Community Member Corner CJC in the News: Jewish groups pool resources to launch youth groups
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Westchester Journal News - Jewish groups pool resources to launch youth groups By Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy • This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it • June 15, 2009 PEEKSKILL - For Jake Hernandez yesterday evening at the First Hebrew Congregation of Peekskill was about gaining new experiences while being Jewish. "I am here to expand my Jewish horizons, and meet new people," said Hernandez, 15, who attends Temple Beth Am in Yorktown Heights. He was sitting with a few friends, some old, some new, at the kick-off party for a joint youth group launched by four synagogues from northern Westchester and Putnam counties. Croton Jewish Center, First Hebrew Congregation of Peekskill, Yorktown Jewish Center and Temple Beth Shalom of Mahopac have joined together to start a professionally run youth group to be known as the Hudson Valley Kadima/USY Youth Group. The Kadima is for middle school students; the youth group for high school students. Read Article
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