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JText: A new, fun way
to learn Jewish history.
W
ith teens being on their
phones approximately 1,440
minutes a day, Jtext is a great
way to meet them where they are. As
Dena Stein, a Jtext player, put it, “Detroit
teens can put their time on phones to
good use by learning important Jewish
facts with Jtext.”
Every Monday and Thursday at 7 p.m.,
a Jewish trivia question gets texted out.
The seventh person to respond with the
correct answer wins $20. Signing up is
simple: Just text the word “umatter” to
(248) 266-9866. The goal is to be the “7th
person at 7 p.m.” to answer the trivia
question correctly.
Max Rybak thinks “Jtext is a fun way
to test your knowledge of Jewish his-
tory.” Jtext has featured a range of ques-
tions from “Which country had the ear-
liest settlement of Jews?” to “Who were
the first set of twins in the Torah?” to
“Which location celebrates the longest
Shabbat?”
Following the question, the text
includes four multiple choice answers.
Teens receiving the text can respond
“1,” “2,” “3” or “4’. Once they submit an
answer, the teens immediately receive a
response telling them if they are correct
or not.
Teens compete with their friends and
other teens in the Jtext program to be
the seventh person to respond correctly.
The competition is richer due to the $20
prize, but the mission of Jtext is two-
fold. As Jackson Partrich says, “Jtext is a
great way to make some Amazon cash
while learning about our important
Jewish history.”
As Sima Stein put it, “Jtext is a great
program that lets Jewish teens all
around Detroit learn some Jewish facts.”
Eden Gilan agrees, adding that “Jtext
is a fun way to learn about Judaism and
the Torah while competing with your
friends!”
Eden and Sima, both winners and
avid players of the Jtext program, are
just two of the more than 150 teens that
respond twice a week to this innovative
Jewish trivia game.
“Jtext is a simple concept, rich
with engagement, value and Jewish
thought. It’s a real win-win-win,” says
Rabbi Yarden Blumstein, the volunteer
coordinator and UMatter director at
Friendship Circle. He also interacts with
teens in several other formats including
a variety of Jewish clubs, Cteen direc-
tor at The Shul, adviser to Kishon
BBYO and instructor at Frankel Jewish
Academy.
“I was looking for a program that
could attract the spectrum of teens that
I engage with and this one fit the bill
perfectly,” he says. •
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