CTeen Europe Shabbaton Gives Jewish Teenagers a Boost of Jewish Pride

Life as a Jewish teenager in Europe can be difficult these days. Which may explain why some 170 Jewish teenagers from Europe–double last year’s numbers–met up in London earlier this summer for the Second Annual  CTeen (Chabad Teen Network) Europe Shabbaton. Transcending differences of language, (they came from Austria, Germany, France, Hungary, England, Switzerland, and the Czech Republic) they found a shared identity, shared interests and concerns as Jews, to foster an experience of Jewish bonding and identity-building.