Start off the new year with USY at USA!

United Skates of America

Sr. USY Jan Events: Monsters & Zen Dens

Click on either of the flyers for more info.

Kiddush & Quidditch!

Why is Harry Potter wearing a kippah and chasing a Golden Snitch Sim Shalom Siddur?

Because we are having a Quidditch tournament, in the Goldberg, on Feb 12th.

All 5-12th graders are invited to compete. Just bring a dark and white shirt, sneakers, and a cape (if you so desire). We'll explain the rules of the game and provide you with broomsticks. You can even earn extra points for your House by coming to shul for Shabbat morning services. Stay tuned for more details as we get closer.

Didn't realize people outside of Hogwarts played Quidditch? Take a look at the first-ever International Quidditch World Cup, held in NYC a few months ago. http://www.internationalquidditch.org/

The Tikkun Olam Song

Shalom Sesame: The Tikkun Olam Song from Repair the World on Vimeo.

Sr. USY ON ICE!

Saturday Dec 18th: Sr. USY ON ICE

Bank of America Skating Center at Kennedy Plaza

7-9pm

Cost $11

RSVP to rtheise@teprov.org

Please watch this inspirational video before attending:We are USY, and USY flies together!

Freshman Kinnus

Whether you've been to every event since September or have never been to a kinnus before, if you're a freshman, this event is just for YOU!

January 7-8th 2011
Beth Shalom in Framingham

Applications due to NERUSY Office by Dec 27th

Click here for application form

Dec Events Re-Cap!

Sr. USY Hanukkah Lounge Night

Although Judah Macca-"G" did not win the edible Chanukah competition, he will be remembered for his gangsta style. Everyone had a great time eating latkes, singing songs, and surprising Jonah with a going away party. Congratulations to Dylan Abrams for winning the Israel Affairs VP Election!

Kadima Holiday Scramble
We were so excited for Purim, we had to make hamantashen in December! And yes, we did successfully celebrate Chanukah, Tu B'shvat, Purim, Pesach, Shavuot, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, and Shabbat (in just one hour!).

Jr. USY Ice Skating
After 2 hours of skating, we definitely needed some hot chocolate to warm ourselves up. What a fun event!

Kadima Holiday Scramble Dec 11th 6-8pm

A whole year of Jewish holidays in just one hour?!  Can it be done?!

We'll start with Chanukah and work our way through a year's worth of food, songs, games, and holiday-themed activities, ending with a Shabbat oneg at Ben & Jerry's.

You don't want to miss this event. 

Don't forget to see below for the NERUSY It's 2 Cool  Event for 6th-8th graders.

Jr. USY Ice Skating Dec 11th 7-9pm

When: 7-9 pm, Saturday, December 11th
Where: Bank of America Skating Center, Kennedy Plaza
What: Skating, Fun & Hot Chocolate
Cost: $10 (Includes: Admission, Skates & Hot Chocolate)

Please RSVP to: ProvJrUSY@gmail.com by December 5th
Drop-off and Pickup will be at the rink.

Don't forget to see below for info about NERUSY's It's 2 Cool event for 6th-8th graders.

Come cheer on Providence USY Basketball & Volleyball

Click above for the full schedule. 

Sr. USY Upcoming December Events

Thursday Dec 2nd is our Hanukkah Lounge Night, which will kick-off with lighting the chanukiyah together and include:

-writing holidays cards to children at Hasbro Children's Hospital
-a Hanukkah themed food competition
-a brief election for a new Israel Affairs Vice President
-a special surprise

Of course, there'll be time for hanging out and dreidel dreidel dreideling.

Don't miss Jonah's last event before he heads to Buenos Aires for a semester abroad.

Interested in spending a summer road-tripping across North America with other Jewish teens? Then check out USY on Wheels!

EVENT CANCELLED Come to the Katz house on Dec 7th at 7pm for an informal parlor meeting to learn more about this amazing summer opportunity.

Email rtheise@teprov.org for their address.

USY on Wheels--the official site

It's 2 Cool NERUSY Event for 6-8 Graders

On Dec 19th 2010, 6-8th graders are invited to a super COOL NERUSY event at It's 2 Cool Entertainment Center in Canton, MA. http://www.its2cool.com/

Cost $36 (you must also be a member of Kadima/Jr. USY to attend)

Don't forget to bring the signed parental release form with you. Click here for form

Bus will leave Temple Emanu-El at 1:30pm and return by 6:15.  RSVP to rtheise@teprov.org by Dec 7th.

 

Jr. USY Mall Scavenger Hunt on Sat Nov 20th 730-9pm

Join Jr. USY for a Mall Mystery Marathon Event this Saturday night from 7:30pm-9pm at the Providence Place Mall.  Meet at the entrance to the left of Border's. Please bring $5 for Ben & Jerry's ice cream.

Click here for the event flyer.

Kadima Donates Food to Needy Families for Thanksgiving

On Saturday, Nov 13th, our Kadimaniks went to Stop & Shop for a Thanksgiving Scavenger Hunt.  Everyone bought as many Thanksgiving dinner items as they could (turkey not included) for $10 and then returned to the synagogue for a Movie Night.  All the food was donated to the Camp Street Ministries Thanksgiving Food Drive.

Here are some of the cards they decorated to include in their Thanksgiving donation bags.  The first Saturday night event of the year was a great success!

Get Your Gobble Gobble on at the NERUSY Turkey Dance

No, not this kind of Turkey Dance.  This kind of Turkey Dance. Click here for Turkey Dance Flyer.

November 24th  NERUSY's Annual Turkey Dance.  Meet at Temple Emanu-El at 6:15pm.  Bus will return at midnight.  Dinner is not included in the $25 price.  There will be snacks at the dance.


Sr. USY Dance at Temple Emanuel, 385 Ward St., Newton, MA
Jr. USY Dance at Temple Emeth, 194 Grove St., Chestnut Hill, MA (there will be ice cream sundaes, fun games, and karaoke, too!)


Parent chaperones still wanted.  Please RSVP to rtheise@teprov.org before Nov 19th.  You must be a paid USY member to attend this regional event.

Sr. USY Highlights from November 2010!

Nov 4th Surprise Lounge

    What started out as a tame Game Night in the Youth Lounge turned into a real-life who-dunnit, sending our USYers all over the synagogue in search of clues to solve the Mystery of the Missing Blue Kippah.  After the kippah was finally discovered back in the Youth Lounge, we had an info session about USY Summer and Israel Programs.  Past participants shared some of their favorite memories from USY on Wheels, TRY, and Pilgrimage.

Nov 10th Interchapter LazerGate

     People. Games. Fun. LASERS.  LazerGate was by far the most popular Sr. USY event of the year.  Who doesn't love laser tag?

Nov 12th USY Family Shabbat Services & Dinner

      A huge yasher koach to the USY Board for organizing such a wonderful Friday night experience.  Over 80 people attended!  After beautiful Shabbat services led by our USYers, we enjoyed a delicious meal together and sang some of our favorite USY tunes to the traditional zemirot.  It was so nice to welcome in Shabbat as one big youth group family.

Sr. USY Highlights from October 2010

Here are some of our events from October:

Sr. USY at the Salisbury Farm Corn Maze on Oct 23

Sr. USY girls before getting lost in the corn maze

The Providence USY Board at the NERUSY Leadership Retreat at Camp Ramah in Palmer, MA (Oct 29-31)

At the October 7th Pajama Lounge, the Sr. USYers had a pajama fashion show, had an "organized" pillow fight, and then had a pillow fort building contest.  By the end of the event, everyone was ready for bed.


We also volunteered for our second year at the Advocates in Action Conference at the Crowne Plaza in Warwick, RI on Oct 28th.   We helped out at their Disability Resources Fair by face-painting and helping run a carnival.  SATO in Action!

Welcome to the brand new Providence USY blog!

At Temple Emanu-El in Providence, RI, we have three amazing youth groups: Kadima for grades 5-6, Jr. USY for grades 7-8, and Sr. USY for grades 9-12.  Together, these groups are known as the Providence chapter of United Synagogue Youth, or Providence USY.  We are proud members of the rockin'-est region of all time--aka NERUSY (New England Region USY).

This is your spot for all things Providence USY.  Stay tuned for upcoming events, pictures from past events, NERUSY news, polls, and guest posts.  This blog will serve as a new and improved way for communicating with parents, kids, and prospective members.

In hopes of reaching out to more Jewish youth in Rhode Island, this year we will be collaborating with our friends from Cranston and Warwick akaWestbay USY. We are very excited to welcome them to all of our chapter events (see our new header logo : ) ).  As always, you don't have to be from Providence to be a part of Providence USY.  

Enjoy!