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YOU ARE HERE: eNews >> Archive >> eNews May 07USCJ eNews: The United Synagogue Electronic BulletinMay 2007
In This Issue: Go on Retreat with Hazak This Summer! - Conservative Jews 55 and older are invited to an eight-region retreat in Pennsylvania from June 13 to June 20.
Go to Europe With Masorti Olami - Can you just pick up and go? If you can, consider joining the May 10-21 World Council of Conservative/Masorti Synagogues-sponsored mission to Spain, Portugal, and the Czech Republic. Email larry@israeltour.com or call 1-800-247-7235. If you need more lead time but want to learn about other trips, go to www.masortiworld.org. Yom Yerushalayim - Yom Yerushalayim (Jerusalem Day) is commemorated this year from sundown on May 15 through sundown the next day. Mercaz Olami has produced a ceremony to mark the 40th anniversary of the reunification of Jerusalem. Unite to End Hunger - Mazon: A Jewish Response to Hunger is sponsoring a pre-convocation gathering on June 11 in Washington DC before the Jewish community joins in the Interfaith Convocation on Hunger at the Washington National Cathedral. Join Us in Washington on Joint Advocacy Day - United Synagogue teams with our Conservative movement partner, the Rabbinical Assembly, as we go to Washington DC for Advocacy Day. On Advocacy Day – actually two days, June 19 and 20 – we will listen to speakers, learn more about how to advocate effectively, and meet with our representatives to test our newly upgraded skills. New Directors of Education Institute - If you are a brand-new or even somewhat new director of education or principal at a congregationalreligious school, consider our intensive five-day New Directors of Education Institute, set for Monday, June 25, through Friday, June 29, at our New York City headquarters, Rapaport House, 155 Fifth Avenue. The institute fills quickly, so act now. Imun - Imun, the week-long retreat where newly emerging lay leaders can hone their synagogue skills, including layning and writing and delivering a dvar Torah, will meet at Camp Ramah in the Berkshires from July 8 to July 16. 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. USY Trips Filling Fast - Spaces in USY trips fill quickly, but there is still some room left in some programs. To see what’s available, and to register quickly, visit www.usy.org/escape. Next Year in Israel - Registration has begun for 2007 at Nativ, USY’s college/leadership program in Israel. Participants spend the year between high school and college in Israel. Half of that time they work on a kibbutz or volunteer in a development town; the other half is spent living in Jerusalem, studying at the Hebrew University or the Conservative Yeshiva at the Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center. Throughout the Nativ program, students engage in special religious and leadership training experiences. 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. 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 the website, www.usy.org, for updates. [ Back to Top ]
CJ: Voices of Conservative/Masorti Judaism - United Synagogue’s magazine, the United Synagogue Review, is about to cease publication; so will the Women’s League for Conservative Judaism’s Outlook and the Federation of Jewish Men’s Club’s Torchlight. They will be replaced by CJ: Voices of Conservative Judaism, which will debut in mid-August and appear four times a year. [ Back to Top ]
CHUSY in New Orleans - Twenty USYers and four staffers from CHUSY, based in the Midwest, spent 4 days drywalling, spackling, taping walls, hauling wood, framing houses, pouring foundations, learning, giving, and growing, on alternative spring break in Waveland, Mississippi, and in New Orleans. Read more. Kol Dichfin - More than 200 congregations signed up for Kol Dichfin, which, following the Haggadah’s directive that all who are hungry should come and eat, matched Conservative youth movement alumni with seats at seder tables. The program was arranged through Project Reconnect and NAASE, which already have begun work on Come Home for the Holidays.
Your People Are My People - United Synagogue’s Rabbi Moshe Edelman, primary author of “Al HaDerekh,” spoke to United Synagogue’s National Youth Commission on April 15, to a group of Conservative and Reform executive directors on April 17, to clergy and board and ritual committee members of the Forest Hills Jewish Center on April 17, and at the Seaboard region’s regional study day in Potomac, Maryland, on April 22. He talked with all these groups about welcoming and encouraging dual-faith families. At left: Rabbi Moshe Edelman, right, stands with the Forest Hills Jewish Center's Cantor Adam Frei. To learn more, email Rabbi Edelman at Edelman@uscj.org. Wright Synagogue Named National Historic Landmark - Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne designated Beth Sholom Congregation in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, the only synagogue designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, as a national historic landmark. Read the official government press release.
Joshua Nelson Plays in Midwest - Jewish gospel signer Joshua Nelson, shown here at left, played to an audience of more than 700 people at Congregation Beth Shalom in Northbrook, Illinois. The shul’s executive director, Harvey Gold, right, was honored for his 40 years of service, and the evening’s proceeds will help support the Midwest region’s youth program. Shabbaton at Kibbutz Hannaton - The Center on Campus program of the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism’s Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center held a pre-Pesach Shabbaton at Kibbutz Hannaton in the Galil. Students led tefillot and learned in hevruta-style sessions conducted by JTS and Ziegler rabbinical students. The Center on Campus is an affiliate of Koach, United Synagogue's program for college students. [ Back to Top ]
Israel Commission Adds Listserv - The Israel Commission has begun a listserv, which allows all participants to share ideas, challenges, and solutions about our congregations’ relationship to Israel. The listserv is open to all Israel Commission chairs. Send your name, synagogue affiliation, town, and state to Rabbi Paul Freedman at freedman@uscj.org. Project Reconnect’s Yellow Pages - Project Reconnect’s website features Yellow Pages in Israel. There, alumni of our movement who have made aliyah can advertise their services, and all of us can look through the listings. It’s a good way to support Conservative Jews who have chosen to live in Israel. [ Back to Top ]
Tikkun Layl Shavuot - For about 20 years, the Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center has been offering an ambitious all-night Tikkun Layl Shavuot. Recently, it has drawn almost 1,000 people, and is believed to be one of the largest such programs in Jerusalem. This year, Shavuot begins at sunset on Tuesday, May 22. After a festive dinner that evening for about 60 undergraduates, the tikkun starts at 10:30 p.m. with more than 10 learning sessions, in both Hebrew and English, and concludes with a predawn walk to the Robinson’s Arch at the kotel, where the group will davven shacharit at sunrise. For more information, email Rabbi Ed Romm at romm@uscj.org. Wine and Cheese Open House - The Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center offers a wine and cheese open house for United Synagogue visitors to Israel on Sunday, July 1, at 6 p.m. Repeat Your Wedding Promises in Jerusalem - The United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism’s Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center can host re-wedding ceremonies, as well as parties to celebrate all sorts of milestones. Read more. Summer Programs at the Conservative Yeshiva - The Conservative Yeshiva at United Synagogue’s Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center is now accepting applications for the 2007 summer program. In the mornings, the program includes four levels of an intensive ulpan and both beginning and advanced levels of Talmud study. In the afternoons, the Yeshiva offers classes in Mishnah, midrash, Tanach, halakha, and tefillah. The program, for adults of all ages and backgrounds, has two three-week sessions, July 1 to July 19 and July 22 to August 9. For more information about the program, tuition, and scholarships, email yeshiva@uscj.org, call 972-2-622-3116, or go to the Yeshiva's website. 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 background 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 Agencyfor 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 ]
The Spirituality of Welcoming by Ron Wolfson is a handbook that offers examples, tips, and exercises aimed at turning your congregation into a place of invitation and openness. It focuses on the importance of prayer that is uplifting and spiritually moving, and on the importance of hospitality. $19.00. Together as One: Duets of Praise and Inspiration, a CD of music sung by Aliza Pomerantz-Boro and David Propis, features 11 songs that encourage the listener to seek greater personal harmony. Songs include Every Day I Will Bless the Lord, You Raise MeUp, and Believe. $15. Learn more about our book service department. [ Back to Top ]
Where In the World Are Conservative/Masorti Synagogues? - We know that our members travel all around the world, and often they look for synagogues where they feel at home.
News of the Movement - To learn more about the activities run by the more than 110 Masorti programs around the world, read the latest Masorti Olami News on Masorti Olami’s website. [ 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. Nativ Offers New Option - Nativ, USY’s yearlong program in Israel, has added a track; now students can take the Ulpan/Community Service option in the fall. It joins the classic Nativ and full-year yeshiva options. [ Back to Top ]
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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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