The IMUN Program is a popular and exciting seminar-retreat program designed for training lay people in religious leadership skills for use in congregations affiliated with The United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism.

Participants join in an intensive program offering lectures, workshops, and practical exercises, which enhance their synagogue religious skills. Classes are offered for basic and advanced skills.

The nine-day program is held every summer at Camp Ramah in the Berkshires.

Register for the IMUN 2007 Lay Religious Leadership Training Program. The program will be held July 6-14, 2007, at Camp Ramah in the Berkshires, Wingdale, NY. The IMUN PROGRAM is an exciting Study Institute - Retreat designed to strengthen lay religious leadership in United Synagogue congregations. For nearly a generation, IMUN has demonstrated great success in assisting congregations develop lay religious leadership and increased participation.
Take some time, in a retreat setting, to pursue studying:
• Leading Synagogue Services
• Torah Reading
• Chanting Haftarah
• Conservative Jewish Ideology and Theology
• And more
Cost: $965 (covers housing, all meals, books, supplies, resource materials, transportation to/from New York LaGuardia Airport) (Partial scholarships available). For information, contact Rabbi Paul Drazen, Director of Congregational Services, ext. 2612, direct dial 646-519-9310, or drazen@uscj.org. RSVP by March 15, 2008.

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Click here for the 2008 brochure.

Contact Seaboard Region Asst. Executive Director Jo-Anne Tucker-Zemlak at 301/230-0801 ext 2 for more information about the program and to get information about subsidies available for Seaboard Region participants.