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NFTY’s heart and soul is the local Union for Reform Judaism affiliated synagogue Temple Youth Group (TYG). While each local TYG differs in organization, focus, size, and character, the Temple Youth Group is the outlet for the highly engaged Reform Jewish teenager in a Union Synagogue. While some TYGs only meet 5 times a year for social programs, other TYG’s meet over 20 times each school year and offer a full variety of social, leadership, educational, and social action programs.
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SHOW YOUR PRIDE, SHARE YOUR TYG!
Share your TYG on NAR’s website to let others learn about you and keep building our community—this time ONLINE!
Here’s what to include:
TYG Name:
Stands for:
Temple Info: congregation name, location
“Meet My TYG” Personal Info: Here you can share anything that you want about your TYG. Some examples of what you can share are:
-Your TYG’s history
-The age group you cover (for example, if your youth group happens to include 8th graders and/or you have a sister JYG, Junior Youth Group)
-Information about your members (numbers, specifics, etc)
-Events and other times when you meet (for example, if you have a Hebrew high program)
-Fun traditions
-Things you’re currently working on (social action causes, etc.)
-Anything else that makes your TYG unique!
A link to your webpage or your temple’s website
An Icon or Logo (if you have one)
Here’s an example of what your TYG profile MIGHT look like:
TYG Name: MUTSY
Stands for: Made Up Temple Senior Youth
Temple Info: Made Up Temple, Nowheresville, NY
“Meet My TYG” Personal Info: [this example is much longer than is necessary]
MUTSY was created in 1906 when Made Up Temple’s high schoolers decided it’d be really cool to hang out together and be able to tell the future kids of NFTY-NAR (their great-grand children) all about our TYG in this nifty webpage. MUTSY includes boys and girls in 9th-12th grade, but we also spend time with our JYG, MUTJY. We have about 13 members and are proud to say that one of them has ventured out of made-up land to the real world. We often hold shul-ins, hang out nights, and trips called “MUTSY on the Town.” We also see each other every Thursday night at Hebrew school. Our mascot is named “MB,” short for “Make Believe,” and stays in our youth director, Sally’s office. Ever since 1985 we’ve had an annual sock-hop on February 29th. We are also holding a clothing drive for children in need. We don’t exist!
www.madeuptemple.org/mutsy
[Insert Logo/Icon Here]
How to Submit YOUR TYG PROFILE:
Please work on this profile with the rest of your TYG board and submit to nar-wfmvp@nfty.org so the rest of NAR can learn about your great, awesome, amazing, unique TYG.
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TYG Name: CHATY
Stands for: Chaverim Temple Youth
Temple Info: Chaverim Temple, Plainview NY
“Meet My TYG” Personal Info: Once upon a time, there were some Reform Jews
The first CHATY member saw LIFTY
when it was putting out its pews
We range from grades nine through
twelve-is
We've been known to spend our free
time dancing to Elvis
We go to the city to have good
dinners
When you are with CHATY, you are
always a winner
After having a tie for a tzedakah
choice,
we needed our caterer to provide
an extra voice
When we chose Little Shelter, dogs
barked with glee
as they heard CHATY would help to
alleviate their flees.
Apples to apples is our preferred
game
If you refuse to play with us you
are really lame
CHATY, as we are the chattiest of
chatters can be, but in the end we are nothing but mad hatters.
http://www.templechaverim.org/Youth_Programs.html
TYG Name: J.tel
Stands for: Jewish Teen Experiential Learning
Temple Info: North Shore Synagogue, Syosset NY
“Meet My TYG” Personal Info: J.tel
covers teens from eight grade through their senior year in high school. J.tel
is essentially Hebrew High School and Youth Group in one lovely two-hour
package. Programming for the night is written by members of the board, and they
cover a broad range of topic. Each night, we are graced by two fantastic Rabbis
who do "Ten Minutes of Torah" on the topic that will be discussed
that evening. We have about 30 registered members, and about 25+ come on a
weekly basis. We also love NFTY-NAR in a big way.
http://www.northshoresynagogue.org/YouthServicesHome.php
TYG Name: ONESY
Stands for: Temple Am Echad (ONE) Senior
Youth (Hebrew: echad=one); formerly TELY and SALTY
Temple Info: Temple Am Echad: South Shore Reform Congregation
(Lynbrook, NY); formerly Temple Emanu-El of Lynbrook and Temple Sinai of
Lawrence
“Meet My TYG”
Personal Info: ONESY is the senior youth
group at Temple Am Echad, the brand new product of a merger between Temple
Emanu-El of Lynbrook (TELY) and Temple Sinai of Lawrence (SALTY). We are named
after our favorite type of pajamas, and of course, our name is also symbolic of
the “one people” and “one-ness” which we strive to become/achieve. ONESY is
specifically for high school students, but beginning in the late-winter to
early-spring we invite our eighth graders to events to give them a taste of
what’s to come. Our younger sides, Junior
Youth Group (JYG: grades 6-8) and Am
Echad South Shore Kids (AESH,
which means “fire” in Hebrew: grades 4-5), are an important part of who we are
as we often attend and help coordinate their fun events. We are currently home
to about fifteen wonderful members! We meet every Wednesday night, with approximately
one or two Board Meetings per month and the rest of our nights filled with
programs, intelligent discussions, and oodles of laughs! Every year, we host
two Shul-Ins and rock out at a major, congregation wide ruach service. In addition, we lead Youth High Holiday Services,
coordinate a huge food fundraiser called Halloween for the Hungry, and throw a
DJ produced dance party. We also have various other events that change year to
year. Some examples of these are leading Havdallah at Temple programming,
participating in social action projects like our recent work with the Haiti
Relief Fund, Coffee Houses, nights “out on the town,” trips, and much more. We
love NFTY and we love NAR and all of our friends there. We care deeply about
others, Israel, and our planet. Our favorite games are Table Tennis and
Foosball (which are conveniently located in our youth lounge), laser-tag, and
Apples-to-Apples. Currently, we are sending around our social action bear, Una,
to TYGs across NAR. Please take pictures with her as you do tikkun olam and pass her along! (Ask us
if you’d like her to be delivered to you, next!) Also, please contact us if you
are interested in doing joint youth group events and anything else along those
lines as we love to get together and have fun with other TYG’s!
http://www.am-echad.org/
--or-- search “Onesy (Temple Am-Echad Senior Youth Group)” on Facebook
TYG Name: TISBY
Stands for: Temple Isaiah of Stony Brook
Youth
Temple Info: Temple Isaiah, Stony Brook, NY
“Meet My TYG” Personal
Info: TISBY was
created a long time ago by a person who is likely in their fortys now. We arent
entirely sure who this person is, we just know that they are existant. TISBY's
seniors include teens from 9th-12th grade, and also has two divisions of junior
youth groups, with the Junior division(grades 5-7) and the Inter
division(grades 7-8). We have approxamately 15 to 20 members of the senior
youth group, and we are proud of our close-ness. Aside from meeting on Sunday
nights from 5-7 pm weekly, we run events at our temple such as the Latke Bash,
Purim Carnival, and end-of-the-year barbecue. We usually refer to our mascot as
a Tiger, but we have too many interesting characters in our TYG that we just
cant pick only one! We exist, we promise.
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TYG Name: BHGSY
Stands for: Brooklyn Heights Group of Synagogue Youth
Temple Info:
Brooklyn Heights Synagogue, Brooklyn, NY
“Meet My TYG” Personal Info: BHGSY
is a senior youth group and we currently have members in grades 9th
through 12th. We do not have a JYG but at the end of every year we
invite 8th graders to our annual Coney Island event in order to
introduce them the BHGSY. BHGSY does many social action projects throughout the
year. During the High Holidays we help with our synagogues food drive, on Purim
we deliver Mshloach Manot to homebound members of our community, we cook and
sleep at our synagogue’s homeless shelter and currently we are running a
toiletry drive for the HUC soup kitchen. We have monthly events that range from
our annual bowling trip to programs about social action and holidays. We would
love to have other members of NAR attend our events.
http://www.bhsbrooklyn.org/
TYG Name: TaSTY
Stands for: Temple Shaaray Tefila Youth
Temple Info: Shaaray Tefila, Located on
79th and 2nd, New York, NY,
“Meet My TYG” Personal Info:
Rumored to be the first TYG in the history of the world (still unproven), TaSTY
sports an eclectic group of high school students from all over New York City.
TaSTY is one of the largest youth groups in NAR and definitely one of the most
unique. Our members can do everything from cooking to juggling. Our traditions
date back to ancient times, including kidnapping eighth graders in order to
recruit them to join (don’t worry, they are warned before hand, and are given
plenty of bagels and schmear), and progressive dinners. Once a month TaSTYites
gather around the fire and discuss upcoming events and then discuss our
homeland in the media, films, and Curb
Your Enthusiasm. In short, TaSTY is dank.
http://www.shaaraytefilanyc.org/
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TYG Name: COSY
Stands for: Community Synagogue Youth
Temple Info: Community Synagogue, Rye, NY
“Meet My TYG” Personal Info: Hi, we’re COSY! We’re based in Rye, NY, and we
love to have a good time and hang out with each other and with our friends from
NFTY. We often hang out on Monday Nights, when we have Hebrew High School, and
many of us have volunteered with elementary school Hebrew School on Saturday
mornings. We have monthly events, and we are always looking to make new
friends. We are also involved in NFTY NAR and many of us attend Jewish summer
camps, including URJ camps Crane Lake and Eisner. COSY represents grades 9-12,
but we also have COSY Junior for middle school aged kids. We enjoy long walks
on the beach, dance parties, eating, and meeting new people! Come to an event
to find out more!
www.cosyyouth.weebly.com
TYG Name: JiFTY
Stands for: Jewish Family Temple Youth
Temple Info: Jewish Family Congregation, South Salem, NY
“Meet My TYG” Personal Info:
Our TYG is for 8th-12th
graders that are part of our temple. As many people continue to graduate, we
don’t have a ton of members but we have a solid 10-15 members. We are currently
working on a social action cause—helping to save the planet—by collecting
garbage that can be reused and donating it to Terracycle, which is a cool
organization.
TYG Name: TIFTY
Stands for: Temple Israel Federation of Temple Youth
Temple Info: Temple Israel of New Rochelle, New Rochelle NY
“Meet My TYG” Personal
Info: Temple
Israel Federation of Temple Youth is founded in a long history of dedication to
excellence in youth involvement and activity. Beginning in the early 1960s,
TIFTY was originally called Junior Society. TIFTY has now flourished to be perhaps the most active group
within the Temple Israel greater community with over 40 members in grades 9-12.
TIFTY is a social action oriented youth group; we hold monthly Sandwich
Brigades where we donate sandwiches to the local soup kitchen. If there’s no TIFTY event that week,
we still get to see each other at regular Tuesday night Hebrew school. Overall TIFTY is very involved http://tifty.tinr.org/
TYG Name: TISY
Stands for: Temple Israel Senior Youth
Temple Info: Temple Israel, Westport CT
TYG Personal Info: With our TYG slogan being “Get Busy With TISY,”
TISY certainly exudes magnetic vibes wherever we may go. Even though TISY
remains exclusively for boys and girls in grades 9-12, we have 3 JYGs (Junior
Youth Groups) at our synagogue: KATANTY23 for grades 2-3, KATANTY45 for grades
4-5, and MITY for grades 6-8. TISY’s two biggest events of the year are
Saturday Night Live, a fun mystery bus tour that usually occurs every January,
and TISY’s Retreat, which is a fun weekend spent with TISY that usually occurs
in late February or Early March annually. Both of these major TISY events are
open to 8th graders. We frequent NFTY events as well, and even though our NFTY
membership may not be as large as other TYGs in NAR, our presence is definitely
acknowledged. Get busy with TISY!
http://www.tiwestport.org/youth/tisy/
TYG Name: WoodSY
Stands for: WOODlands Senior Youth
Temple Info: Woodlands Community Temple, White Plains, NY
“Meet My TYG” Personal Info: WoodSY is the senior
youth group at Woodlands and is comprised of every 8th through 12th grader
enrolled in Hebrew school. Our members hail from many different towns in
Westchester including, but not limited to Ardsley, Hastings, Irvington, and
Dobbs Ferry. We meet each Monday for pizza and Jewish education at academy. We
have lounge nights, shul-ins, and love to go shabowling after a good Friday
night service. We also won the first annual WoodSY-Tifty games. Some of out
members go down to Mississippi each year to help rebuild from hurricane
Katrina. Our youth director is Ross Glinkenhouse. In our spare time we try to
come up with themes that don't have to do with trees or forests.
http://wct.org/youth/
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