Israel Day Parade

Congratulations to the New METNY USY Board

It is with great excitement that we present METNY USY’s new regional board. Mazel Tov to these talented youth, their synagogues, and parents on their being elected to serve as Jewish leaders for their peers.

President: Ben Guzik – Shelter Rock JC
Israel Affairs VP: Rachel Medin - Beth El Synagogue Center in New Rochelle
Religious Education VP: Sivan Rinat – Hollis Hills/Hillcrest
Social Action/Tikun Olam VP: Jacob Feinberg – Midway JC
Membership Kadima VP: Rebecca Silverman – Temple Beth Sholom, Roslyn Heights
Communications VP: Ariel Friedman – Forest Hills JC
Chazak Divisional President: Shaina Stern – Shelter Rock JC
Kiryah Divisional President: Naomi Weisz – Hollis Hills/Hillcrest
Koach Divisional President: Scott Scheff – Orangetown JC
Rakevet Divisional President: Ayal Prouser – Midway JC

We also want to congratulate and wish a Yasher Koach to our outgoing USY regional board.

President: Moss Amer – Midway JC
Israel Affairs VP: Cari Katz – Huntington JC
Religious Education VP: Ben Guzik – Shelter Rock JC
Social Action/Tikun Olam VP: Stefanie Groner - Beth El Synagogue Center in New Rochelle
Membership Kadima VP: Chantal Ghalchi – Temple Israel of Great Neck
Communications VP: Carrie Mildner – Greenburgh Hebrew Center
Chazak Divisional President: Elan Cooperman – Temple Beth Sholom, Roslyn
Kiryah Divisional President: Rachel Cohen - ICCJ
Koach Divisional President: Dov Berkman – New City JC
Rakevet Divisional President: Josh Rubin – Midway JC

Tradition and Change Lecture Series

This is the 50th anniversary of Rabbi Mordechai Waxman’s vital work, Tradition and Change. In celebration of this milestone, Temple Israel of Great Neck’s Lifelong Learning program and METNY USCJ are delighted to present a series of dynamic lectures that reflect on Rabbi Waxman’s ideas and project forward for the movement he helped shape.

For more information, download this informational flyer about the first set of lectures this spring. Also, read more about the program, you can read this article from Temple Israel of Great Neck’s bulletin.

Contact Temple Israel of Great Neck at 516-482-7800 for more information about this excellent series, including directions. We look forward to seeing you at the lectures!

METNY Leadership Newsletter

Read the most recent issue of the METNY Leadership Newsletter below or download previous issues. You can currently download the March 2009 issue and the November 2008 issue.

Community Calendar

METNY is excited to present our new regional Community Calendar! Click here to take a look at the calendar or click on "Events" at the top of any page to find out about the dynamic and edifying events taking place in our synagogues and within the METNY USCJ region. If you have a program you want us to add, please email us at METNY@uscj.org.

 

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, 330 W. 38th St. Suite 205, New York, N.Y. 10018 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 212-533-0800.

About METNY

The Metropolitan New York Region (METNY), located in Manhattan, is one of fourteen regions within The United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism. We serve our member congregations throughout the five boroughs, Rockland, Orange, Westchester, Putnam, Dutchess, Nassau and Suffolk counties, as well as Greenwich, Connecticut.

We provide our congregations with programming, publications and services in the areas of education, youth activities, Israel affairs, Hazak, administration and leadership development.

Please contact the METNY office if you would like to request more information about METNY and our offerings

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.