Summer Scholarships
We are pleased to announce that applications for summer scholarships are now available for our children and youth:
Israel Travel Study Scholarships
- The Helen and Hal Cohen Israel Scholarship
- The Rabbi Aaron S. Gold Israel Scholarship
- The Gabriella and Sam Labson and Stanley Auspitz Israel Scholarship
- The Joseph and Ellen Strum Israel Scholarship
- The Randi and Charles Wax Israel Scholarship
- San Diego United Jewish Federation Scholarship
Camp Ramah Scholarships
- Molly and Nathan Prager Youth Scholarship
- Michael and Marlene Recht Camp Ramah Scholarship
- Men’s Club Camp Ramah Scholarship
- Serge Lombard Scholarship
- Tifereth Israel Sisterhood Camp Ramah Scholarship
- San Diego United Jewish Federation Camp Scholarship
Please call the synagogue office for an application packet, which specifies the criteria for each award. The final deadline for all applicants is February 4th. For questions or further information, please call Rabbi Rosenthal at (619) 697-6001 or email him at rabbi@tiferethisrael.com.
UJF Camp and Israel Scholarships
San Diego’s UJF offers scholarships for a wide variety of Jewish Camps. The deadline for camp scholarships is March 14th at the UJF office. Israeltravel scholarships are also available for travel between June 1st and December 31st. Applications may be obtained through our office, the UJF, or online at www.jewishinsandiego.org. The deadline for Israel Travel Scholarship forms to be turned in to the UJF office is April 4th.
United Synagogue Financial Assistance
The following is a list of programs and deadlines for Financial Assistance from USCJ. Applications may be obtained from Mike Dolinka, Youth Director at (619) 697-6001 ext. 109 or email usy@tiferethisrael.com. Please note, these applications must be accompanied by letters of recommendation. Additionally, the USCJ Los Angeles Office will not accept faxed applications.
- Camp Ramah Summer Camp 3/1/08
- USY Israel Pilgrimage 3/1/08
- USY Regional Convention 4/15/08
- USY Far West on Wheels 6/10/08
What is USY and Kadima?
USY stands for United Synagogue Youth and is the youth movement of Conservative Judaism. On the International level, USY has over 20,000 members in grades 7 to 12. These members are divided into seventeen regions. Tifereth Israel USY is a chapter in Far West Region. Each Region is made up of chapters from local synagogues and in Far West there are over 40 chapters with approximately 2,000 USYers. Kadima is similar to USY except that the programming is geared to those in grades 4 to 6.
What Does USY Do?
USY sponsors many types of programs that include a variety of teen tours to Israel, Poland, Eastern Europe and Spain. Far West Region sponsors Leadership Weekends, Kinnusim (weekend conclaves), Dances, Far West on Wheels a three-week bus tour, and Regional Convention. TIS USY sponsors, social, educational, social action, and religious programming on a monthly basis and strives to instill a sense of teamwork and a community.
What Does Kadima Do?
Kadima is a chapter based youth program. About every six weeks, TIS Kadima will sponsor social, educational, and social action programming for the youth of TIS in grades 4 to 6.
Click hear to learn more about UCSJ’s national USY program or the Far West Regional website.
For more information about USY and Kadima, contact Tifereth Israel USY at usy@tiferethisrael.com. 6660 Cowles Mountain Boulevard, San Diego, CA 92119 (619) 697-6001.
