Your Teen Is Jewish. Do They Know What That Means?
Basic Training is where Jewish high schoolers discover who they are — their history, their people, their place in a 4,000-year story. The confidence to speak up comes from there.
Real History
4,000 years of Jewish story. Yours to know, yours to carry.
Real Skills
The confidence to speak up comes from knowing who you are.
Real Community
A national network of teens who are proud to be Jewish.
8 Sessions. One Unshakable Foundation.
Basic Training is an 8-session program run in local cohorts, led by expert educators. Each session builds on the last — taking teens from “I’m Jewish” to “I know exactly what that means, and I can tell you why it matters.”
Sessions cover Jewish peoplehood and identity, the Jewish connection to the land of Israel, the birth of Zionism, the competing narratives of 1948, antisemitism from its ancient roots to its modern disguises, international law as it relates to Israel, the refugee question most people get wrong, and the current conflict and how it connects to everything that came before.
5,000+ teens trained. Cohorts across 6 regions. Graduates leading Jewish life on campuses nationwide.
Summer 2026 Tuition
A Special Opportunity for Our Families
Tuition Level
Price
Actual Program Cost
$3,500
Club Z Price
$750
Koum Foundation Subsidized Price
First 50 Registrants
$550
A Note to Our Club Z Families
We want to be completely transparent with you about what you’re seeing above.
The true cost of running our programs — the staff, the facilities, the equipment, the hours of planning, and everything that goes into giving your child a transformative Club Z experience — is $3,500 for Basic Training. That’s what it actually costs us to deliver this program at the quality our families deserve.
Club Z has always worked hard to keep our pricing well below that true cost, because we believe every Jewish child should have access to what we do. Thanks to the generosity of our donors, our standard Club Z rate of $750.
This summer, something remarkable has happened.
Thanks to the extraordinary generosity of the Koum Family Foundation, we have been awarded a grant specifically to provide tuition assistance and need-based scholarships to Club Z families. Because of this single, specific act of philanthropy, the first 50 Basic Training registrants will be able to enroll at the dramatically reduced rate of $550.
This subsidized price is not a permanent reduction in our tuition. It is a direct gift from the Koum Family Foundation to your family, made possible by their belief in our mission and their commitment to the next generation of proud, strong, and connected Jewish youth.
Our Deepest Gratitude
We want to publicly express our profound thanks to the Koum Family Foundation. Their investment in Club Z is an investment in every single child who walks through our doors this summer — an investment in Jewish identity, in Jewish pride, and in the future of our people.
To the Koum family: thank you. Your generosity is changing lives, and we will honor your gift by pouring everything we have into the children you've helped us reach.
49 of 50 Koum-subsidized spots remaining
Koum Foundation subsidized pricing is available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Limited to the first 50 Basic Training registrants
Once the 50 subsidized spots are filled, registration will continue at the standard Club Z price of $750
Register early to secure your spot at the subsidized rate
We never want cost to be the reason a child misses out on Club Z.
Thanks once again to the generosity of the Koum Family Foundation, we are also able to offer need-based scholarships to families for whom even the subsidized pricing presents a financial hardship. If that describes your family, please don’t hesitate to reach out — there is no shame in asking, and every conversation is handled with complete confidentiality and respect.
To apply for a need-based scholarship, simply email finance@clubz.org and a member of our team will guide you through a short, straightforward application process.
Every Jewish child belongs at Club Z. We will do everything in our power — together with the Koum Family Foundation — to make that a reality for your family.
Los Angeles
Lights, Camera, Action…Zionism!
Bay Area
The chapter that pioneered what Jewish identity education for teens looks like.
Boston
New England’s pipeline for proud Jewish leaders starts here.
New Jersey
Close to New York. Closer to who they are.
Westchester
North of the city, grounded in 4,000 years of history.
Brooklyn
The borough that doesn’t back down — and neither do our teens.
Building Jewish Identity in Teens — One Cohort at a Time
Basic Training is Club Z’s foundational program for Jewish high school students. Through a structured, 8-session curriculum led by expert educators, teens explore Jewish history, the story of Zionism, the modern State of Israel, and what it means to be part of the Jewish people today. Basic Training doesn’t hand teens talking points — it gives them roots. Teens who understand where they come from and who they belong to don’t need to be told to speak up. They just do. With cohorts running in Los Angeles, the Bay Area, Boston, New Jersey, Brooklyn, and Westchester/Long Island, Basic Training is where Jewish identity gets built — and where the next generation of proud, confident Jewish leaders begins.
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