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Philanthropy ne 188 nshoremag.com December 2014 S Home Land The Salem-based Lappin Foundation sends teenagers to Israel to put them in touch with their Jewish identity. It's working. By Calvin Hennick eventeen-year-old Georgetown resident Trevor Brown lobbies his congress- man to support Israel; as he applies to college, he's seeking out schools with a robust Jewish population; he attended the pro-Israel lobbying group AIPAC's high school summit in Washington, D.C.; he goes to Jewish summer camp; he founded a North Shore chapter of a national Jewish youth group; and at his Catholic school in Danvers (where his friends call him the "Ultimate Jew" or "Super Jew"—monikers he wears with pride), he and two other members of the Jewish Student Union went from class to class this fall, teaching other students about Jewish holidays. Growing up on the North Shore, Brown didn't always feel so connected to his Jewish identity. But a 12-day trip to Israel last year changed that—for good, Brown hopes. "Israel gave me this whole new outlook Youth Abroad Geoff Selden makes a pilgrimage to Jerusalem. Photograph courtesty of the Lappin Foundation