JumpSpark

Engaging teens is vital to shaping the future of our Jewish community. JumpSpark is the Atlanta Jewish teen initiative at Federation and serves as a hub for teen engagement. Through strategic investment in partner programs, support of innovative ideas, impactful programming, and deep relationship-building, JumpSpark is committed to meeting the needs of teens, their parents, and the Jewish educators and professionals serving them. Our goal is that together, teens, parents, and professionals, cultivate the resources and synergy to make Atlanta a thriving hub for Jewish teens. We seek to, increasing the number of teens who are engaged with Jewish Atlanta and deepening those engagement points.

What We Do

Provide pathways to immersive Israel opportunities
Create engaging programming, pipelines for leadership development, and space for teens to share their stories and experiences.
Provide parents of teens with resources and opportunities to support them and their teens through their adolescence.
Invest in our community through strategic financial investments

Teens

Showcase the menu of teen engagement opportunities within Jewish Atlanta
We encourage teens to view our community from a bird’s eye view, identify gaps, and apply for funding to prototype an idea
Teens can explore Jewish leadership through local and national Fellowships
We empower teens to be active and full voices of JumpSpark’s initiatives and visions through our teen board

Israel

You can receive up to $15,000 towards a gap year in Israel! Learn more about our Atlanta Israel Gap Year Fellowship.
We provide resources and opportunities for immersive summer travel in Israel: Learn about our partners at RootOne and how you can receive a voucher for $3,000.
We bring Israel and Jewish Atlanta together through human connections. ShinShinim are recent Israeli high school graduates taking a gap year in Atlanta before their military service. Learn more about how to become a ShinShinim host family!

Parents

We offer parenting programs for the Atlanta Jewish community. Check out our past and upcoming parent events!
We connect parents with helpful resources to support your role as a parent of teens.
Help your teen get engaged in the Atlanta Jewish Community. Check out our menu of opportunities.
We provide resources and opportunities for teens to participate in an immersive summer travel experience in Israel: Learn about our partners at RootOne and how your teen can receive a voucher for $3,000.
Bring Israel into your home and host a ShinShinim.

Professionals

JumpSpark’s Community Partner Network brings together local teen serving organizations to raise the bar on Jewish teen engagement in Atlanta. We provide grants and professional development opportunities to our community partners to help support our professionals in ensuring a thriving Jewish teen ecosystem.
Network with Jpro: Jpro Atlanta is a network of professionals who work in Jewish organizations of all sizes across metro Atlanta. JPro is here to increase your sense of pride about working in our community and to enhance your professional development. Learn more about upcoming events and opportunities.
We support creative and innovative methods to deepen and expand teen engagement. Apply for funding to bring your idea into existence.

JumpSpark

What We Do

Teens

Israel

Parents

Professionals

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