Teens Begin the
Year!
Welcome
back to all our teens!
Join
us for Monday Night School beginning
September 15th at 5:45 for dinner and an exciting new year!
The
5775 Temple Israel Madrichim applied to the program and were offered positions
over the summer. These teens will work
in our religious school classrooms on Sundays throughout the year. They will assist teachers with classroom
management and facilitation, and will develop as classroom leaders and
teachers. They will meet on Sunday,
September 7th for their orientation.
RYFTI (9th-12th) has
12 fantastic teens serving as board members for 5775, and they began planning
for the coming year from the moment they were elected last spring. They met here at TI at the end of the summer
for their annual overnight planning event, and began mapping out a very
exciting year. Stay tuned!
Introducing Our New RYFTI Advisor,
Roberta Bergstein!
We are thrilled
to introduce our new RYFTI Advisor, Roberta Bergstein. Roberta recently graduated from Brandeis
University with a B.A. in Psychology and Health, Science, Society & Policy. She is currently enrolled in the Master of
Public Policy program at Brandeis's Heller School. This year, before finishing
her master’s, she is working at the Joseph Smith Community Health Center in
Allston as a Patient Navigator helping non-English speaking patients 'navigate'
their way through the complicated health care system.
Roberta writes:
“I could not be more excited about working with the teens of Temple Israel.
Ever since I was in high school and a member of my temple's youth group I have
wanted to be a youth group advisor, so that I could share the same incredible
experience I had with others. I cherish
the memories I have from my youth group experiences as well as from my trip to
Israel. I am passionate about giving
back to the community and look forward to a great year with the members of
RYFTI.”
Roberta
will be with us at Monday Night School and at all RYFTI events beginning this
fall. Please join us in welcoming
her! We’re very excited for all the
Roberta will bring to RYFTI, and to the whole TI Teen Ed community.
A Summer of Israel Engagement
Our teens had meaningful, impactful
summers in variety of ways. Many were
campers or camp counselors; others participated in enrichment programs or
travel. Six of our teens spent their
summers engaging with Israel – experiences made even more significant by this
summer’s unique and challenging circumstances.
Rising senior Marc Davis, and rising juniors Olivia Berlin, Noah
Solomon, Ben Groustra, and Lily Schwartz travelled to Israel through
NFTY-in-Israel programs. All five had
wonderful trips, and are home safe.
Rising sophomore Nina Miller participated in a remarkable program called
Artsbridge, through which she lived and created art with five other American
teens, and with a combined 17 Jewish Israeli, Arab Israeli, and West-Bank
Palestinian teens. The Teen Ed community
looks forward to hearing from these six students about their experiences and to
learning from their insights throughout the year and beyond.
Celebrating Our Jewish Summer Campers –
Send Photos!
Temple Israel families sent over 80 students to Jewish camps this summer, both as campers and as counselors. We are proud of all these students, who
continued to develop and strengthen their Jewish identities over the
summer! We will honor our campers and
camp families at our annual Camp Shabbat service this fall. As part of Camp Shabbat, we’re putting
together a slide show of our campers, and we want to include them all! If you/your child was at a Jewish camp this
summer, please send a couple of photos to Mike (mfishbein@tisrael.org) to be
included.
Fall 2014 Teen
Program Dates to Remember
- Madrichim Orientation 9/7
- First Night of Monday Night School 9/15
- Rosh HaShanah volunteering with RYFTI 9/25
- Yom Kippur volunteering with RYFTI 10/4
- Confirmation Kallah 10/24-26
- Levi Leap (with NFTY-NE in Framingham, MA) 10/25
- NFTY-NE Fall Conclavette 11/14-16
- RYFTI Fall Kallah 11/21-23
- RYFTI Alumni/ae Shabbat 11/28
The Confirmation Journey is about to
begin. All that’s missing is… YOU!
Calling all
incoming 10th Graders!
The 5774 Confirmation
class is forming and we need you to play a part.
Join us for the
Confirmation Kallah!
October 24-26,
2014 at Camp Burgess in Sandwich, MA
If
you haven’t yet signed up – don’t wait! Call or e-mail Mike at 617-566-3960 x126 or
mfishbein@tisrael.org.
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