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eNews >> Archive >> eNews October 06USCJ eNews: The United Synagogue Electronic BulletinOctober 2006
In This Issue: Law Committee Decision - As the Committee on Jewish Law and Standards decides the halakhic status of gay men and lesbians, the United Synagogue offers education on the issue. There are links available on our homepage, at the top of the bulletin board.
Send Us Your Art! - We have decided to extend the deadline for submissions for our 5768 (2007-2008) calendar through the middle of October. We are looking for photographs of architectural or structural elements of shuls affiliated with United Synagogue.
Come to USY High This Spring! - USY High, the youth department’s joint program with Ramah Israel Programs for high school students, is accepting applications for the spring semester. Students spend two months living and learning in Israel, using the country as their classroom and receiving high school credit for the experience. Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center - United Synagogue’s Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center offers first-time and veteran visitors to Israel a dazzling range of study and travel opportunities.
Kashrut Alert - The Committee on Jewish Law and Standards has voted to accept two more hashgachot. Shabbat Hazak - On January 6 – that’s 16 Tevet – synagogues across the movement will celebrate the achievements of members of Hazak, the group for people 55 and older. To learn more about the program and about Shabbat Hazak, call Dr. Morton Siegel at 212 533-7800, ext. 2234, or email him at siegel@uscj.org. Sulam - Sulam, the training program that helps new synagogue leaders climb the ladder of Jewish knowledge and practice, will be held twice in 2007. Mark your calendars and plan to join us – March 8-11 in Newark, New Jersey, or March 15-18 in Toronto, Ontario. [ Back to Top ]
How Halakha Is Made - As the Conservative movement’s Law Committee deliberates on the status of gay men and lesbians, the United Synagogue educates. Click here to read how we’re doing it. [ Back to Top ]
Koach Trains Interns - We Want S’More! - In early September, Koach, United Synagogue’s program for college students, brought interns from 22 college campuses to a retreat center in Maryland for a weekend of intensive training. The students studied, davvened, played, and learned from the professional staff and each other; they also competed, Iron-chef style, in making Jewish-themed s’mores.
Our Alums Come Home for the Holidays - For the second year, Project Reconnect, the alumni group for all of our youth programs, matched alumns who did not have holiday tickets with seats in our member congregations. More than 150 synagogues participated, and some were still adding themselves to the list as we went to press; last year we had 71. In the spring, Project Reconnect will offer Kol Dichfin, which places alumni at seder tables across North America. Nativ’s Bumper Crop - This year, 85 high-school graduates left for Israel to spend the year before they start college in Israel on United Synagogue’s Nativ program. The group, the largest ever in Nativ’s 26 years, includes students from 22 states and 7 Canadian provinces. Another student comes from Denmark. Students live at the Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center and study either at the Center’s Conservative Yeshiva or the Hebrew University. Koach Goes to Israel - This year, Koach, United Synagogue’s college program, is working with Taglit-birthright israel and Hillel to send two groups to Israel. Both, like all birthright israel trips, are for 18- to 26-year-old Jews who have never been to Israel with a group of their peers. One is for young people with Asperger’s Syndrome; that trip will have a modified itinerary and specially trained staff. For more information, go to koach.org or email koachbirthright@uscj.org. [ Back to Top ]
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. Learning at and about our Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center - The United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism is immensely proud of its Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center, Conservative Jews’ home in the homeland.
The Conservative Yeshiva at the 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. And 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, accommodations, and more. Learn more about the center's programs and services. 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. SSDSA - The Solomon Schechter Day School Association is working in partnership with UJA Federation of New York, the Board of Jewish Education, and other local organizations to strengthen the three Schechter schools on Long Island, New York State’s eastern tip. Through that initiative, the organizations are encouraging non-Orthodox Jews there to become more active in Jewish life. [ Back to Top ]
The Holidays Continue - The holiday season continues. We eat and celebrate in our sukkot, surrounded by reminders of fall’s arrival; later we dance joyously with the Torah as the season draws to a close on Simchat Torah. Here, we offer more ways to consider the holidays of Tishrei.
Biographies - The Book Service offers biographies of two famous Jews – one for adults, one for children.
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USY Convention - So far more than 1,300 people are expected at the 56th annual USY international convention, which is set for December 24 through 28 at the Boston Marriott Copley Place. During those five days USYers will talk and think about social action projects, summer program reunions, educational programs, and more. This year’s theme will revolve around the Jewish calendar; as always fun and fellowship are on the agenda. For more information, visit www.usy.org/ic or email us at usyconvention@uscj.org. 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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