North American & Empire Regional Calendar
HAZAK RETREAT 2009
For “Seasoned Youth” … Ages Fifty-Five and Up!
Block and Hexter Camp | June TBA, 2009
Click on the logo above to download the application today!
We are delighted to announce our
third HAZAK trip to the Block and Hexter Adult Center from June 12-19, 2008. We
will join other 7 HAZAK Regions — Seaboard, New Jersey, Southeast, New England,
Metropolitan New York, Empire, Mid Atlantic, and Connecticut Valley for this
special week. There are some wonderful lecturers who will be joining us during
our visit. Gloria Goldreich, a noted author and lecturer will again be with us,
Sheldon Horowitz, a very popular lecturer will be teaching us about 2 new
historical trials, Dr. Marsha Edelman will again enchant us with her musical
talent and joining us this year Ellie Gumnit will lead us in a wonderful series
of Israel at 60. We will also be joined by Rabbi Moshe Edelman, who will lead us
through the week and nourish our souls with his very new series of films and
Pirkei on the Porch. All of these courses will be both thought-provoking and
entertaining.
In addition to these courses, there are many other exciting activities planned. Like always, there are many on-site activities available to us including tennis, computer programming, exercise programs, swimming in either our beautiful lake or heated pool, nightly entertainment, Shabbat experience and so much more. All rooms at the Block and Hexter Adult Center (both Single and Double Rooms) have private bathrooms with showers and air conditioning; this is not your typical children’s camp cabin. Rooms accommodate a maximum of two people. All rooms are identical. Amenities in all rooms, twin beds with full box spring and mattress (not cots), and daily housekeeping (beds made, fresh towels provided daily, and rooms cleaned).
We have enclosed this year’s registration materials and course descriptions for your review. Please remember that rates include all meals, round-trip transportation from various regional locations, and activities at Block and Hexter. Please mail the completed forms with a $75.00 non refundable deposit per person to Associated Camps. If you have any questions about the facility or rooms, please call Block and Hexter office at 1.800.400.1924 or feel free to contact us at the numbers below.
We know that our week together will be most memorable, and we hope to see you at this wonderful program. Space is limited. In order to assure you of a space, register now.
On behalf of you team leaders Arlene Corsover, Rabbi Moshe Edelman and myself we look forward to seeing you!!
Jo-Anne Tucker-Zemlak (USCJ Seaboard Region)
301.230.0801 x2 | zemlak@uscj.org
Arlene Corsover (USCJ Southeast Region)
561.372.0420
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! ...
USY’s GREAT ESCAPES 2009
USY Pilgrimage
USY on Wheels
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Watch the promotional videos for
USY's Summer Programs and USY High by right clicking on the links above, and
saving the clips to your hard drive. If you have trouble downloading the videos
from this email, visit our homepage (http://uscj.org/empire)
and download the videos from the website.
Then visit the “Escape
with USY” website to learn more about Wheels
and Pilgrimage – let us help you develop a plan to promote these programs to
your congregation’s teenagers and their parents, and send them off for the
experience of a lifetime next summer! (It’s really not too early to start
planning for the summer of 2008 today!)
For more
information on USY Summer Programs, developing your USY and Kadima chapters, and
leadership development for USYers and Youth Commission lay leadership – please
contact our regional Director of Youth Activities, Batia Epelbaum at
epelbaum@uscj.org
today!
IMUN 2009
Camp Ramah in the Berkshires (Wingdale, NY)
TBA Summer 2009
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: TBA (covers housing, all meals, books, supplies, resource materials, transportation to/from New York LaGuardia Airport) (Partial scholarships available).
For more information and to RSVP, please contact:
Rabbi Paul Drazen
United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism
155 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10010
Phone: 646-519-9310
Email: drazen@uscj.org
