connections can grow across communities and borders.
One day, someone will ask what it was actually like to be Jewish during this moment.
These stories are our answer.
And perhaps, in sharing our stories, we’ll discover something about ourselves and one another.
What does this moment in Jewish history feel like for you?
זיכרון • תקווה • שייכות • קול
Memory • Hope • Belonging • Voice
For Jewish teens and young adults, ages 12–29, wherever you are in the world.
What has this time been like for you?
Maybe it’s changed how you think about being Jewish. Maybe it’s brought you closer to your community, or left you with questions you never expected to have. Maybe you’ve discovered something about yourself, your friendships, or where you belong.
Whatever your experience, we’d love to hear it.
You can share something you’ve written, a photograph, a piece of art, a poem, music, or simply your thoughts. Something you’ve already created or something entirely new.
You don’t need to be a writer or artist. You don’t need to have the answers.
Your experience is enough. Your voice matters.
Where do the stories go?
Where do the stories go?
Your story becomes part of a growing collection of Jewish voices from around the world. Together, these voices help us understand not only what young people are experiencing, but how those experiences are shaping their identities, relationships, and sense of belonging.
We hope this collection will also help young Jews discover one another, recognize shared experiences, and find connections across communities and borders.
Selected creative works may become part of exhibitions, curated collections, educational programs, and future projects. They’ll help preserve this extraordinary moment in Jewish history while creating opportunities for connection and understanding today.
Share your story
שותפים לסיפור
Choose How to Share Your Experience
There are so many ways to be part of the story. You might share something you’ve photographed, a piece of art, or a few thoughts about what this time has meant to you. You might invite friends to share their experiences or bring people together around a journal.
However you choose to participate, you’re helping us build something that connects young Jewish voices across the world, today and for generations to come.
הקול שלכם חשוב
Add your voice
Your contribution doesn’t have to look or sound like anyone else’s. Whatever you choose to share, we’d love to hear it. Every voice adds something to the larger story we’re creating together.
Request a Journal
יחד נשמור את הסיפורים
Help the story travel
Imagine a journal traveling from one young person to another, collecting stories, artwork, reflections, and experiences along the way.
Bring a journal to your school, camp, synagogue, campus, youth group, or community. Invite others to share what this moment has meant to them, what they’re discovering about themselves, and how their experiences are shaping who they’re becoming.
As the journal travels, something special begins to happen. Individual stories become part of something larger, connecting young Jewish voices across communities and around the world.
Every voice adds something. Every story helps us understand one another a little better.
Stories Shared So Far
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Host a Gathering
HELP THE STORY GROW
Support the Project
לדורות הבאים
Help more stories be told
Your support helps us reach more Jewish teens and young adults, bring traveling journals into communities, and create opportunities for their voices to be heard.
Every contribution helps another story find its place in something larger.
Bring us to your Community
יוצרים קהילה
Imagine bringing You’re Part of the Story to your school, synagogue, campus, youth group, or community.
We’d love to explore ways to bring young people together to share their experiences, discover what they have in common, and learn from one another.
Spread the Word
שתפו את הסיפור
HELP MORE VOICES BE HEARD
Sometimes all it takes is an invitation.
Share You’re Part of the Story with a friend, a teacher, a school, or a community that might want to participate.
You never know whose story might be waiting to be told.
The Story Behind the Story
You’re Part of the Story began with an experience we never expected.
In March 2026, my family, our team, and I traveled to Israel to launch When Everything Changed, an initiative supporting children and families impacted by October 7. While we were there, the war with Iran began.
Suddenly, we found ourselves running to bomb shelters, listening to sirens, and sharing conversations with families whose lives had been turned upside down. In those moments, something began to shift.
We realized that while history would remember the dates, the battles, and the headlines, there was another story unfolding. Young Jews in Israel and around the world were experiencing something that would shape their identities, their relationships, their sense of belonging, and perhaps even who they would become.
We began wondering what would happen if we could bring those voices together. What might we learn about one another? What might young people discover about themselves?
That question became You’re Part of the Story.
Follow the Story
The story is still unfolding, and we’d love for you to be part of it.
From new stories and creative work shared by Jewish teens and young adults around the world to the places our traveling journals reach, there’s always something new to discover.
We’ll occasionally share stories that move us, connections being made across communities, upcoming gatherings, and new opportunities to participate.
No endless emails. No fundraising appeals. Just meaningful updates as the story continues to grow.