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eNews >> Archive >> eNews August 07USCJ eNews: The United Synagogue Electronic BulletinAugust 2007
In This Issue: CJ Is On Its Way - In mid-August, our new quarterly magazine, CJ: Voices of Conservative/Masorti Judaism, should land in your mailbox. CJ is published by United Synagogue, Women's League for Conservative Judaism, and the Federation of Jewish Men's Clubs, and it replaces all our separate magazines, including the United Synagogue Review. We are excited about this new, shared project, and look forward to hearing our readers' responses. Tzohar Orlando - We are planning to bring the energy generated by Tzohar Biloxi, where we helped clean up some of the storm damaged suffered by that Gulf Coast community, to our biennial convention in Orlando. Join us for Tzohar Orlando, an opportunity for Conservative Jews to make a difference by working inone of two hand-on social action projects, Give Kids the World or the Gleaning Project. Click here to register. This Rosh HaShanah, Help Stop Global Warming - The Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life’s Light Among the Nations: How Many Jews Does It Take to Change a Light Bulb? campaign continues. COEJL’s project helps the Jewish community buy and install energy-efficient, cost-effective compact fluorescent light bulbs. But this season, not only do we want you to buy and install CFL bulbs, but we also ask you to do more – to send legislators postcards asking them to protect our environment. Home For the Holidays - The Conservative movement’s alumni organization, Project Reconnect, helps match people who have graduated from our movement’s youth groups and find themselves away from home with seats for High Holiday services with Home for the Holidays. Ask A Rabbi - United Synagogue and the Rabbinical Assembly are joining to offer Ask A Rabbi, a program through which a group of Conservative rabbis, each a specialist in some aspect of halakha, will answer emailed questions. These rabbis should not be seen as replacements for questioners’ own rabbis, whose opinions are definitive their own synagogue, but they can provide in-depth explanations to a whole range of questions. To ask a question, click here. Know an Incoming College Student? - United Synagogue’s Koach program for college students is working with Hillel to help students make the transition from high school to college. The students will get invitations to Koach’s programs and conferences, and to Hillel’s opening party. So if you know a new high-school graduate, click here. Ethiopian-Israeli Group Recognized - The Family Education Program, an Israeli program supported by Conservative synagogues in North America through our Israel Commission, has been appointed to the Representatives of Jewish Community Organizations in Israel. The group represents 20 Ethiopian-led organizations that provide services and support to the nearly 120,000-strong Ethiopian Jewish community. For information, email the commission’s director, Rabbi Paul Freedman. Attention Young Adults and Parents: Koach birthright Trip Registration To Open - On September 5, registration will open for a Koach Taglit-birthright israel trip. Post-high school 18- to 26-year-olds who have never been to Israel with an organized peer group are invited on a free 10-day trip to Israel. Act quickly; trips fill quickly. Don’t miss out! For more information or a reminder when registration opens, email koachbirthright@uscj.org. [ Back to Top ]
Imun - Every summer, United Synagogue offers an intensive 8-day program that teaches synagogue skills. [ Back to Top ]
Sulam Reunion - In late July, United Synagogue’s director of leadership development, Rabbi Moshe Edelman; the director of our Mid-Atlantic region, Lew Grafman; and the region’s president, Ruth Anolik, hosted a reunion for local alumni of our 2007 Sulam program, which Rabbi Edelman heads. Ten of the twelve regional participants came to Temple Sinai in Dresher, Pennsylvania, to talk about fundraising, construction, and developing synagogue leadership, and to network. Project Etgar Training Session - Project Etgar, which provides curriculum to synagogue middle schools, held a training session at the Jewish Theological Seminary in July. Education directors from 18 schools learned how to implement the program. [ Back to Top ]
Early Childhood at CAJE - Early childhood consultant Maxine Handelman will teach a 9-hour course at the CAJE conference in St. Louis, Missouri, August 5-9. All United Synagogue early childhood educators are invited to lunch at CAJE on Tuesday, August 7. Hazak in the Catskills - Our New York metropolitan region, Metny, invites everyone who is 55 and older to its Hazak summer retreat at Kutsher’s Country Club in Monticello, New York. The retreat is set for Sunday August 5, to Thursday, August 9. For more information, call Don Schiller at 212-533-7800, ext. 2154, or email schiller@uscj.org. Stained-Glass Calendar - Once again, we are looking for photographs from our member synagogues for our art calendar contest. The calendar for 2008/2009 - 5769 - will focus on stained glass. Please send us your photographs by August 15. And by the way, our 2007/2008 - 5768 calendar is due out soon. Join Us in Orlando for Our International Convention! - United Synagogue’s international biennial convention is planned for November 29 through December 3 at the Rosen Shingle Creek Resort and Golf Club in Orlando, Florida. Click here for more information. Please plan to be there with us! USY Convention - United Synagogue Youth’s 57th annual convention is set for December 23-27 in Anaheim, California. USYers are invited to five days of social action projects, summer program reunions, education programs, and more. Go to USY's website, www.usy.org, for updates. Hazak in Israel - United Synagogue and the Hazak group in its metropolitan New York region, Metny, are joining to offer a trip to Israel next winter. Spend February 12 to 24 in Jerusalem; celebrate Shabbat at the Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center, and take day trips around the country. For more information, click here. Sulam - United Synagogue’s 2008 program for new synagogue presidents and vice presidents, Sulam, meets in Newark March 6-9 and in Chicago March 27-28. For more information, email Rabbi Moshe Edelman at Edelman@uscj.org. [ Back to Top ]
Nativ Continues to Grow - This year, Nativ, our yearlong program for newly graduated high school students, will be bigger than ever before. We have 106 students enrolled, up from 80 last year. The program has more than doubled in the last four years. During the first semester, the program is housed at the Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center. Study in Jerusalem This Fall! - The Conservative Yeshiva at United Synagogue’s Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center is now accepting applications for fall 2007. The Yeshiva offers Jews of all backgrounds the opportunity to study classic Jewish texts in a vibrant, open-minded egalitarian community. The curriculum focuses on teaching Tanach, Talmud, halakha, and Jewish philosophy, and includes the skills necessary for that study. Courses are taught at the beginning, intermediate, and advanced levels, and the program includes a daily minyan, volunteer projects, and trips. Students between 18 and 30 years old are eligible for scholarships from the Jewish Agency for Israel, and the Yeshiva is offering three full scholarships as well. For more information and an application, email yeshiva@uscj.org, call 972-2-622-3116, or go to the Yeshiva's website. [ Back to Top ]
America in the Middle East -- In Power, Faith, and Fantasy: America in the Middle East, 1776 to the Present, historian Michael Oren has produced the first history of the United States’ relationship with the Middle East from its founding to now. $35 Buy a Lulav and Etrog from Israel - The deadline for ordering a lulav and etrog set from Israel is September 18; Sukkot begins on sundown on September 26. Click here for more information. Luah 5768 - Luah 5768, a complete guide to the liturgical year, including information for each week’s Shabbat service, is now available through Book Service. $15.50; bulk orders available. Calendar Diary - The Calendar Diary, which offers useful information about the Jewish year and gives you room to write in your own information, is now available through Book service. $5.95. Learn more about our book service department. [ Back to Top ]
Convention Update - Our international biennial convention is just about half a year away, and preparations are ramping up. This convention will be held over Shabbat, letting us experience the beauty and wonder and joy of that day together. To learn more about the convention, which will be held from November 29 to December 3, 2007, in Orlando, Florida, take a look at our convention e-newsletter. As our plans develop, we’ll keep you posted. [ Back to Top ]
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