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YOU ARE HERE: eNews >> Archive >> eNews September 05USCJ eNews: The United Synagogue Electronic BulletinSeptember 2005
In This Issue: 
USCJ Biennial Convention, December 2005 - United Synagogue's Biennial Convention, December 4-8 in Boston, will include workshops, seminars, institutes, music, speakers, hard information, spirituality, learning, davenning, text study, friendship, vendors, and much more. Check out the convention brochure, download a registration form or register online, and take a look at the list of vendors who will be at the convention from Sunday till Wednesday. USY Annual International Convention- USY's 55th annual International Convention is set for December 25 through 29 at the Philadelphia Marriott. Its busy schedule of educational, social, and religious activities all are tied to the theme Mishane Habriot - Who Makes People Different: Jewish Perspectives on Disabilities. More than 1,200 USYers and staffers are expected to take part in the celebration. Koach Kallah - The sixteenth annual Koach Kallah will meet from February 23 to 26 at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. Students from across North America will gather to study with scholar-in-residence Rabbi Amy Eilberg, share a spirited Shabbat, create new friendships, discuss campus issues and simply have fun! For more information, email koach@uscj.org. USY High - This year's USY High program, which takes USYers to Israel for eight weeks in February and March, has opened its enrollment. Students will study Jewish history while keeping up with their regular high school work. Project Reconnect's Going to Israel - Project Reconnect - the group where USY Atid, Koach, Nativ, and the Conservative Yeshiva in Israel can meet again and revitalize old connections — is going to Israel. You can download a registration form here. SULAM - SULAM, the leadership training program for synagogue vice presidents and new presidents, invites participants to one of two sessions this spring. On March 9-12, the program will meet in the Westin Hotel in San Francisco, and on March 30 to April 2 it will be held at the Hilton Hotel in Newark. Learn to climb the ladder! For information, call Rabbi Moshe Edelman at (212) 533-7800, ext. 2205, or email him at Edelman@uscj.org. [ Back to Top ]
USY's NATIV College/Leadership Program - Seventy-nine recent graduates of United Synagogue Youth left for Israel at the beginning of September for USY's NATIV College/Leadership program. It is the largest NATIV group in the program's 25-year history; last year the program drew 65 participants. This summer, USY sent 450 students to Israel. In 2004, only 370 went. This year's NATIV students come from 19 states and two Canadian provinces, as well as from England and Denmark. For more information about NATIV, go to its website, www.nativ.org, call Itzik Yanai, USY's central shaliach, at 212 533-7800, ext. 2321, or e-mail nativ@uscj.org. [ Back to Top ]
USCJ Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center - If you are planning a trip to Israel, be sure to look to the Fuchsberg 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. Project Ezra Offers Staples Program - Your congregation can now order discount office supplies and more through USCJ's partnership with Staples Business Advantage. [ Back to Top ]
Hurricane Relief Fund - Our Hurricane Relief Fund is up and running; read about how to donate, where the money's going, and how some of our hurricane-hit congregations are doing. Response from Rabbi Jerome Epstein - United Synagogue's executive vice president, Rabbi Jerome Epstein, responded to Rabbi Ovadia Yosef's take on Hurricane Katrina. [ Back to Top ]
Shiurim for Early Childhood Educators - A new web-based study tool, shiurim for early childhood educators, was launched this month. USCJ early childhood educators are Jewish educators; the shiurim will help USCJ early childhood educators be lifelong Jewish learners as well. A new shiur, to be published each month, provides an early childhood director text and questions to stimulate a Jewish discussion with her staff. So far, nearly 50 people have signed up to receive the shiur each month. To sign up to receive the monthly shiur, email Maxine Handelman at handelman@uscj.org. Your Child - This newsletter for parents of young children, features thoughtful articles on such issues as child development, parenting, Jewish values, and school concerns, and presents idea for practical Jewish things parents can do with their children. The first issue of the 2005-2006 subscription year, Fall 2005, is now at the printer. There are three issues each year; a yearlong subscription is $7.75 prepaid, and there are discounts on bulk orders to one address. For a free trial copy, call 212 533-7800, ext. 2500, or e-mail education@uscj.org. Luah 5766: Order of Prayers, Blessings and Torah Readings for Synagogue and Home Table by Kenneth S. Goldrich is now available. This spiral-bound luah, put out by the Conservative movement, incorporates many user-friendly features -- some of them are unique -- and uses modern graphic design. It is entirely in English and is cross-referenced to Siddur Sim Shalom, including page numbers, and provides English translations of the first words of the prayer. It contains detailed instructions on how to perform many rituals and is intended to encourage home observance. The luah includes both Hebrew and civil calendar dates and reflects such contemporary commemorations as Yom haAtzma'ut and Yom haShoah. Single copies are $14.75 plus $5 postage and handling. For additional ordering information, email United Synagogue's book service. A Family Activity Guide for Sukkot is a good resource for the home as well as the classroom. It's available from the Education Department for $25 prepaid, as a master copy, and is also available in packets of 10 booklets for $11.00 per packet prepaid. Yad LaTorah: Laws and Customs of the Torah Service by Kenneth S. Goldrich can assist and encourage people who have not yet taken an active role in the Torah service but would like to learn the rules and develop their skills in this area. For people already serving as Torah readers and gabba'im, this guide is intended to provide some additional insights into the halachah and provide a handy tool for occasional review. Distributed by the Book Service for $28 plus postage and handling. Quantity pricing is available. [ Back to Top ]
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The World Zionist Congress election ends February 28. Support the Conservative movement - vote MERCAZ! Online registration for the World Zionist Congress election ends February 15, and voting ends February 28. If you haven't registered or voted yet, do it now! The voting process will be in two stages, as it was in 1997 and 2002. Registration, which costs $7 per adult, $5 per student, will be open until January 15, 2006, by mail and until February 15 online. Ballots will be distributed starting in mid-November, 2005, and voting will end on February 28. North American voters who registered for the 2002 WZO elections will receive new registration forms from the American Zionist Movement, and MERCAZ, the Zionist arm of the Conservative movement, will send registration forms to its members. Links to the online registration will be available at MERCAZ's website, www.mercazusa.org. For more information, call the MERCAZ office at 1-888-99 MERCAZ (1-888-996-3722) or email info@mercazusa.org. For information about voting for MERCAZ in Canada, call 1-800-419-5666 or email MERCAZ at masorti@intrr.net. The voting process will be in two stages, as it was in 1997 and 2002. Online registration, which costs $7 per adult, $5 per student, will be open until February 15; registration by mail closed in mid-January. Voting will end on February 28. Once you are registered and receive your ballot, vote for MERCAZ. Put your belief in the Conservative movement in North American and the Masorti movement in Israel to work. Your vote will make a difference. Poll results determine how much funding the Jewish Agency for Israel will provide the Conservative/Masorti movement. With your vote, you'll help strengthen the Conservative/Masorti movement and religious pluralism in Israel. Your vote also will support Conservative programs for North Americans in Israel. Those include USY Pilgrimage, which sends North American high-school students to Israel, the Ramah Seminar, which allows Ramah campers to spend the summer after camp together in Israel; the Conservative Yeshiva in Jerusalem, and the NATIV Year Course for North American college-age students in Israel.
So register! Vote! Support MERCAZ! [ Back to Top ]
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