AIPAC Policy Conference 2019 Recap
Editor’s Note: USY sent its largest delegation ever to this year’s AIPAC Policy Conference. Check out this recap from Samantha Brody, our 2019 International Israel Affairs Vice President. At the AIPAC (American Israel Public Affairs Committee) Policy Conference, USYers from across the United States joined…
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Tzafon Sprinter Recap
Tzafon USY had a really great sprinter (spring/winter) convention March 15-17 at Temple Adath Yeshrun in Syracuse, NY! USYers came from far and wide to the Jungle to visit the one of the biggest malls in America where we did a ropes course, partake in…
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Host a Zikaron BaSalon 2019 Event
It has become a tradition in USY that on the eve of Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day), we take part in Zikaron BaSalon, an event in which Holocaust survivors are invited to testify to small groups in private homes. We want…
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USY Senior Director of Teen Engagement Chosen as Generation Now Fellow
USCJ/USY Senior Director of Teen Engagement Dana Prottas was picked to be part of the Jewish Education Project’s second cohort of Generation Now fellows. This fellowship is an immersive, world-class experience designed for senior professionals from…
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USY Summer Experience Pump-Up Week!
March Madness is happening in USY! All USYers who sign up for a USY Summer Experience in the month of March will receive $50 off of their registration along with an EXCLUSIVE piece of USY regalia. We will be showcasing different interactive activities all month…
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USY Names Programs After Hannah and Ari Weiss z’l
During its annual International Convention (IC), held December 23-27, 2018 in Orlando, FL, it was announced that USY, USCJ’s youth movement, would honor the memory of Hannah and Ari Weiss in its programming. Hannah and Ari, along with their parents Leslie and Mitchell, died…
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#IAmUSY Giving Tuesday Recap
Past and present USY participants mobilized and joined forces to help raise over $5,867 for the USY Annual Fund this past Giving Tuesday. Armed with the hashtag, #IAMUSY, past and current USY participants shared their stories and tributes to USY and their involvement in USY…
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Letter from the Editor: May
Hey USY! My name is Leah Miller, and I’m USY’s blog coordinator. I’m a junior from Hagalil, and I love singing when no one’s home, long naps, and movie theater popcorn! Since it is May, we’re solidly in election season. It can be a tense…
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70 Years Young: Reflections on Israel’s 70th Birthday
By Aaron Schwartz USY International Israel Affairs VP 2017-2018 In 1948 a group of people with a dream and an ambition for autonomy sought to create a homeland. A little sliver of land between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River, rich with history and…
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USY Marches for Our Lives: Reflections from Teens Across the Country
This past weekend, on March 24, nearly 1,000 USYers across the country made their voices heard for what they believe in and participated in March for Our Lives. Seizing the singular social action/tikun olam moment of their generation, they took to the streets to demand…
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