President: Sarah Mae Levy
Executive Vice President for Programming: Sivan Belkind
Executive Vice President for Business: Kira Friedel
Vice President Membership Kadima: Ben Goldfeder
Vice President Religious Education: Josh Maer
Vice President Communications: Shayna Kamm
9th Grade Representative: Nathan Levy
8th Grade Representative: Levi Maer
Our Am Yisrael Youth Chapter is open to all members of our youth community in the congregation. We hope to provide our children and teens with many fun opportunities to spend time with their Am Yisrael peers beyond the classroom and Sanctuary settings. Youth Programming is available to all ages from Kindergarten through senior year of High School, as follows:
Our Am Yisrael 3rd-12th Graders can also participate as a part of CHUSY Region, affiliated with our national movement, United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism (USCJ).
We typically hold an AMUSY (8th-12th Grades) lounge night approximately once a month on Wednesday evenings, immediately following SJS. Lounge nights include a delicious kosher dinner, usually ordered from Mizrahi Grill, The Sandwich Club or EJ’s Pizzeria.
Please save the following dates in your calendars, all taking place on Wednesday evenings from 6:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m.:
As part of the build toward involvement in AMUSY, we have three evenings in which we will hold similar lounge night for our younger 5th-7th graders. Lounge nights include a delicious kosher dinner, usually ordered from Mizrahi Grill, The Sandwich Club or EJ’s Pizzeria.
Please save the following dates in your calendars, all taking place on Wednesday evenings from 6:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m.:
For our younger students (2nd-5th grade) we offer our Chaverim Group. Three Sundays each school year, Chaverim will take a field trip after SJS, which will include a kosher lunch. Past locations include The Painted Penguin and Bowling in Wilmette.
Please save the following dates in your calendars, all taking place on Sunday afternoons from 12:15 p.m.-2:30 p.m.:
USY is USCJ’s youth movement for Conservative Jewish teens across North America. For more than 70 years, USY has taught young Jews the values and skills they need to become exceptional leaders in their religious and secular communities. USY empowers youth to develop friendships, leadership skills, a sense of belonging to the Jewish People, and a commitment to inspired Jewish living through meaningful and fun experiences rooted in Conservative Judaism’s approach to learning, spiritual expression, and social responsibility. Through year-round programming and domestic and international travel opportunities, USY inspires in teens a deep sense of pride and love for their Jewish identity. To learn more, visit www.usy.org.
CHUSY is the Chicago region of USY. CHUSY covers the Chicago area as well as Madison, Milwaukee, and Northwest Indiana. CHUSY programs give Jewish teens a chance to learn and grow as a Jew and most of all to have fun with other Jews. Teens learn about Judaism and Israel, do social action projects, give tzedakah, and enjoy other social programming like bowling or just hanging out.
For more information about our Am Yisrael Youth Chapter, please contact:
Mr. Charlie Sherman csherman@amyisrael.org and/or Morah Sandra Mieli Kamm smielikamm@amyisrael.org
For more information about our CHUSY Region, please contact: info@chusy.org
Updated September 22, 2023 7 Tishrei 5783