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 2009 Lay Religious Leadership Training Program. The program will be held Sunday, July 12 to Monday, July 20, 2009, at Camp Ramah in the Berkshires, Wingdale, NY. The IMUN PROGRAM is an exciting Study Institute - Retreat. IMUN is a challenging and exhilarating skillstraining experience. Guided by knowledgeable professionals, IMUN participants gain or enhance mastery of all these skills which allows them to take a more active role in congregations back at home.
Take some time, in a retreat setting, to pursue studying:
•Reading the Torah
•Chanting a haftarah
•Leading Shabbat services
•Conducting a weekday service
•Preparing/delivering a d’var Torah
•Serving as gabbai

Cost: $985 this covers
• All meals/snacks
• Housing
• All books and educational materials
• Transportation to/from New York La Guardia Airport
Couples are welcome..

Please download and send this form and your $250 deposit to:
United Synagogue – IMUN PROGRAM
820 Second Avenue, New York, NY 10017
(Attn: Rabbi Paul Drazen)
Please be sure this material reaches us by March 31, 2009. The program has a limited enrollment on a first-come, first-served basis.For information, contact Rabbi Paul Drazen, Director of Congregational Services, ext. 2612, direct dial 646-519-9310, or drazen@uscj.org. Fax: 212-353-3439

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Click here for the 2009 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.