HSUSY 2007-2008

Come stop by any of our Wednesday Lounge Nights and check out why Har Shalom has won Chapter of the Year two years in a ROW!

Election Information Lounge Night and PB & J Community Service -- Wednesday April 30th, 2008

Please contact the Youth Director, Arielle Gould for details agould@harshalom.org

Join the Har Shalom USY Facebook Group and get more information on our upcoming events!

Join the Congregation Har Shalom Facebook group to get information on upcoming synogogue wide events!

Facebook!

As the world continues to advance technologically, so do we! Please add the AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) screen name of hsusy1 to your buddy lists! This screen name will announce upcoming events and contact information for HSUSY this year! The messenger will be run by members of your very own HSUSY executive board. Please ask them questions about what's going on in the chapter, or anything else you would like to know about USY. See you on the Web!

USY ( United Synagogue Youth ) was founded in 1951, in Midwest by a group of Jewish teens who were interested in starting a Jewish conservative youth movement. USY is the official high-school aged youth organization of the Conservative Movement and is sponsored by the United Synagogue . This in turn means that USY is a Conservative Youth group and our Chapters exist in United Synagogue affiliated congregations. However USY is an open environment and welcomes teens of all affiliations. Although the organization began with only a few chapters, it has grown to an international organization with thousands of involved high school aged members!

There are three main levels of USY. There are the chapter, regional and international levels. Each chapter recruits their own new members and elects a chapter board that keeps the chapter's activities running smoothly. Here, leaders are trained and responsibilities are divided. All of the chapters in a few states together make up one of the 17 regions. Each region has many programs designed to bring members from different chapters within each region together. International USY is the last part. All 17 regions unite annually, at International Convention.

International USY also offers amazing summer programs. We run trips to Israel & Europe, Cross Country Bus Tours, Camping Trips, and a Study Program in NYC at Barnard University and the Jewish Theological Seminary. Contact us for more info on any of these amazing summer experiences.

Har Shalom USY is a member of the Seaboard Region of USY. The Seaboard Region is made up of Maryland, DC, Virginia, and parts of North Carolina. We are based at Congregation Har Shalom in Potomac, Maryland.