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Burns * Billy Joel * Sandy Koufax * Goldie Hawn
Barbara Streisand * Jerry Seinfeld * Billy Crystal * Mandy Patinkin
Albert Einstein * Adam Sandler * Bette Midler * Anne Frank
Milton Berle * Mel Brooks * Fran Drescher * Sammy Davis Jr.
David Lee Roth * Henry Winkler * William Shatner * Leonard Nimoy
What do all these
people have in common????
They're Jewish and they're proud.
 Woobury
J.C. is proud of our Jewish Youth Groups. You can still join us!
Our youth group - grades 8 through 12 (USY). All of our groups meet
weekly.
USY is an international youth
groups which also have events outside the synagogue such as dances,
kinnusim (weekend retreats for USY), shabbatonim (weekend retreats
for Kadima), trips, sports events, interchapter events and much,
much more. We're here to bring exciting, fun-filled programs to
you. But we can't do it alone...
USY is not just meetings in the
temple…it is so much more! It is an opportunity to take a
break from school and home. We combine with other united youth on
Long Island for bowling, dancing, and partying. We will go on conventions
and have events with high school students from all over New York.
Each year there are International Conventions where you have the
opportunity to meet others from all over the country. USY has camps
such as teen travel, which go across the United States and opportunities
to explore areas throughout the world! So come out to a meeting
and see how great this year will be.
 Passover,
Passover, what a crazy, wonderful time of year! I’ve
always loved this holiday, and the spring it brings with it, but
this year I am especially excited about the events WoodUSY has tentatively
scheduled as we celebrate Passover, and all of April.
Our first Passover event will be a trip to the Matzah Factory.
The WoodUSY board suggested that since this was fun activity in
nursery school, it was well worth doing again now that we’re
older and wiser. The trip will be on March 26th.
On April 6th we are going to have a chocolate seder at the
WJC. A chocolate seder contains all the elements of the
traditional Haggadah, but is mostly a chance to scarf down chocolate
with your USY friends.
On April 13th
(which is during Passover), WoodUSY is invited to the Chazak
Matzah Ball Dance, which is hosted by the western Long
Island division of USY. There will be information available on facebook.
On April 23rd we are going to be having a creative
community service opportunity at the WJC. We will be making blankets
for Project Linus
, which gives children in need of a sense of warmth and
comfort a handmade blanket. They have distributed over two million
blankets since 1995. We will be making blankets that do not require
sewing skills or any previous knowledge, so everyone is invited
to attend. Community service credit will be awarded for participation
in this event.
We will conclude April with the celebration of another holiday,
Yom HaAtzmaut, Israel’s Independence Day on April
28th. We will express our love for our Jewish homeland
by discussing previous experiences in Israel, USY’s summer
programs to Israel, and by decorating and then eating a 61st birthday
cake made to look like the map of Israel.
In April you should also receive your application to attend
METNY Regional Convention, which will be held May 15th-17th.
Convention is a fun weekend with USY at a hotel, and includes both
divisional and regional elections, attending gives you a voice in
USY politics. There is also a simultaneous program for eighth graders,
for which I will also have applications.
Have a great month, and as always, let me know if you have any USY
questions at: WoodburyUSY@gmail.com
Shalom,
Loen Amer
WJC USY Director
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