Today is February 6, 2012 - 13 Shevat 5772
Queens Synagogues Launch Youth Program
Three METNY synagogues, Hollis Hills Jewish Center, Hillcrest Jewish Center, and the Israel Center of Conservative Judaism, are collaborating to form an expanded youth program that will provide activities for youth in grades 2 through 12.
In an article in the Queens Village Times, the program’s Youth Group Director, Sheryl Glickman, commented that “The benefit from working together is we stand to reach more children . . . Because we’re three synagogues together, they get to meet children from all over northeast Queens they may not normally meet. This allows them to go outside the box and meet kids from other areas.”
She added that “The kids build relationships that often last a lifetime,” Glickman said. “Although I’m from Suffolk County, my daughter was part of the synagogue youth group. She’s 30-years-old now but she still has friends from the youth group that she keeps in touch with.”
Read the full article, including more details about the youth program.
