Welcome back to everyone who was travelling over the last few weeks! We have lots of March events coming up, including some volunteering opportunities, a trip to NYC, and PURIM! We have a bunch of volunteering opportunties, so if you need service hours, pay attention!
See details below for upcoming teen programming:
Heart to Heart: A Conversation with Israeli Teens at the JCC on Thursday, March 7 from 6:00-8:00 pm. Register here.This will be during/instead of Teen Collab.
Cooking for Hope (volunteer opportunity): Sunday, March 10 from 11 am-12:30 pm. RSVP here.
Trip to the Eldridge Street Museum in NYC: Sunday, March 10 from 12-5 pm. RSVP here.
Purim Prep Lounge Night (volunteer opportunity): Wednesday, March 13 from 6:30-8:00 pm.Register here.
Purim Carnival (volunteer opportunity): Sunday, March 17 until 1 pm.Sign up here.
Additionally, our Teen Collab's Module 3 begins on Thursday, March 14. The Teen Collab meets each Thursday from 6:30-8:00 pm at the Midwestchester JCC, and is a joint program between Beth El and five other synagogues. Click here for more information and to sign up.You can also email Alyssa with questions.
We also have several scholarship and gap year opportunities, so please check them out below!
We hope to see you this month, The Teen Leadership Board with Bekkah, Alyssa, and Rabbi Zisser
Cooking for Hope Community Services (& earn service hours!) Sunday, March 10 from 11 am-12:30 pm in the dairy kitchen (before trip to NYC)
Come cook for HOPE! Please email Shayna Klopott to sign up!
Are you going to Israel or Camp Ramah this summer? LET US KNOW! Email Alyssa at aberman@bethelnr.org!
Gap Year & Scholarship Opportunities
HEY SENIORS! Thinking about gap year programs? There are many! Contact Bekkah (teens@bethelnr.org) for more information and check out the info session below for one of the awesome gap year opportunities in Israel.
Lilly Reiser Scholarship ($10,000 for College!!) Application opens from February 15-March 15, 2024 for current 12th graders United Jewish Federation of Stamford, New Canaan, and Darien (UJF) is excited to announce the creation of the Lilly Reiser Scholarship, which will provide $10,000 college scholarships per year for nine Jewish students from Connecticut and New York. Awards will be based on a combination of both need and merit.
Lilly E. Reiser (1924-2020) was born in the small town of Moravska-Ostrava in the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic (now the Czech Republic). Having suffered the inhumanity and indignity of forced labor and internment during the Holocaust at Theresienstadt, Auschwitz, and Bergen-Belson, Lilly was eventually liberated from Bergen-Belson by British soldiers. She emigrated to the United States in 1945 and was only able to obtain her degrees because of the generosity of various Jewish communal organizations, that provided her with the scholarships necessary to do so.
Lilly completed her undergraduate education at Hunter College and went on to achieve a graduate degree from Columbia University’s New York School of Social Work. She proudly served as a social worker in the New York City Public School for over 50 years. Ever thankful for the financial support she received from the organized Jewish community, Lilly wanted to provide similar support to deserving and financially challenged students of Jewish faith. “I can’t think of a more special way to honor Lilly’s memory, than by honoring her wishes to assist young Jews achieve their academic dreams like she did,” said Eric Ross, UJF Deputy Director.
The scholarship application period will be open from February 15 through March 15, 2024.
For more information and scholarship requirements, please visit www.ujf.org/lillyreiser, or contact UJF Deputy Director Eric Ross at eric@ujf.org.
Belfer Teen Fellowship for Israel Travel (Scholarships!) Application deadline: March 25, 2024 for 9th-12th graders who are attending an accredited teen travel program in Israel Scholarships are generously funded by the Belfer Family Fellows Fund. UJA Federation of New York's Belfer Teen Fellowship provides merit scholarships to teens looking to travel to Israel this summer on an immersive Jewish experience. A limited number of merit scholarships of at least $1,000 will be given to teens who display leadership potential and a strong commitment to their communities. Who’s eligible?
High school students
Permanent residents of UJA’s catchment area: New York City, Westchester, and Long Island
Teens who plan to attend an accredited teen travel program in Israel. For a list of eligible programs, see here.
Applicants who have never received a merit scholarship from UJA-Federation of New York
