More in ‘teens’

Family

Mommy, What’s a Spliff?

How to keep your kids from hopping onto the magic bus
By Marjorie Ingall | 7:00 AM Aug 10, 2009

Was the world crying out for a self-published children’s book about the Woodstock Festival, minus any mention of drugs or sex, written by two married Orthodox Jews and illustrated by a visionary painter who is a ba’alat t’shuvah? Probably not. Yet the book, Max Said Yes! The Woodstock Story (Change the World Press, 2009), ...

U.S.

The Great Sleep

With millions visiting D.C., a few had to crash on the JCC's floor
By Marissa Brostoff | 3:11 PM Jan 23, 2009

Every patch of roof-covered earth within miles of the National Mall was coveted by people bearing sleeping bags on Monday night, including the Washington, D.C., Jewish Community Center, which let about 300 people sleep on its floor. There were middle schoolers from Akron, Ohio, in a classroom; high school kids from Baltimore in the social ...