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eNews >> Archive >> eNews June 06USCJ eNews: The United Synagogue Electronic BulletinJune 2006
In This Issue: Tzohar Biloxi - There are many years' worth of cleanup work to be done in Biloxi; to help repair Biloxi is to help repair the world. Learn how United Synagogue can help you with its new program, Tzohar Biloxi, a window of help and hope. Looking For Conservative Movement Alums! - If you ever belonged to any group in the Conservative movement for children, teenagers, or young adults - if you ever were in USY, Koach, Kadima, Atid, Schechter, LTF, Ramah, or any other of our groups - do we have a program for you! We don?t care how old you are now, or where you live, or what your Jewish affiliations may be; we just want to get back in touch with you help you get back in touch with some of your oldest friends, and maybe meet some new ones.
Lekhk Lekha - Honoring Our Graduates - With graduation season upon us, now is a good time to think about honoring your graduates in shul. Lehkh Lekha: A Ceremony of Going Forth provides you with such an opportunity. The brief ceremony is designed for Shabbat morning and can be adapted for use at other times, and it includes parts for clergy or other service leaders, parents and students. For camera-ready copy, email Koach's college outreach department at koach@uscj.org. 5768 Calendar Art Contest - This year, as every year, we are asking our affiliated synagogues to send us entries for our calendar photo contest. But this year we’re trying something a bit different. We would like the 5768 (2007 - 2008) United Synagogue Calendar to feature photographs of architectural or structural elements from Conservative synagogues. So if your building is particularly old, unusual, or striking in some way, either inside or out, please send us a photograph. We’re looking for photos of facades, walls, windows, stonework, brickwork, roofs, or any other architectural feature; interior woodwork, paneled walls, coffered ceilings, carved bimahs, or anything else that is unusual and beautiful. It also should photograph well -- the higher quality the photo, the more likely it will be to win the contest. USY In The Summertime - More than 800 USYers and staff are participating in one of USY’s summer programs in 2006. From traveling cross country on USY on Wheels and USY on Wheels Mission: Mitzvah, to exploring the great outdoors on the Outdoor Adventure programs in the Pacific Northwest, to studying and living in New York City on Summer in the City, to experiencing Israel and/or Europe on one of the many Israel Pilgrimage programs, this summer USY offers something for everyone. You too can experience the summer of a lifetime next year.
Imun - Imun, the seminar leadership program for synagogue lay leaders, is designed to strengthen lay leaders' skills. Imun participants learn the basics of reading Torah, leading services, and presenting a d'var Torah. This year, Imun will be held at Camp Ramah in the Berkshires in Wingdale, New York, from August 6 to August 14. For more information, call Rabbi Paul Drazen at (212) 533-7800, ext. 2612, or email him at drazen@uscj.org. For more information about Imun, click on the story in New Ideas. United Synagogue’s Conservative Yeshiva Summer Program - The Conservative Yeshiva’s 2006 summer program provides studentsof all ages and backgrounds with the opportunity to study the classic texts and ideas of Judaism, including Talmud, Tanach, halacha, tefillah, and Jewish thought. The two three-week sessions are scheduled for July 2-July 20 and July 23-August 10; coursework does not repeat and students may attend either or both. For more information and an application email Yeshiva@uscj.org, call 011-972-2-622-3116, or click here for more information. United Synagogue’s Conservative Yeshiva Year Program - The Conservative Yeshiva at the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism’s Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center offers Jews of all ages and backgrounds the opportunity to study classic Jewish texts in a vibrant, open-minded, egalitarian community. Study can be full-time or part-time, on a short or long-term basis; some scholarships are available. For more information and an application, email Yeshiva@uscj.org, call 011-972-2-622-3116, or click here for more information. [ Back to Top ]
Imun - Imun, an intensive synagogue-skills retreat program, is a kind of boot camp for lay leaders. Here, Rabbi Paul Drazen, United Synagogue's director of congregational services, talks about Imun, its curriculum, and its students. [ Back to Top ]
Koach Selects 2006-07 Interns - Koach, United Synagogue's program for college students, has chosen 22 students to serve as interns for the next school year. Click here to see who they are. Conservative Delegation Set to Leave for Zionist Congress - Thirty-two Conservative movement representatives are among the American Jewish leaders traveling to Israel as Mercaz USA delegates to the quadrennial World Zionist Congress. The 35th World Zionist Congress, set for mid-June, comes 109 years after Theodore Herzl, the founder of the modern Zionist movement, gathered about 200 Jewish leaders from around the world in Basel, Switzerland, to discuss the condition of the Jewish people. The delegates at the meeting decided to create the World Zionist Organization, which led the campaign that culminated in the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948. [ Back to Top ]
Learn About the Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center - The United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism is immensely proud of its Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center, Conservative Jews' home in the homeland.
USY's website - United Synagogue Youth offers a great resource for USY and Kadima chapters on its website. The Online Program Bank features a searchable database and exciting program ideas. Learning at Fuchsberg - The Conservative Yeshiva at the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism?s Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center offers three online learning opportunities. Rabbi Mordecai Silverstein, senior teacher of Midrash and Talmud writes a Haftarah commentary every week. Yeshiva cofounder and Mishna and Talmud teacher Dr. Josh Kulp produces the online Mishna Yomit (Daily Mishna) study program for United Synagogue. The Yeshiva's rosh yeshiva, faculty members, and students all contribute to the Divre Torah page on the Yeshiva's website. Schechter On Line - Check out the Solomon Schechter Day School Association's new website for the latest news about affiliated schools, as well as information about the overall education policy behind the movement. United Synagogue's Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center - If you are planning a trip to Israel, be sure to look to the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism's Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center for travel help, learning and volunteer opportunities, help in planning bar and bat mitzvah services and celebrations, learning and volunteer opportunities, accommodations, and more. Learn more about the center's programs and services. [ Back to Top ]
Marking Tisha B'Av - Tisha B'Av will be commemorated this year on August 2. To prepare, United Synagogue's book service department offers Siddur Tisha B'Av. The book, edited by David Lincoln, contains the compete service for erev Tisha B'Av and for the day that follows. In addition to the full text of Eikhah (Lamentations) -- in both Hebrew and English, with commentary, the volume includes essays on the day's meaning and observance. $18. An abridged version is available for $12.
For more information, call United Synagogue's Book Service at 212-533-7800, ext. 2003, email booksvc@uscj.org, or go to www.uscj.org/booksvc. [ Back to Top ]
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SSDSA Meeting - The Solomon Schechter Day School Association’s lay and professional leaders meet for the group’s biennial conference in Boca Raton, Florida, from December 10 through December 12. The conference theme will be Commitment, Covenant and Community; the conference will include a discussion on recruiting and supporting new heads of school. At the conference, at the Boca Raton Renaissance Hotel, participants will have the chance to network and learn fromeach other as they look at the challenges that face Schechter day schools. For more information about SSDSA, go to its website, www.ssdsa.org.
Save the Date - Mark your calendars, update your PDAs, fill in your datebooks. United Synagogue’s next biennial convention will be held from Thursday, Nov. 29 - Monday, Dec. 3, 2007, at the new Rosen Shingle Creek Resort and Golf Club in Orlando, Florida. We look forward to seeing you there. The convention will be chaired by Carole Korowitz and co-chaired by Rochelle Baltuch.
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