How do high school seniors feel about their Jewish education? What have they learned about the world—and themselves? We asked Jewish day school students—from California to New York—and specific themes emerged: strength of community, critical thinking, tzedakah and values. One student from North Carolina summed it up this way: “Jewish education gives age-old answers to age-old teenage angst.” What do you value most about your Jewish education? I think the most valuable thing for me has been the sense of community. —Alexis Farahi, Milken Community Schools, California Learning from a Jewish perspective both in and out of the classroom has instilled a sense of tikkun olam and tzedakah into my everyday life. —Lily Spar, Milken Community Schools, California Jewish education gives us time to study life’s hard questions. It gives age-old answers to age-old teenage angst. —Leo Kramer, American Hebrew...

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