USCJ Empire Region Website

113 New Krumkill Road Albany, NY 12208 518.438.2052 Phone 518.438.2053 Fax empire@uscj.org Email

W e l c o m e . . . B ' r u c h i m H a b a ' i m

to the Web Site of the Empire Region of The United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism Serving Conservative

congregations and organizations in New York State, western Massachusetts, and southern Vermont.

The Summer 2008 Issue of

USCJ's International Hazak Newsletter:

Click on the "newsletter cover" below to

download the PDF Version of the Hazak Newsletter

HAZAK RETREAT 2008 on

... The Event Has Passed, but take a look at the flyers and applications

for the June 2008 retreat, and get ready to attend in 2009! ...

Listen to "Kumi Ori" ...

The Solomon Schechter Day School Association Celebrates Israel's 60th Birthday

with An Album of Music Performed by Day School students across North America ...

click on the album cover above for a sample track!

Or, watch the video here:

For more information on

Schechter Sings for Israel @ 60

Click on the poster below:

The NEW SUMMER 2008 issue is available ...

"CJ: Voices of Conservative/Masorti Judaism"

CELEBRATING ISRAEL

Look for it in your mailbox, or contact your synagogue for a copy today.

(Or, click on the magazine cover below to download the PDF version now!)

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HECHSHER TZEDEK BLOG

Conservative Rabbis Pledge Groundbreaking System

for Monitoring Working Conditions at Kosher Plants

Conservative Jewish Action Center

USCJ Resolution on

Targeted Divestment from Sudan

The USCJ's Israel Connection

WALKING WITH GOD

ADULT EDUCATION CURRICULUM

Download and review the new adult education project – “Walking with God” - created for adult learners by the Ziegler School for Rabbinic Studies and co-sponsored by the Rabbinical Assembly, and the United Synagogue for Conservative Judaism, by clicking on the icon above.

NEW VERSION! (Compiled on October 31, 2007)

The Empire Region Synagogue Resource Kit

For Lay & Professional Leadership:

Version 2.70 | 10.31.2007.0830

Click on the image to the left to download the file.

Be sure to note where the file is being saved on your computer!

Rename the file "Empire Region Synagogue Resource Kit.exe" without the quotation marks.

(You may need to change your folder settings to "show known file extensions")

Double-Click on the file, click on "Ok," then click "Unzip."

The Resource Kit should be located in C:/Empire Region Synagogue Resource Kit

Note: This is a large file (approximately 611 MB).

On most high-speed connections, the download should take less than ninety minutes.

Congregations have received copies of the Resource Kit on CD-ROM,

but you can also request that copies be sent to your synagogue by emailing our Executive Director at goldberg@uscj.org.

GOLD AWARD WINNER OF A

SOLOMON SCHECHTER AWARD FOR

EXCELLENCE IN SYNAGOGUE PROGRAMMING!

Our synagogue in Schenectady, NY - Congregation Agudat Achim has produced an award-winning cookbook! Visit the Divine Kosher Cuisine website to learn more!

Many of the documents you can download from our website are in the "Portable Document File" or "PDF" format. You can download a free PDF viewer from Adobe Systems, Inc. at http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html.

This web site was last updated on Tuesday, July 8, 2008 | 28 Sivan 5768 at 1300 Eastern U.S. Time

The Empire Regional website was developed and is maintained using Microsoft Expression Web 2, Publisher 2007 SP1, and Adobe Creative Suite Standard CS3.

The Empire Regional website has been tested on Windows XP-SP3 using Internet Explorer 7.0 & Mozilla Firefox 3.0 at a screen resolution of 1024x768 or higher and Microsoft Windows Mobile 6/Internet Explorer Mobile.

If you have any bugs, errors, or suggestions to report, we want to hear from you! Please email the "webmaster" at goldberg@uscj.org. Thank you!