Leadership Retreat

For Members of the Midwest Region
Executive Committee and Board of Directors

Retreat Scholar: Rabbi Elliot Dorff

AUGUST 13 - 16, 2009

Thursday afternoon to Sunday morning at
Camp Ramah in Wisconsin

$180* per person includes lodging & meals, excluding transportation

Retreat Programs to Include:

• Team Building including a Ropes Course experience
• Understanding the Workings & Services of USCJ
• The Present & Future of Conservative Judaism
• Midwest Region Strategic Visioning
• What it Means to be a Jewish Leader: An Expectation Statement
• Youth Panel: Exploring Relationships with Adults Through the Eyes of Our Youth

Some of the session facilitators include:
Rabbi Elliot Dorff, Rabbi Paul Drazen, Karen Kesner, Lisa Alter Krule, Rich Moline, Susan Wyner and other distinguished educators & professionals.

Other Highlights:
A beautiful Shabbat at Camp Ramah and an opportunity to share the weekend with our USYers & Kadima’niks. During our free-time enjoy the beautiful surroundings of the Northwoods and the amenities of camp which include the waterfront, sports fields, hiking paths and much more!

Registration deadline is July 10, 2009! Download the application today!

Mazal Tov to this year's

recipients of  the

Chana Rosen z”l Synagogue Excellence Awards

Large synagogues:

• Beth Hillel Congregation Bnai Emunah                   Adult Education
• Congregation Beth Shalom                                        Adult Education
• North Suburban Synagogue Beth El                         Social Action & Community Relations
• Am Yisrael Conservative Congregation                    Worship & Ritual

Medium synagogues:

• Congregation Kol Emeth                                             Worship & Ritual
• Northwest Suburban Jewish Congregation            Social Action & Community Relations
• West Suburban Temple Har Zion                              Celebrations & Special Events

Honorable Mention:

• Ezra Habonim, The Niles Township Jewish Cong.   Adult Education
• Central Synagogue of Chicago                                      Worship & Ritual

Chana Rosen Klal Yisrael Award:

• West Suburban Temple Har Zion

Midwest Region USCJ
Commission on Jewish Education
Next Steps...Retreat
At Camp Ramah, WI
August 13 - 16
More information can be found on the Education page.

Congregation Beth Israel – Glendale, WI
Receives USCJ Framework for Excellence Award
The first Congregational School in the Midwest Region to do so ~
Mazel Tov!


The congregation celebrated by hosting a good old-fashion hoedown!

Our biennial Tri-Regional convention was a great success. 

We would like to thank our Midwest Region Co-Chairs, Pearl Kagan & Paul Glaser!

Pictures from the event can be found on the Convention page.

Learn more about the Conversion Institute of Conservative Judaism

Sponsored by
The Chicago Region of the Rabbinical Assembly
and
Midwest Region, United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism.