THE UNITED SYNAGOGUE OF CONSERVATIVE JUDAISM
155 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010 / 212-533-7800
Fax: 212-353-9439  E-mail: info@uscj.org  Website: www.uscj.org  

March 2004

Send Gift Packages to Israel through a new service of the USCJ Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center. Visit www.uscjisraelbaskets.com and with the purchase of each gift, a donation is made to the Center. To pay by check, download the order form and send payment to USCJ, attention Development Department.

The United Synagogue Book Service offers the following resources for the coming holidays: The Feast of Freedom Haggadah, providing explanations on how to conduct the Seder ($12.95); Feast of Freedom Coloring Book for youngsters, with rhymes and artwork ($1.95), and the Feast of Freedom Song Cassette, melodies to accompany the Haggadah ($7.95).Get all three for $18.00.  Contact Book Service, 212‑533‑7800, ext. 2003; fax 212-253-5422. For orders only, call 1‑800‑594‑5617, e‑mail booksvc@uscj.org, or order on the web, www.uscj.org/booksvc.

NATIV, USY’s College/Leadership Program in Israel, is accepting applications for Fall 2004.  High school graduates spend a semester studying at either Hebrew University or the Conservative Yeshiva, followed by a semester on kibbutz while engaging in special religious and leadership training experiences.  For information, call Yossi Garr, ext. 2321, or visit the website at www.usy.org/nativ.

KOACH Tribute Cards are now available online.  Help celebrate a simhah, acknowledge a life-cycle event or memorialize loved ones, and support KOACH at the same time.  Visit www.koach.org, or contact Richard Moline, moline@uscj.org.  

The Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center offers help in planning trips to Israel for  USCJ constituents, including travel advice, facilitating b’nai mitzvah, home hospitality with a Masorti family, or studying at the Conservative Yeshiva for an hour, a morning, a day or more.  For these and other services, contact Rabbi Paul Freedman, Director of Israel Outreach, 972-2-625-6205, or e-mail freedman@uscj.org.