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Welcome to this month’s edition of the SA/TO (Social Action/Tikun Olam (repairing the world) Scoop from International USY SA/TO Committee, featuring the updates on social action and sustainable living initiatives and programs. Meet the SA/TOs I’m Emily Rosenberg and you can find me collecting coffee table books, doing crosswords, or dreaming about moving to a farm Continue Reading »
Will winter ever end?! Even if it’s still too cold to wear shorts and put away your snow boots, you can at least start preparing for the summer. Warm up with our 5 ideas for fun in the sun with USY Summer Experience. 1. Pump up the jams and rock out with our summer Continue Reading »
Hagalil USY’s Talia Levin attended the AIPAC Schusterman Advocacy Institute for High School Students with USY in January. She left with a better factual understanding of Israel, and advocacy and lobbying skills.
1. The rush of Niagara Falls. View this post on Instagram Put it on your mother's wall #niagra falls #usyeverywhere #wheelseast2015 A post shared by USY on Wheels – East (@usyonwheelseast) on Jul 10, 2015 at 9:40am PDT Covering 3,950 ft with an 120 ft drop, and more than 6 million cubic ft–or about 70 Continue Reading »
1. The salty waters of the Dead Sea. A post shared by Dead sea (@deadseaofficial) on Feb 25, 2013 at 3:10am PST instagram.com Relax and float on in one of the world’s saltiest bodies of water or cover yourself head-to-toe in its mineral-rich mud for another fun ‘gram post. 2. The crystal clear waters of Continue Reading »
By Jordyn Kaplan As the sun continued its lethargic crawl to its perch in the sky, the muted pink and orange rays it emanated extended across the Israeli landscape beneath the western rim of Masada. At this ledge, my USY Israel Pilgrimage group began wrapping tefillin and gazing over the vast stretch of desert, our Continue Reading »
By Rachel Robin, Seaboard USY In terms of Israel, it’s hard to find something on the news that isn’t politically controversial. But so much is happening there every day that never gets reported. Israeli scientists are making new discoveries about pancreatic cancer, new medical technologies are being developed, and the country is one of the Continue Reading »
By Ari Kwitkin-Close Walking in, the ground is shaking. Israeli music that begs to be danced to surrounds you and there are signs all around the room. Reading NERUSY, Tzafon, Hanegev, New Frontier, and more, they represent the many regions and USYers from across North America. Meanwhile, hundreds of kids run across the enormous room to Continue Reading »
The following was originally delivered as part of the USY Talks series at International Convention 2017 in Chicago, IL. By Hadar Pepperstone Jewish. Queer. Diabetic. Short. Rabbi’s kid. Nerd. The list goes on. I am someone with a lot of labels and identities. Labels pervade our society and can be immense burdens, struggles that Continue Reading »
The following is adapted from a speech given as part of the USY Talks series at International Convention 2017 in Chicago, IL. By Jacob Slavkin Every Sunday, my family gathers in the kitchen and write on a slip of paper what we are grateful for. We then fold it and put it in the Continue Reading »
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