Clearly, the need for outreach exists nowhere more than among youth- particularly on the college campus.

While young men and women form their basic outlook on life, begin to map their future, and become involved in and exposed to the entire marketplace of ideas, it is most essential that their Jewish identity be reinforced.

Often working with other student groups - in Washington and across the country- including an annual National Capital Leadership Retreat for student leaders, the Washington Office reaches and inspires thousands of students, helping them make informed decisions as Jews.

This project has already met with large success and plans for expansion and additional staffing are about to be implemented.

Our newest project in this area, A Thousand Points of Light, distributes elegant Shabbat candlesticks to Jewish women on college campuses nationwide, helping bring the warmth of Shabbat to them even as they are away from home.