Save the date
Israel Day Parade
Show your solidarity with Israel and METNY and join USYers and congregations from the entire region as we march down Fifth Avenue with floats in the Salute to Israel Day Parade. Assemble at West 53rd St. (between 5th and 6th Ave.) at 12:30 pm; we will step-off at 1:00 pm. For more information, call 212-533-7800, ext. 2154 or download the informational flyer.
Annual Dinner
The New York Metropolitan Region, The United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism will be honoring Stanley Hochhauser and Claire Salant at its Annual Dinner on Monday, June 2, 2008 at Temple Hillel, North Woodmere. The evening will be a well deserved tribute to two outstanding leaders in the Jewish community, who have spent many years of devoted and dedicated service to the United Synagogue, Conservative Judaism and K’lal Yisrael. We hope you will want to be part of this festive occasion. For more information download this flyer.
Family Concert Featuring Blue Fringe and Tizmoret
Save the date for a family friendly concert featuring the Jewish bands "Blue Fringe" and "Tizmoret." The concert will be held at the Shelter Rock Jewish Center in Roslyn, NY on Thursday night, May 29 at 7:30 p.m. The event will be free, but reserved seating is available. For more information, call 212-533-7800, ext. 2150 or download this flyer.
Presidential Certificates
The METNY Regional office would be pleased to prepare a Certificate of Appreciation for your congregation’s outgoing president, to be presented at an appropriate ceremony. Requests for the Certificate must be made on synagogue letterhead, and include the name of the president, years served and date of presentation. The requests should be sent to METNY, 155 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010 or Faxed to (212) 533-0400.
In addition, the Region very much wants to be part of significant celebrations in the life of your congregation. When your congregation is celebrating a significant anniversary or occasion, the Region would be happy to prepare and present an appropriate certificate to your congregation. To arrange for these certificates and their presentation, please call the METNY office, at (212) 533-7800 ext.2150
About Conservative Judaism
The United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism was founded in 1913 by Dr. Solomon Schechter as the association of Conservative synagogues in North America. The United Synagogue serves as a resource to its affiliated congregations and works to formulate a Conservative Jewish response to pressing social and religious issues.
Conservative Judaism attempts to combine a positive attitude toward modern culture, acceptance of critical secular scholarship regarding Judaism's sacred texts, and also commitment to Jewish observance. Conservative Judaism believes that scholarly study of Jewish texts indicates that Judaism has constantly been evolving to meet the needs of the Jewish people in varying circumstances, and that a central halachic (Jewish legal) authority can continue the halachic evolution today.
For more information on Conservative Judaism, visit The United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism or The Jewish Theological Seminary of America.