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Portraying Yourself on Social Media ProgramWritten By: Abby Adelman, NFTY-PAR President, Robbie Newman, NFTY-PAR MVP, and

Lexi Naskiewicz, NFTY-PAR CVP

Touchstone Text: “We are created in the image of God, if you will, and we are obliged to return the favor.” -Rabbi Arthur Green

“All posts have secret effects of which the user are unaware.” -Robbie Newman

Goals: ● To have PPs more aware what they are posting on social media ● To have PPs realize that everything you post can be seen by anyone at anytime

Objectives:● PPs will choose their own adventure about their choices on social media● PPs will engage in discussions about their social media postings

Materials: ● None

People: ● 3 PLs● 8 GLs ● 100 PPs

Space Needed: (THESE ARE EXAMPLES OF SPACES USED) ● Mircaz● New Beit● Sifriah● Pagoda● New Beit Amphitheater● K’ton Room (Mircaz)● Music Room (Mircaz)

Timetable: 00:00-00:06 Intro00:06-00:08 Transition00:08-00:15 Rotation 100:15-00:17 Transition00:17-00:24 Rotation 200:24-00:26 Transition00:26-00:33 Rotation 300:33-00:35 Transition00:35-00:50 Rotation 400:50-00:52 Transition00:52-00:60 Wrap Up

00:00-00:06 IntroPL says, “Raise your hand if you have used any sort of social media in the last 30 minutes. Put your hands down. Today we will be exploring various social media postings. We will be doing a choose your own adventure type system, where after each station you will be given options that will lead you to the next room. For your first station, think about which social media platform you use the most: Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, or Twitter. In each corner of the room is a group leader who will lead you to your first location. Note, pay attention to how many people are in each group and try and keep them even. For example, if you go to instagram and there are a lot of people, please choose another option because you won’t be there long.”

GLs will say their social media and where they are going.

00:06-00:08 TransitionFacebook group to New Beit AmphitheaterInstagram to New beitSnapchat to MircazTwitter to Library

00:08-00:15 Rotation 1 (Social Medias)

1. Facebook:PPs will go around rapid fire and each say their name.

GL will say, “If you are currently sitting in this group that means your primary, or one of your primary, social media platforms is Facebook.”

GLs will ask,1. How often do you use Facebook?

a. I check it about 3 times a day2. Typically what activities do you do on Facebook?

a. Posting pictures, looking at memes, or commenting on my friends posts3. Although there are many positives to Facebook, what are some negatives?

a. The Facebook hackings, people posting really annoying things, political posts.

GL will say, “Thank you all so much. You will now be given your next option. You are now to post a picture, would you be more likely to post a picture of you with a significant other, or a political meme? Remember this is just a simulation so your relationship status or political affiliation does not matter. If you are going to Political meme head to NEW BEIT STAGE, if you are going to picture of significant other head to NEW BEIT.”

2. Instagram:PPs will go around rapid fire and each say their name.

GL will say, “If you are sitting in this group, that means your primary social media platform is Instagram.

GLs will ask,

1. How often do you use Instagram?a. I probably check about once an hour.

2. What do you typically do when you are on Instagram?a. Scroll through other people's posts and look at memes.

3. What are some positive things and negative things you see on Instagram, and how do you feel when you see them?

a. Some positive things I’ve seen are posts trying to raise awareness for a cause, some negative things I’ve seen are people bullying another in comments.

GL will say, “Thank you all so much. You will now be given your next option. You are now to post a picture, would you be more likely to post a picture of you with a selfie, party picture, or bathing suit picture? Remember this is just a simulation so have fun with your choices while also being honest with yourself. If you are going to Selfie head to MIRCAZ, if you are going to Party Picture head to MIRCAZ PAGODA , and if you are going to bathing suit picture head to NEW BEIT AMPHATHEATER.”

3. Snapchat: (choice of either of these) PPs will go around rapid fire and each say their name.

GL will say, “If you are sitting in this group that means your primary source of social media is Snapchat.

GL will ask,1. How often do you use Snapchat?

a. Many times throughout the day.2. What do you typically do when you are on Snapchat?

a. I talk to my friends and look at various news outlets.3. What are some positive and negative things that can come out of the app?

a. Since I live far from a lot of my friends, I like to use Snapchat to keep in touch, but I know Snapchat makes it very easy to send inappropriate pictures.

GL will say, “Thank you all so much. You will now be given your next option. You are now to post a picture, a picture of you and your friends at a party, or a video of your friends? Remember this is just a simulation so have fun with your choices while also being honest with yourself. If you are going to Party Picture head to MIRCAZ PAGODA, and if you are going to friends video head to SIFRIAH.”

4. Twitter: (choice of either of these) PPs will go around rapid fire and each say their name.

GL will say, “If you are in this group that means your primary outlet of social media is Twitter.”

GL will ask,1. How often do you use Twitter?

a. I check it 3-4 times a day.2. What do you typically do on Twitter?

a. I read through people at my schools and politicians tweets?3. What are some positives and negatives that can come out of Twitter?

a. Some positives is that it's a really good way to get information from my school, but it can also be negative because I see people from my school bullying one another or saying mean things.

GL will say, “Thank you all so much. You will now be given your next option. You are now to post a picture, you can post a political meme or a video of your friends? Remember this is just a simulation so have fun with your choices while also being honest with yourself. If you are going to Political meme head to NEW BEIT STAGE, and if you are going to friends video head to SIFRIAH.”

00:15-00:17 TransitionGL will instruct PPs to head to their next location

● Significant Other to New Beit● Political Meme to New Beit Stage● Selfie to Mircaz● Party Pic to Mircaz Pagoda● Bathing suit Picture to New Beit Amphitheater● Videos of friends to Sifriah

00:17-00:24 Rotation 2 (Posts)

1. Significant OtherGL will say, “You posted a picture of you and your significant other, but in the picture you were kissing and many adults following the page found it inappropriate.”

GL will ask,1. Why did you choose this option?

a. answers will vary2. How much thought do you put into your posts? What does that process look like?

a. I don’t put too much thought into my posts. I spend a lot of time on picking different filters and only pay attention on how I look.

3. Do you often think about the people who follow you and will be seeing this post?a. Not too often. My account is private so I can monitor that way but after I accept the follow I often

don’t think about who sees my posts again.4. Do you ever think about consequences that could come and do you disregard them or just not care about

what could happen?a. I honestly don’t think about it too much. I probably should more.

GL will say, “You are now to pick a caption for your photo. Your options are “Love you to the moon and back” or “Missed you”. Which caption do you pick? Love you to the moon and back go to NEW BEIT and Missed you go to NEW BEIT STAGE .”

2. Political MemeGL will say, “You chose to post a political meme on your social media, but the majority of your followers did not agree and you had many negative comments.”

GL will ask,

1. Why did you choose this option?a. answers will vary

2. How much thought do you put into your posts? What does that process look like?a. I don’t put too much thought into my posts. I spend a lot of time on picking different filters and only

pay attention on how I look.3. Do you often think about the people who follow you and will be seeing this post?

a. Not too often. My account is private so I can monitor that way but after I accept the follow I often don’t think about who sees my posts again.

4. Do you ever think about consequences that could come and do you disregard them or just not care about what could happen?

a. I honestly don’t think about it too much. I probably should more.

GL will say, “You are now to pick a caption for your photo. Your options are “F *insert candidate*” or “Missed you”. Which caption do you pick? F *Insert candidate* go to MIRCAZ and Missed you go to NEW BEIT.”

3. SelfieGL will say, “You chose to take a selfie and posted it on your social media, but you didn’t notice that in the background there was illegal substances.”







GL will say, “You are now to pick a caption for your photo. Your options are “Happy Place” or “*Peach Emoji*”. Which caption do you pick? Happy Place go to MIRCAZ PAGODA and *Peach Emoji* go to MUSIC ROOM.”

4. Party PicGL will say, “you chose to post a party pic which had a solo cup filled with assumably alcohol and had people looking extremely out of it in the background.”




3. Do you often think about the people who follow you and will be seeing this post?

a. Not too often. My account is private so I can monitor that way but after I accept the follow I often don’t think about who sees my posts again.

4. Do you ever think about consequences that could come and do you disregard them or just not care about what could happen?

a. I honestly don’t think about it too much. I probably should more.

GL will say, “You are now to pick a caption for your photo. Your options are “Blacked out” or “#noregrets”. Which caption do you pick? Blacked out go to SIFRIAH and #noregrets go to NEW BEIT AMPHITHEATER.”

5. Bathing suit PictureGL will say, “You chose to post a picture in your bathing suit, but many of the adults following your account did not think it was appropriate to be that revealing?







GL will say, “You are now to pick a caption for your photo. Your options are “Happy Place” or “Feelin myself”. Which caption do you pick? Happy Place go to MIRCAZ PAGODA and Feelin myself go to K’TON ROOM.”

6. Videos of friendsGL will say, “you chose to post a video of your friend but they were all holding red solo cups which was taken in a bad way and it was inferred that minors were drinking alcohol together”

GL will ask:1. Why did you choose this option?






GL will say, “You are now to pick a caption for your photo. Your options are “*Peach Emoji*” or “Blacked Out”. Which caption do you pick? Peach Emoji* go to MUSIC ROOM and Blacked out go to SIFRIAH.”

00:24-00:26 Transition

● Love you to the moon… to New Beit● Missed you to New Beit Stage● F candidate… to Mircaz● Blacked out to Sifriah● Happy place to Mircaz Pagoda● No regrets to New Beit Amphitheater● Feelin Myself to K’ton Room● *Peach Emoji* Music Room

00:26-00:33 Rotation 3 (Captions)

1. Love you to the moon and backGL will say, “You caption your picture “Love you to the moon and back”, in response you got nothing but positive comments.”

GL will ask,1. Usually, when you are posting do you get help from someone else to come up with a caption? If so, who?

a. yes I ask everyone around me because I am bad at coming up with captions. 2. Does it bother you that sometimes your words can be taken in a different sense than what you mean?

a. Yes, it is very frustrating when people misinterpret the meaning of my words/post. I wish people just understood that I have good intentions.

3. How can you take the extra step to make sure your captions portray you in the best light? a. Show an adult before and ask if it makes sense what you are saying and if its a clear way.

GL will say, “Now for the last station you will be picking the comment you would put on a friends post. You have the option of “BFF love you forever and always” and “I’m Dead”. Which one do you pick? “BFF love you forever and always” head to the New Beit Stage and “I’m Dead” head to New Beit”

2. Miss you GL will say, “you caption your picture “Miss you” and you got a ton of comments saying how cute it is that you love your NFTY friends so much!




3. How can you take the extra step to make sure your captions portray you in the best light?a. Show an adult before and ask if it makes sense what you are saying and if its a clear way.

GL will say, “Now for the last station you will be picking the comment you would put on a friends post. You have the option of “BFF love you forever and always” and “You a hottie b****”. Which one do you pick? “BFF love you forever and always” head to New Beit Stage and “You a hottie b*****” head to Sifriah”

3. F *insert candidate* - GLs REMINDER!!! Do not say the word, please say ONLY the letter F!GL will say, “you caption your picture “F*** (insert candidate)” and you got a complete uproar of responses. Many people agreed with you and reposted your caption, but many others really disagreed with you and you received endless negative comments.”





GL will say, GL will say, “Now for the last station you will be picking the comment you would put on a friends post. You have the option of “Hate You” and “I’m moving to another country f*** this”. Which one do you pick? “Hate you” head to New Beit Amphitheater and “I’m moving to another country. head to Music Room”

4. Blacked out GL will say, “you caption your post “blacked out” and this was completely hated upon. Your friends in the background saw themselves the next day and was very upset that you posted this and asked you to delete it.”





GL will say, “Now for the last station you will be picking the comment you would put on a friends post. You have the option of “Wait, what happened last night” and “Whoopsies”. Which one do you pick? “Wait, what happened last night” head to K’ton Room and “Whoopsies” head to Mircaz.”

5. Happy placeGL will say, “A lot of people responded to your post that was captioned “Happy Place,” some of the responses where positive and others not so much who are not so fortunate to go on such expensive excursions. They felt that you were bragging.”





GL will say, “Now for the last station you will be picking the comment you would put on a friends post. You have the option of “I’m moving to another country f*** this” and “I’m Dead”. Which one do you pick? “I’m moving to another country f*** this” head to Music room and “I’m Dead” head to New Beit”

6. No regretsGL will say, “A lot of people responded to your post that was captioned, “No regrets,” a lot of your responses were negative because of the connotation that you were purposely breaking rules and you were proud of that. You lost a lot of followers after this post and you weren’t too happy about it”

GL will ask, 1. Usually, when you are posting do you get help from someone else to come up with a caption? If so, who?




GL will say, “Now for the last station you will be picking the comment you would put on a friends post. You have the option of “Whoopsies” and “Wait, what happened last night”. Which one do you pick? “Whoopsies” head to Mircaz and “Wait, what happened last night” head to K’ton Room”

7. Feelin MyselfGL will say, “You chose to caption your photo “Feeling myself”. The majority of your followers then began commenting positive things back, and a few commented inappropriate things such as *peach emoji* and *double eyes emoji*.”





GL will say, “Now for the last station you will be picking the comment you would put on a friends post. You have the option of “Hate you” and “You a hottie b****”. Which one do you pick? “Hate you” head to New Beit Amphitheater and “You a hottie b****” head to Sifriah”

8. *Peach Emoji* (add a picture to be more clear)

GL will say, “You chose to caption your picture with two peach emojis. Many of your followers took this to mean something inappropriate and began commenting inappropriate things back, even though you didn't mean it to be inappropriate.”





GL will say, “Now for the last station you will be picking the comment you would put on a friends post. You have the option of “You a hottie b****” and “I’m Dead”. Which one do you pick? “You a hottie b****” head to Sifriah and “I’m Dead” head to New Beit”

00:33-00:35 Transition

● Whoopsies to Mircaz● Im Dead to New Beit● Bff love you… to New Beit Stage● You a hottie… to Sifriah● Wait what happened… to Kton Room● Hate you to New Beit Amphitheater● I’m moving… to Music Room

00:35-00:50 Rotation 4 (Comments)

1.WhoopsiesGL will say, “You chose to comment “Whoopsies” on your friends post. Later on in life, you decided to apply for a job at Johnson & Johnson. The HR rep before your interview did an extensive social media background check on you, and because of things you had posted in the past you were not offered the job.”

GL will ask,1. How do you feel that you didn’t get the job because of posts you had posted years ago?

a. It is a very bad feeling I don’t like to be judged from things I posted as a teenager. I understand why it was done, but it upsets me because I wasn’t aware of these consequences as a child.

2. Why do you think more and more employers are conducting extensive background checks on social medias?

a. Because it allows them to get to know the person they are hiring better then just an interview and resumes.

3. Do you think it is a good thing that employers are looking deeper into their hirees past? Why or why not?a. I think it is bad because what someone posted a long time ago might not represent who they are

now. This should not have an impact on them.4. Moving forward what are steps you can take to be more mindful about what you are posting?

a. check with other people of other ages and occupations than yourself to see what they would think about that post. Also, think about who would potentially see this post and reevaluate if you still want that out on the internet.

5. What advice would you give others to be more careful on social media?a. If you wouldn’t want you Bubbie to see it don’t post it. Think about your future!

2. Im DeadGL will say, “You chose to comment “I’m Dead” on your friends post. Later on in life, you decided to apply for a job at General Mills in the Frosted Flakes Section “THEYRREEE GREAT”. The HR rep before your interview did an extensive social media background check on you, and because of things you had posted in the past you were not offered the job.”


a. It is a very bad feeling I don’t like to be judged from things I posted as a stupid teenager. I understand why it was done, but it upsets me because I wasn’t aware of these consequences as a child.







3. Bff love you forever and alwaysGL will say, “You chose to comment “BFF love you forever and always” on your friends post. Later on in life, you decided to apply for a job at Mars M&Ms. The HR rep before your interview did an extensive social media background check on you, and congratulations you have received the job.”

GL will ask,1. How do you feel that you got the job over other people based on posts from years ago?




3. Do you think it is a good thing that employers are looking deeper into their hirees past? Why or why not?

a. I think it is bad because what someone posted a long time ago might not represent who they are now. This should not have an impact on them.

4. Moving forward what are steps you can take to be more mindful about what you are posting?a. check with other people of other ages and occupations than yourself to see what they would think

about that post. Also, think about who would potentially see this post and reevaluate if you still want that out on the internet.


4. You a hottie b****GL will say, “You chose to comment “Whoopsies” on your friends post. Later on in life, you decided to apply for a job at Campbell’s Soup. The HR rep before your interview did an extensive social media background check on you, and because of things you had posted in the past you were not offered the job.”









5. Wait what happened last night GL will say, “You chose to comment “Whoopsies” on your friends post. Later on in life, you decided to apply for a job at Charmin in the toilet paper section. The HR rep before your interview did an extensive social media background check on you, and because of things you had posted in the past you were not offered the job.”










6. Hate youGL will say, “You chose to comment “Whoopsies” on your friends post. Later on in life, you decided to apply for a job at Pampers. The HR rep before your interview did an extensive social media background check on you, and because of things you had posted in the past you were not offered the job.”









7. I’m moving to another country f*** this GL will say, “You chose to comment “Whoopsies” on your friends post. Later on in life, you decided to apply for a job at Louis Vuitton. The HR rep before your interview did an extensive social media background check on you, and because of things you had posted in the past you were not offered the job.”










00:50-00:52 TransitionPPs head back to New Beit

00:52-00:60 Wrap Up PL says “Raise your hand if you received the job at the end of the simulation.”

PL will ask,1. What feelings were you having during the simulation?

a. I was very frustrated because my posts kept on being conveyed in a manner that I didn’t mean them to be

2. Do you think as a society we are becoming more or less conscience about what we are sharing on social media, how so?

a. Less conscience, people at my school often post extremely inappropriate pages.3. We are all created in the image of God, B'tzelem Elohim, so how is it your job to make your media post

represent this?a. Not just to post when we are on vacation or have our hair and makeup done, but post normal/casual

photos too.

Raise your hand if you are planning on applying for a job at a URJ program (including CIT) at some point in the next 5 years. Going through the staff application camps takes into account your past posts on sites such as Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat, and Twitter and it greatly impacts your chances of getting hired. The lessons taught in this program are not just concepts that will affect you later in life, but they will affect you now and it is important to keep that in mind while having fun on social media. For example, hitting close to home, NFTY and some camps have a meeting before hiring staff members to go over past actions that have taken place in both communities in person and online.

PL says, “Thank you all so much for participating in this social media simulation! I hope you all realized that your choices on social media can have consequences when being reviewed for a job or internship in the real world. As it might be difficult to believe and trust that it is true that people do search your social media before hiring you, it is true and you should all be extremely careful of what to post for the world to see. Remember although this was a simulation and was somewhat cheesy at times, the overall lessons taught within this program are so important and could affect your lives sooner than you think. I hope this was fun for you guys as well as informative about this scary system of being hired. Closely monitor and consciously think about what is best for your future and remember, whatever you post can be seen by anyone at any time even if you think you “deleted” it.

Appendix A:

Breakdown of the transitions.

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