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With a special emphasis on empowering more teens to organize and enjoy Shabbat dinner with their chapters, teens held more than 70 unique and creative Shabbat gatherings with their local communities this year. In BBYO North Texas Oklahoma Region, teens planned a fun-filled Shabbat dinner leading up to Passover where they crafted creative structures out of matzah and held a competitive and lively afikomen hunt with teen-chosen prizes.

With the launch of the first-ever BBYO Alumni Oral History Project in the fall, thousands of alumni spanning decades and regions across the globe, called in to share their BBYO memories and photos in celebration of our 100th anniversary. A selection of these stories and photos were printed into a hardbound book of alumni memories that will capture and honor BBYO’s history and celebrate our impact on nearly half a million alumni worldwide.

Leading up to Israel’s 75th anniversary in May, teens planned more than 100 “Israel at 75” events that deepened their connections to the Jewish Homeland and empowered their peers to explore and celebrate Israel and form connections with their BBYO peers who live there. In May, teens gathered virtually for a Movement-wide event through BBYO On Demand

On X date, BBYO published its one thousandth issue of The Shofar, the Movement’s teen-led news publication dating back nearly a century. Today, the publication takes a digital format, with articles, reflections, Jewish learning, and news stories published daily and created by hundreds of BBYO teens worldwide. Read the landmark 1,000th issue here—and check out historic Shofar issues from the archive.

As teens continued to find new ways to engage and connect members across the Movement—especially through technology—teens launched “Table Talk” this year, BBYO’s first podcast series. With XX episodes to date, some of the most popular conversations have included