Am Yisrael Youth Chapter

Am Yisrael Youth Chapter

Am Yisrael Youth Board

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

About our Am Yisrael Youth Chapter

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:

  • Ruach – Kindergarten – 2nd Grades
  • Chaverim – 2nd-4th Grades
  • ​Gesher – 5th-7th Grades
  • AMUSY – 8th-12th Grades

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).

Monthly 8th-12th Grade AMUSY Lounge Nights

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.:                     

  • Wednesday, November 29, 2023                  
  • Wednesday, January 17, 2024                   
  • Wednesday, February 21, 2024    
  • Wednesday, April 3, 2024 
  • Wednesday, May 15, 2024

5th-7th Grade Gesher Lounge Nights

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.:

  • Wednesday, October 25, 2023
  • Wednesday, February 28, 2023
  • Wednesday, April 3, 2024  

2nd-5th Grade Chaverim

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 Nickel City in Northbrook and Bowling in Wilmette and Buffalo Grove.

Please save the following dates in your calendars, all taking place on Sunday afternoons from 12:15 p.m.-2:30 p.m.:

  • Sunday, November 5, 2023
  • Sunday, February 11, 2024
  • Sunday, April 7, 2024  

About our CHUSY Region

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.

Contacts

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 February 2, 2024    23 Sh’vat 5784