For Parents

CJL is proud to be a recipient of a highly prestigious three year grant from the Covenant Foundation, which “supports creative programming, in order to strengthen educational endeavors that perpetuate Jewish heritage and identity.” Through grants from the Covenant, Jewish Community and Helen Bader Foundations, CJL’s Young Jewish Milwaukee Live programs give teens a chance to build Jewish identity and knowledge while producing tangible results in the Jewish community and beyond. CJL’s Young Jewish Milwaukee Live programs have given area teens the opportunity to make films, work in various modes of artistic expression, produce a teen supplement to The Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle, volunteer in Israel while learning Hebrew, and do social action in the larger community while learning the Jewish perspective in social justice. Each year, a new slate of innovative programs is offered.

Additionally, CJL regularly convenes teen education think tanks composed of concerned educators and lay participants in order to build coalitions that create and maintain a varied array of educational programming for Milwaukee's teenagers. The Coalition has collaborated with all the organizations that work with teens to join in coordinating a “Day of the Arts” and several annual "Days of Discovery" for teenagers that featured a variety of presentations on topics suggested by the planning committee. Along with Tikkun Ha-Ir, CJL has also co-sponsored a “Teen Day of Social Action.”