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Over the 2026 season, we brought 1,300 Jewish high schoolers from across the US to join us in Washington, D.C. over our four seminars. Read about our season highlights and then register to join us for 2027!

Four teens from Temple Isaiah in Lafayette, CA attended L’Taken and urged their representatives to pass the Protecting Sensitive Locations Act to defend immigrants and refugees throughout the United States.

We are honored to share a moving and powerful speech from Daisy B. about the importance of funding special education services.

A group of L'Taken students from Bet Shalom Congregation in Minnetonka, Minnesota spoke about immigration at lobby meetings with their Senators and Representatives.

We are overjoyed to introduce ourselves as the 2025-2026 Eisendrath Legislative Assistants! As a cohort, we bring a variety of life experiences, educational backgrounds, and diverse passions to our work at the Religious Action Center.

Over the 2024-2025 season, we brought 1,800 Jewish high schoolers from across the US to join us in Washington, D.C. over our five seminars. They visited the sites, met other Reform teens from coast to coast, learned about social justice and advocacy, and made their voices heard on Capitol Hill.

We are overjoyed to introduce ourselves as the 2024-2025 Eisendrath Legislative Assistants! As a cohort, we bring a variety of life experiences, educational backgrounds, and diverse passions to our work at the Religious Action Center.

The RAC is proud to bring thousands of teens to Washington D.C. for our annual L'Taken Social Justice Seminars. As we celebrate Disability Pride Month in July and the 34th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) on July 26th, we think about all the progress that's been made and the work that is left to do around disability justice in the United States.

This Independence Day, we a pleased share a speech about voting rights written by Larkin B. and Noah F. from Congregation Emanu El in Houston, Texas.

The RAC is proud to bring thousands of teens to Washington D.C. for our annual L'Taken Social Justice Seminars. After three days of intensive programming, learning about just a few of the many issues prevalent in our country today, all participants travel to