What are USY and Kadima?
USY stands for United Synagogue Youth and is the youth movement of Conservative Judaism. On the International level, USY has over 20,000 members in grades 7 to 12. These members are divided into seventeen regions. Beth Hillel USY is a chapter in Northeast Region. Each Region is made up of chapters from local synagogues. Kadima is similar to USY except that the programming is geared to those in younger grades.
What Does USY Do?
USY sponsors many types of programs that include a variety of teen tours to Israel, Poland, Eastern Europe and Spain. The Region sponsors Leadership Weekends, Kinnusim (weekend conclaves), Dances, and Regional Convention. BHS USY sponsors, social, educational, social action, and religious programming on a monthly basis and strives to instill a sense of teamwork and a community.
Click hear to learn more about USCJ's national USY program
For more information about USY and Kadima, contact Beth Hillel USY's advisor Alisa Kraushaar at 860-878-4298 or email her a.kraushaar@yahoo.com. Alisa loves answering questions or just saying hi!
November 25th Turkey Trot (Regional event) at Beth Hillel Synagogue for USYers only.
Shalom! My name is Alisa Kraushaar and I am the new USY/Kadima Advisor. I cannot explain how excited I am to share with you my love of USY/ Kadima. I can't wait to meet this generation of young Jews and can only hope to influence them to explore and embrace our Jewish culture. I want our youth to use their creativity and excitement to help me organize events young teens would enjoy attending and create memories to last them a lifetime. Throughout my USY/Kadima experiences my favorite part was "ruach" or the songs we sing in prayer. Yes . .praying can be a lot of fun if you make it so! One thing I would like to do will be to organize a Shabbat service that incorporates Broadway tunes into our praying. I hope you will all plan to meet once a month to share smiles and stories and walk into the USY/Kadima world with me. Please feel free to call me at 860-878-4298 or email me with questions or just to say hi! I can be reached at a.kraushaar@yahoo.com. Hope to see you all soon!
Alisa Kraushaar, USY/Kadima Advisor for BUSY
Beth Hillel Synagogue USY will host the Hanefesh Region USY Annual Turkey Trot Dance on Wednesday November 25th from 7:30 PM to 10 PM. Click on the link below to find out more.
http://www.bethhillelsynagogue.org/pdfs/turkeytrot09-1.pdf