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Jewish Teen Programs Catalog for the Seven-County Greater Denver Area

May 2010 l Version 1.0

Published by Rose Community Foundation Welcome to the first comprehensive listing of programs for Jewish teens in the seven-county Greater Denver area. The information included here was compiled by surveying all Jewish agencies, schools and that offer programs for teens. We also include a listing of Jewish middle schools and high schools.

Rose Community Foundation published this catalog to help teens, their families and program providers explore the diverse range of Jewish options for teen involvement. Teens are eager for leadership opportunities, so look for “Leadership Opportunities” in each program listing. Program information is always subject to change, so please check with the sponsoring organization for current information.

This catalog is also available for downloading at rcfdenver.org/reports/ jewishteenprograms.pdf.

Table of Contents

Arts and Culture 3 Athletics, Fitness and Outdoor Adventures 4 Boys Only 5 Girls Only 5 Jewish Learning 6–7 Service Learning 8–9 Summer Camps 10-11 Travel 12 /Philanthropy 12 Worship Participation 13 Youth Groups 14–17 Sponsoring Organizations 18 Schools 18 Index 19 Morgen Bernstein, Rose Youth Foundation intern

Special thanks to: Rose Youth Foundation intern, Morgen Bernstein, for her efforts to compile this information; Judy Gordon for organizing and editing the information; Laurie Shields Design for layout; and Robert E. Loup and Agency for for file photography.

Page 2 Jewish Teen Programs Catalog l May 2010 Arts and Culture

Art and Theater Classes Colorado Annual Conference Grades 6–12 All ages • Sponsor: Mizel Arts and Culture Center • Sponsor: Limmud Colorado (MACC) at the Robert E. Loup Jewish • Activities: a celebration of Jewish learning, Community Center (JCC) arts and culture; combination of art, • Activities: year-round theater, year-round worship, culture, study, film, the outdoors, filmmaking, summer art, graphic novels music, dance, humor, texts, history, • Cost: $118–$780 depending on class networking and fun selection; discounts for JCC members • Schedule: May 28-31, 2010, University of • Denomination: Pluralistic Colorado at Colorado Springs • Location: Denver East • Cost: $400 per person; scholarships available • Denomination: Pluralistic Denver Jewish Film Festival • Location: Front Range All ages • Leadership Opportunities: program team (including teen programming); entire • Sponsor: Mizel Arts and Culture Center conference is volunteer run (MACC) at the Robert E. Loup Jewish Community Center (JCC) • Activities: annual event runs nine days, from Taste of Limmud early through mid-February; includes teen- All ages appropriate screenings including one selected • Sponsor: Limmud Colorado by and presented by the Teen Film Board • Activities: two to three smaller learning with a speaker and social event for teens events per year • Cost: $5–$10 • Cost: varies • Denomination: Pluralistic • Denomination: Pluralistic • Location: Denver East • Location: Front Range • Leadership Opportunities: Teen Film Board • Leadership Opportunities: programming team (see below) meets monthly

Denver Jewish Film Festival Wolf Theater Academy Teen Film Board Grades 6–12 Grades 9–12 • Sponsor: Mizel Arts and Culture Center • Sponsor: Mizel Arts and Culture Center (MACC) at the Robert E. Loup Jewish (MACC) at the Robert E. Loup Jewish Community Center (JCC) Community Center (JCC) • Activities: five major productions annually; • Activities: Thursday evenings or Sunday four main stage, one black box (smaller afternoons as needed, August through theater) during the school year and in March, at the MACC the summer; opportunities for acting and • Cost: none technical work • Denomination: Pluralistic • Cost: $270–$780 depending on class • Location: Denver East selection; discounts for JCC members; • Participants: 8 scholarships available • Requirements: applications (contact • Denomination: Pluralistic [email protected]) • Location: Denver East • Leadership Opportunities: board plans a film program, speaker and social event to be held See page 18 for sponsoring organizations’ at the film festival contact information.

Jewish Teen Programs Catalog l May 2010 Page 3 Athletics, Fitness and Outdoor Adventures

Outdoor Adventures/Social Events: New Teen Department Grades 6–12 • Sponsor: Boulder Jewish Community Center (JCC) • Activities: recreational and social events (rafting, camping, backpacking, Bolder Boulder team and training; Rockies Day, dinner theater, etc.); information and referral (college search, scholarships, babysitting clearinghouse, camping, travel) • Cost: varies by program • Denomination: Pluralistic • Location: Boulder • Participants: newly formed • Leadership Opportunities: Teen Advisory Council to direct programming and focus of the Teen Department (training and monthly meetings)

Sports and Fitness Grades 6–12 • Sponsor: Robert E. Loup Jewish Community Center (JCC) • Activities: variety of activities/classes including flag football, basketball league, tennis, fitness center; also participation in Maccabi Games (summer international competition, to be held in Denver in 2010) • Cost: depending on class selection; discounts for JCC members • Denomination: Pluralistic • Location: Denver East • Participants: 795

See also Summer Camps on pages 10 and 11.

See page 18 for sponsoring organizations’ contact information.

Page 4 Jewish Teen Programs Catalog l May 2010 Boys Only Girls Only

Boys Will Be Boys Rosh Hodesh: It’s a Girl Thing Grades 3–5 (with teens helping and participating) Grades 6–12 • Sponsor: BMH-BJ Congregation • Program Developer: Moving Traditions • Activities: once a month during the school • Activities: once a month; some locations year (same time as Rosh Hodesh: It’s a Girl include summer; curriculum includes Thing) discussion, arts and crafts and drama for • Cost: varies by program small groups of girls (5–15), organized by age; facilitated by trained adult leader • Denomination: Modern Orthodox • Cost: $36–$200 per year, depending on • Location: Denver East location • Participants: 8–15, in formation • Participants: 150-200 (total for all seven- • Leadership Opportunities: teens helping and county locations) participating in activities List of sponsoring locations Rosh Hodesh: It’s a Boys Thing • BMH-BJ Congregation (Denver)—once a month during the school year, meets same Grades 6–12 time as Boys Will Be Boys program; cost: • Sponsor: Congregation Beth Shalom $18–$20/month plus special program • Activities: once a month during the school fees; discount if pay full year in advance; year (meets with Congregation Beth Shalom participants: 10–20 total; open to all girls Rosh Hodesh: It’s a Girl Thing); not just for grades 6–12; Modern Orthodox boys only although occasional sessions are • B’nai Havurah (Denver)—once a month for boys only or girls only; open to all boys during the school year; cost: $150 per year grades 6–12 for 10 sessions; participants: 25 total; open • Cost: $36 per year to all girls grades 6–12; Reconstructionist • Denomination: Pluralistic • Congregation Beth Evergreen (Evergreen)— once a month during the school year. cost: • Location: Denver East $150, Participants: 20, open to all girls • Participants: 6 grades 6–12; Reform • Congregation Beth Shalom (Centennial)—once Teen Experience a month during the school year (meets with Post-bar experience Congregation Beth Shalom Rosh Hodesh: It’s a Boys Thing); not just for girls only although • Sponsor: The Jewish Experience occasional sessions are boys only or girls • Activities: once a week, evenings, plus only; cost: $36 per year; participants: 8; open monthly trip (evenings or Sundays), during to all girls grades 6–12; Pluralistic the school year; topics include: current • Your Way (Denver)—once a month events from a Jewish perspective, general during the school year; cost: $200 per year; Judaism, what it means to be a Jewish adult participants: 12–15, open to all girls grades • Cost: $450 per year plus cost of monthly 6–12; Pluralistic field trip • JCC Ranch Camp (Denver)— once a week • Denomination: Pluralistic during summer camp sessions; cost: none • Location: Denver South in addition to camp fees; participants: 200+ • Participants: 15–20 (this program is total; Pluralistic currently all boys; depending on interest, a • Temple Emanuel (Denver)—once a month girls-only program could be created similar during the school year, grades 6–7, as part to the boys program) of formal religious program; Reform • Temple Sinai (Denver)—once a month during See page 18 for sponsoring organizations’ the school year, cost: $100 per semester; contact information. participants 25-30 total, open to all girls grades 6–12; Reform

Jewish Teen Programs Catalog l May 2010 Page 5 Jewish Learning

Bar/Bat Mitzvah Confirmation The following synagogues offer The following synagogues offer religious Bar/Bat Mitzvah training: schools that culminate in Confirmation in grade • BMH-BJ Congregation, Modern Orthodox 10. Some synagogues require membership to participate; others do not. • B’nai Havurah, Reconstructionist • BMH-BJ Congregation, Modern Orthodox • Congregation Beth Evergreen, Reconstructionist • Congregation Beth Evergreen, Reconstructionist • Congregation Beth Shalom, Pluralistic • Congregation Har HaShem, Reform • Congregation Bonai Shalom, Conservative • Congregation Rodef Shalom, Conservative • Congregation Har HaShem, Reform • Hebrew Educational Alliance, Conservative • Congregation Rodef Shalom, Conservative • Temple Emanuel, Reform • Hebrew Educational Alliance, Conservative • Temple Sinai, Reform • Temple Emanuel, Reform • Congregation Bonai Shalom, Conservative, • Temple Micah, Reform has a program for 10th graders called • Temple Sinai, Reform Ba’Derech, which is taught at Boulder Adventure Hebrew High and is open to students from Bonai Shalom, Nevei Kodesh, Pardes Levavot Ages 12–14 and unaffiliated students. The program does • Sponsor: Adventure Rabbi not always hold a confirmation ceremony. • Activities–three options: - individual study, 10-month program, start anytime, in person or distance learning Events - adventure class, 10-month program, Limmud Colorado Annual Conference August–May, in Boulder and nearby See listing on page 3. mountains, includes hiking; may offer second class based in Colorado Springs Taste of Limmud - Bar and Bat Yisrael, 12-week program, See listing on page 3. independent learning, your time frame, your schedule • Denomination: Reform and Reconstructionist High Holidays • Location: Boulder (and possibly Colorado High Holiday Teen Discussion Group Springs) Grades 9–12 • Participants in adventure class: 12 • Sponsor: Congregation Bonai Shalom Open Tent B’nai Mitzvah and Beyond • Activities: discussion each day of Rosh Grades 7–9 Hashanah and on Yom Kippur • Sponsor: Judaism Your Way • Cost: none • Activities: once a month over two semesters; • Denomination: Conservative students and families choose a coming of • Location: Boulder age ritual uniquely matched to them • Participants: 15–20 • Denomination: Pluralistic • Location: Denver East See page 18 for sponsoring organizations’ • Participants: 8 contact information.

Page 6 Jewish Teen Programs Catalog l May 2010 Jewish Learning

Ongoing Discussions/Study Hebrew High (Denver) Grades 8–12 Teen Discussion Group • Sponsor: Colorado Agency for Jewish Grades 9–12 Education (CAJE) • Sponsor: Congregation Bonai Shalom • Schedule: once a week during the school year • Activities: discussion of relevant aspects of • Classes: The Jewish Lens: Judaism thru Photography; Words and Deeds Part 2; • Schedule: third Saturday of each month What’s Cooking on Wednesdays?; Hebrew during the school year High Ulpan; Eco-Judaism in Action: Exploring Judaism in the Wilderness; • Cost: none Scrubs, Grey’s Anatomy and Medical Ethics; • Denomination: Conservative Sex, Drugs and Integrity: Jewish Wisdom • Location: Boulder for 21st-Century Teenagers; Radicals, Rebels • Participants: 8–10 and Revolutionaries: The of the ‘60s; Kaballah and You; Jewish Life in ; Teen Study Group The Real World: Teen Relationships and Grades 9–12 Abuse; Conversational Hebrew; Israeli Pop Culture; Torah Yoga; The Conflict; One of • Sponsor: Kohelet These Things Is Not Like the Other: Jewish • Activities: discussion of ancient and Diversity; The Torah’s Guide to Life; Shomar: medieval Jewish texts Denver Jewish Community Service Corps • Schedule: every other Sunday during • Cost: to be determined the school year • Denomination: Pluralistic • Cost: suggested contribution of $180 • Location: The Jewish Denver Day School to Kohelet (previously Herzl/RMHA), Denver South • Denomination: Pluralistic • Participants: 130 • Location: Denver East • Participants: 7 Hebrew High (Evergreen) Grades 8–12 Hebrew High (Boulder) • Sponsor: Congregation Beth Evergreen Grades 8–12 • Schedule: each Wednesday during the • Sponsor: Colorado Agency for Jewish school year; guest speakers once a month Education (CAJE) • Cost: $600 per year plus $80 for books/ • Classes: The Jewish Lens: Exploring snacks Jewish life through Pictures; Eco-Judaism; • Denomination: Reconstructionist Comparative World Religions; Ba’Derech; Israel at a Glance; Senior Seminar; Torah • Location: firehouse in Evergreen Yoga; G-D Wrestling; Jewish Ethics: Sex, • Participants: 15 Drugs and Integrity; Urban Art; Holiday • Requirements: Congregation Beth Evergreen Cooking member • Schedule: once a week, August–April • Cost: to be determined See page 18 for sponsoring organizations’ • Denomination: Pluralistic contact information. • Location: Boulder JCC • Participants: 110

Jewish Teen Programs Catalog l May 2010 Page 7 Service Learning

Community Improvement Student Interfaith Peace Project (SIPP) Ages 14–19 Family Safety Net Youth Corps • Sponsor: University of Denver, Institute for Grades 8–12 the Study of Israel in the Middle East (ISIME) • Sponsor: Jewish Family Service of Colorado • Activities: leadership training on the topic of • Activities: volunteers work in the Weinberg peaceful coexistence Food Pantry and organize food drives • Schedule: 30 hours of class spread over • Schedule: one three-hour shift one day several months; a weekend retreat; and a per week two-week trip to Israel and the West Bank at the end of the school year • Cost: none • Cost: $3,000 (50 percent subsidized by SIPP) • Denomination: Pluralistic • Denomination: open to teens of all faiths • Location: Denver South • Location: Denver South • Participants: 15 • Participants: 25 • Requirements: interview process, character references, orientation Chai: Teen Abuse Prevention Events Program Trainers Limmud Colorado Annual Conference Grades 9–12 See listing on page 3. • Sponsor: Jewish Family Service of Colorado Taste of Limmud • Activities: teens run educational workshops for peers to talk about healthy relationships; See listing on page 3. presentations on site at organizations, upon their request (e.g., at Hebrew High, Denver Jewish Film Festival Confirmation classes, youth groups) Teen Film Board • Cost: none See listing on page 3. • Denomination: Pluralistic • Location: varies See page 18 for sponsoring organizations’ • Participants: 5 contact information. • Requirements: attend training; make time commitment to deliver programs Social Action Projects (Multiple Locations) For students in formal religious school programs • Sponsor: most synagogues within their formal religious school programs • Activities: depends on group of teens (e.g., recycling was a previous group’s project)

Page 8 Jewish Teen Programs Catalog l May 2010 Service Learning

Teaching Assistants Hadrachah*: Teen-Teacher Training Program Grades 8–12 • Sponsor: Community Torah • Activities: teens interested in working with younger children in the field of Jewish education (formal or informal) meet monthly during the school year for training sessions • Schedule: sessions meet at The Denver (Upper School) or in participants’ homes • Cost: nominal • Denomination: Pluralistic • Location: Denver East • Participants: 12 • Requirements: open to any teen with an interest in working with Jewish families and Teaching Assistant Program institutions Grades 9–12 Madrachim** • Sponsor: Temple Emanuel Grades 8–12 • Activities: teaching assistants in Sunday school • Sponsor: Temple Micah • Denomination: Reform • Activities: teaching assistants in religious • Location: Denver South school • Participants: 12 • Cost: none • Requirements: Temple Emanuel member • Denomination: Reform • Location: Denver South Toranim*** • Participants: 15 Grade 8 (part of Gesher Program, see Youth Groups) • Requirements: Bar/Bat Mitzvah, orientation • Sponsor: Temple Emanuel Madrich Program** • Activities: teaching assistants in Sunday school and Post-B’nai Mitzvah • Schedule: Sunday mornings or Wednesday • Sponsor: Congregation Bonai Shalom evenings • Activities: teaching assistants in • Cost: none Hebrew school • Denomination: Reform • Schedule: Sunday mornings when • Location: Denver South Hebrew school is in session • Participants: 5-10 • Cost: none • Requirements: Gesher program member • Denomination: Conservative • Location: Boulder • Participants: 5 See page 18 for sponsoring organizations’ contact information. • Requirements: graduate of Bonai Shalom Hebrew School or equivalent knowledge *Hebrew for education/guidance. **Hebrew for leader(s), often of youth. ***Hebrew for people on duty.

Jewish Teen Programs Catalog l May 2010 Page 9 Summer Camps

B’nai B’rith Youth Organization Camp JRF (BBYO) Sponsor: Jewish Reconstructionist Federation (JRF) Sponsor: B’nai B’rith Youth Organization Denomination: Reconstructionist Denomination: Conservative Location: Locations: , , Grades 4–10 Pennsylvania • Activities: overnight camp • Schedule: 3-, 4-, and 7-week sessions Chapter Leadership Training Conference • Cost: $4,125/$3,450/$7,075 (CLTC) Entering grade 12 Grades 9–12 • Activities: Staff in Training (SIT) Program • Schedule: seven 12-day sessions, • Schedule: 4-week session and 7-week session June 15–August 8, 2010 • Cost: $2,000/$2,300 • Cost: $1,800 per session • Locations: Wisconsin and North Carolina • Requirements: must be an AZA or BBG Camp Shai chapter leader Sponsor: Robert E. Loup Jewish Community Center International Leadership Training Denomination: Pluralistic Conference (ILTC) Location: Denver East Grades 11–12 On the Road • Schedule: June 28–July 13, 2010 Grades 6–9 • Cost: $2,600 • Activities: day camp; adventures include • Location: Pennsylvania camping trips, whitewater rafting • Requirements: must be a regional or council • Schedule: 3-week sessions BBYO leader • Cost $850 per session Kallah Counselor in Training (CIT) Grades 9–12 Grades 8–10 • Activities: classes for learning from and • Activities: teens serve as assistants in day working with one another to delve deeper camp cabin groups and mentors through camp into the aspects of Judaism that teens find meaningful; option to have a • Schedule: 3-week sessions Bar/Bat Mitzvah at Kallah • Cost: $415 per session • Schedule: July 14–August 1, 2010 • Cost: $2,500 Ramah Outdoor Adventure • Location: Pennsylvania Sponsor: Ramah Outdoor Adventure • Requirements: no background in formal Jewish education required; diverse Denomination: Conservative participants Location: Deckers, Colorado Grades 6–10 See page 18 for sponsoring organizations’ • Activities: overnight camp; combines contact information. outdoor adventure activities at rustic base camp plus extended wilderness excursions in the back country • Schedule: 1-, 2-, or 4-week session • Cost: $800/$2,100/$3,900 • Participants: 40–60

Page 10 Jewish Teen Programs Catalog l May 2010 Summer Camps

JCC Ranch Camp Teen Village Sponsor: Robert E. Loup Jewish Community Center Entering grade 10 Denomination: Pluralistic • Activities: overnight camp Location: Black Forest, Elbert, Colorado • Schedule: 4-week program throughout Colorado; nomadic journey ATID (Future) • Cost: $3,742 Grades 9–10 Wrangler in Training (WIT) • Activities: overnight camp leadership program Entering grade 11 • Schedule: 19-day session • Activities: live with campers at overnight camp, learn basic elements of being corral • Cost: $2,920 staff member, develop safe horsemanship Rosh Hodesh: It’s a Girl Thing practices Grades 6–12 • Schedule: 7-, 14-, or 19-day session • Cost: $70/$747/$1,133 • Schedule: once a week during summer camp • Cost: included in camp fee The Maurice B. Shwayder Camp Rock ‘n Ride Sponsor: Temple Emanuel Grades 7–8 Denomination: Reform • Activities: overnight camp; combines Location: Mount Evans, Springs, Colorado mountain biking, rock climbing and camping throughout Colorado Grades 2–10 • Schedule: 14-day session • Activities: overnight camp • Cost: $2,131 • Cost: varies by length of session and whether or not member of Temple Emanuel Staff in Training (SIT) • Participants: 125 Entering grade 11 Entering grade 11 • Activities: live with campers at overnight • Activities: Staff-in-Training (SIT) program camp and learn basic elements of being • Cost: pay for one 2-week camp session camp counselor or specialist (member of Temple Emanuel $1,350; • Schedule: 7-, 14-, or 19-day session nonmember $1,795) and stay for all four • Cost: $370/$747/$1,133 2-week camp sessions • Requirements: previous Shwayder Camp Teen Adventure and Service Corps (TASC) participant Grades 9–10

• Activities: overnight camp, whitewater See page 18 for sponsoring organizations’ rafting, backpacking, service project, contact information. outdoor trek • Schedule: 14- or 19-day session • Cost: $2,131/$2,920

Jewish Teen Programs Catalog l May 2010 Page 11 Travel Tzedakah/Philanthropy

B’nai B’rith Youth Organization (BBYO) Tzedakah refers to the obligation to perform charity and philanthropic acts. Grades 9–12 • Sponsor: B’nai B’rith Youth Organization (BBYO) B’nai • Activities: travel to Central America, Grades 6–12 and Israel • Sponsor: Colorado Agency for Jewish • Schedule: March of the Living to Poland, Education (CAJE) and Israel in the spring; other • Activities: participants explore giving of travel during the summer time and money; learn about agencies and • Cost: varies by trip selection manage a personal endowment fund At the Western Wall, • Denomination: Pluralistic • Schedule: three times a year during the school year Israel Study Tour (IST) • Cost: $125 to establish personal Entering grade 12 endowment fund • Denomination: Pluralistic • Sponsor: Colorado Agency for Jewish Education (CAJE); promoted by numerous • Location: Boulder and Denver synagogues • Participants: 30 • Activities: one week in Poland and four weeks in Israel Rose Youth Foundation • Schedule: summer Grades 9–12 • Cost: $8,400 • Sponsor: Rose Community Foundation • Denomination: Pluralistic • Activities: learn about strategic grantmaking • Participants: 60 by deciding how to distribute $60,000 in grants to Denver-area organizations North American Federation of Temple • Schedule: twice a month, during the school Youth (NFTY) year, Sunday early evening (dinner included) Grades 9–12 • Cost: none • Sponsor: North American Federation of • Denomination: Pluralistic Temple Youth (NFTY); promoted by Reform • Location: Denver East synagogues • Participants: 23 • Activities: travel to Israel • Requirements: online application at • Schedule: summer rcfdenver.org/RYF between June and October • Cost: varies by trip selection • Leadership Opportunities: elected officers • Denomination: Reform See also Service Learning on pages 8 and 9.

Student Interfaith Peace Project (SIPP) See page 18 for sponsoring organizations’ See listing on page 8. contact information.

United Youth (USY) Grades 8–12 • Sponsor: Youth (USY); promoted by Conservative synagogues • Activities: travel within as well as travel to Israel and Europe • Schedule: summer • Cost: varies by trip selection • Denomination: Conservative

Page 12 Jewish Teen Programs Catalog l May 2010 Worship Participation

High Holidays

High Holiday Teen Discussion Group Friday Night Lights Grades 9–12 Grades 9–12 • Sponsor: Congregation Bonai Shalom • Sponsor: Friedman Club at Temple Emanuel • Activities: discussion group • Activities: service • Schedule: each day of Rosh Hashanah and • Schedule: once a month on Friday nights, on Yom Kippur during the school year • Cost: none • Cost: none • Denomination: Conservative • Denomination: Reform • Location: Boulder • Location: Denver East • Participants: 15–20 • Participants: 10-20

Yom Kippur Service Rodef Shalom Youth Coalition Grades 7–12 Grades 8–12 • Sponsor: Temple Micah • Sponsor: Congregation Rodef Shalom • Activities: teen service; also opportunities for chanting and reading Torah during • Activities: teens are “in the spotlight” during High Holidays services, allowing the rest of the community to see and hear from them • Schedule: Yom Kippur • Schedule: quarterly on Shabbat during the • Denomination: Reform school year • Location: Denver North • Denomination: Conservative • Location: Denver East • Participants: 55

Torah Service Grades 9–12 • Sponsor: Congregation Bonai Shalom • Activities: teen-led service • Schedule: once every few months during the school year • Denomination: Conservative • Location: Boulder • Participants: 10

See page 18 for sponsoring organizations’ contact information.

Jewish Teen Programs Catalog l May 2010 Page 13 Youth Groups

B’nai B’rith Youth Organization North American Federation of (BBYO) Temple Youth (NFTY) Mission: More Jewish teens, more meaningful Mission: To secure and perpetuate a strong, Jewish experiences meaningful and enjoyable Reform Jewish youth Founded in 1924 experience Independent, international organization Founded in 1939 Pluralistic Affiliate of the Union for Teen Connection National organization with international programming Grades 6–8 • Activities: social, recreational, athletic and Boulder Temple Youth (BTY) cultural activities Grades 9–12 • Schedule: once a month during the school • Sponsor: Congregation Har HaShem year, once or twice during summer on • Schedule: once a month (Thursdays) weekends or during school breaks during the school year; plus other events • Locations: at members’ homes or commercial and overnighters including regional NFTY location Chavurot* weekends • Cost: per program, no membership fee • Cost: per event • Participants: 200 in region, which includes Denver, Boulder, Colorado Springs and • Denomination: Reform Albuquerque • Location: Boulder BBYO • Participants: 40 • Leadership Opportunities: program leading Grades 8–12 • Activities: eight fraternity- and sorority-like Frankel Club chapters: (AZA) for boys, Grades 6–8 B’nai B’rith Girls (BBG) for girls; Judaic, social, educational and community service activities • Sponsor: Temple Emanuel • Schedule: two to four times per month • Activities: social, educational and social during the school year action activities; plus Chavurot* at one NFTY • Cost: $75/year membership fee (or $149 for regional gathering per year all four years of high school) • Schedule: once or twice a month on • Location: Robert E. Loup Jewish Community Saturday nights and Sundays, during Center the school year, plus occasional summer • Participants: 530 in region, which includes activities Denver, Boulder, Colorado Springs and • Cost: $10-$20; no additional membership dues Albuquerque • Denomination: Reform • Leadership Opportunities: elected teen • Location: Denver East leaders at the chapter, regional and international levels • Participants: 30 • Leadership Opportunities: program planning Bnos • Sponsor: Beth Jacob High School of Denver * A chavurah or havurah (plural chavuroth or chavurot • Activities: Shabbat and non-Shabbat or havurot) is a small group of Jews who assemble for the programs during the school year; affiliated purposes of facilitating Shabbat and holiday prayer services and for sharing communal experiences, such as lifecycle with Bnos Agudath Yisroel (worldwide) events and Jewish learning. • Cost: small, but not required • Denomination: Orthodox See page 18 for sponsoring organizations’ • Location: Denver West contact information. • Participants: 100 • Leadership Opportunities: high school students lead programs for middle school students Page 14 Jewish Teen Programs Catalog l May 2010 Youth Groups

North American Federation of Junior Youth Group (JYG) Grades 7–8 Temple Youth (NFTY) continued • Sponsor: Congregation Har HaShem Friedman Club • Schedule: two-hour meetings at various times Grades 9–12 during the school year; plus one overnight program and one weekend trip per year • Sponsor: Temple Emanuel • Cost: per event • Activities: Jewish worship, culture and history, modern political views, Israel, social, • Denomination: Reform educational, and social action activities; • Location: Boulder plus Chavurot* at multiple NFTY regional • Participants: 30 gatherings per year • Schedule: several times a month on Junior Youth Group (JYG) weekends, during the school year Grades 6–8 • Cost: $10–$20 per program plus yearly dues • Sponsor: Temple Sinai of $40 • Schedule: once a month during the • Denomination: Reform school year • Location: Denver East • Cost: $50 per year; additional fees for events • Participants: 50 • Denomination: Reform • Leadership Opportunities: board • Location: Denver South membership; event planning • Participants: 50 Gesher Program Temple Sinai Youth Group (TSYG) Grade 8 Grades 9–12 • Sponsor: Temple Emanuel • Sponsor: Temple Sinai • Activities: social action and getting out into • Schedule: two to three times a month during community as part of the formal religious the school year; monthly lounge nights on school program Wednesday; plus Chavurot* at NFTY regional • Schedule: one Sunday morning and one gathering (scholarships available for Temple Wednesday evening per month Sinai members) • Cost: included in religious school tuition • Cost: $50 per year; additional fees for events • Denomination: Reform • Denomination: Reform • Location: Denver East • Location: Denver South • Participants: entire eighth grade class • Participants: 80–100 • Leadership Opportunities: program leading; Jew Crew Youth Group boards; leadership development team Grades 7–12 (End of NFTY listings) • Sponsor: Temple Micah • Schedule: once a month during the school * A chavurah or havurah (plural chavuroth or chavurot year or havurot) is a small group of Jews who assemble for the purposes of facilitating Shabbat and holiday prayer services • Cost: $23 per year, NFTY dues and for sharing communal experiences, such as lifecycle • Denomination: Reform events and Jewish learning. • Location: Denver • Participants: in formation See page 18 for sponsoring organizations’ contact information.

Jewish Teen Programs Catalog l May 2010 Page 15 Youth Groups

Rodef Shalom Youth Coalition Teen Shabbat FUNdamentals Grades 8–12 Grades 7–12 • Sponsor: Congregation Rodef Shalom • Sponsor: BMH-BJ Congregation • Schedule: quarterly on Shabbat during the • Schedule: once a month on Saturday school year mornings plus participation in various BMH- • Denomination: Conservative BJ events and group projects, during the school year • Location: Denver East • Denomination: Modern Orthodox • Participants: 55 • Location: Denver East • Leadership Opportunities: community service projects • Participants: 20–25

Teen Experience Teen Youth Group Post-Bar Mitzvah experience Grades 7–12 • Sponsor: The Jewish Experience • Sponsor: BMH-BJ Congregation • Activities: discussion of current events from • Activities: centralized youth group with a Jewish perspective, general Judaism, what multiple programming options; open to it means to be a Jewish adult anyone in community • Schedule: once a week, evenings, plus • Denomination: Modern Orthodox monthly trip (evenings or Sundays), during • Location: Denver East the school year • Participants: in formation • Cost: $450 per year plus cost of monthly field trip See page 18 for sponsoring organizations’ • Denomination: Pluralistic contact information. • Location: Denver South • Participants: 15–20 (this program is currently all boys; depending on interest, a girls-only program could be created similar to the boys program)

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United Synagogue Youth (USY) Mission: Duty, mitzvot* and commitments Founded in 1951 Affiliate of the United Synagogue of International organization (Congregation Rodef Shalom) Grades 6–8 • Sponsor: Congregation Rodef Shalom • Schedule: once a month plus quarterly community service projects • Cost: none • Denomination: Conservative • Location: Denver East • Participants: 20 KADIMA (Hebrew Educational Alliance) Grades 7–8 • Sponsor: Hebrew Educational Alliance • Cost: none • Denomination: Conservative • Location: Denver South USY (Congregation Rodef Shalom) Grades 9–12 • Sponsor: Congregation Rodef Shalom • Schedule: once a month plus quarterly community service projects • Cost: none USY (Hebrew Educational Alliance) • Denomination: Conservative Grades 9–12 • Location: Denver East • Sponsor: Hebrew Educational Alliance • Participants: 45 • Activities: Shabbat dinners, Saturday night programs, service projects, lounge nights *Hebrew for commandments. (every other Wednesday) • Schedule: five to six times a month • Cost: $45 for USY dues per year • Denomination: Conservative • Location: Denver South • Participants: 35

See page 18 for sponsoring organizations’ contact information.

Jewish Teen Programs Catalog l May 2010 Page 17 Sponsoring Organizations

Adventure Rabbi Community Talmud Torah The Jewish Experience Rose Youth Foundation 5353 Circle, 560 South Monaco Parkway c/o Robert E. Loup JCC Rose Community Foundation Suite 103 Denver CO 80224 350 South Dahlia Street 600 South Cherry Street Boulder CO 80303 303.321.4070 Denver CO 80246 Suite 1200 adventurerabbi.org theje.com Denver CO 80246 303.417.6200 Congregation Beth Evergreen 303.316.6412 rcfdenver.org/RYF 2981 Bergen Peak Drive 303.398.7416 Beth Jacob High School Evergreen CO 80439 Judaism Your Way of Denver bethevergreen.org 3030 East 2nd Avenue Rosh Hodesh: It’s a Girl Thing! 5100 West 14th Avenue 303.670.4294 Suite 107 2308 Fossil Trace Drive Denver CO 80204 Denver CO 80206 Golden CO 80401 303.893.1333 Congregation Beth Shalom judaismyourway.org roshhodesh.org 6116 South Pennsylvania Street 303.320.6185 303.526.1887 BMH-BJ Congregation Centennial CO 80121 560 South Monaco Parkway cbsdenver.org Kohelet The Maurice B. Shwayder Camp Denver CO 80224 303.794.6643 428 South Forest Street c/o Temple Emanuel bmh-bj.org Denver CO 80246 51 Grape Street 303.388.4203 Congregation Bonai Shalom kohelet.org Denver CO 80220 1527 Cherryvale Road 303.321.7729 shwayder.com B’nai B’rith Youth Organization Boulder CO 80303 303.388.4013 (BBYO) bonaishalom.org Limmud Colorado 300 South Dahlia Street, 303.422.6605 limmudcolorado.org Student Interfaith Peace Project Suite 203 303.908.2785 (SIPP) Denver CO 80246 Congregation Har HaShem Institute for the Study of Israel .org 3950 Baseline Street Mizel Arts and Culture Center in the Middle East (ISIME) 303.316.6385 Boulder CO 80303 (MACC) at the JCC University of Denver harhashem.org 350 South Dahlia Street 2201 South Gaylord Street B’nai Havurah 303.499.7077 Denver CO 80246 Denver CO 80208 6445 East Avenue maccjcc.org sipproject.org Denver CO 80224 Congregation Rodef Shalom 303.316.6360 303.871.7477 bnaihavurah.org 450 South Kearney Street 303.388.4441 Denver CO 80224 North American Federation of Temple Emanuel rodef-shalom.org Temple Youth (NFTY) 51 Grape Street Boulder Jewish Community 303.399.0035 .org Denver CO 80220 Center (JCC) emanueldenver.org 3800 Kalmia Avenue Hebrew Educational Alliance Ramah Outdoor Adventure 303.388.4013 Boulder CO 80301 3600 South Ivanhoe Street 459 South Poplar Way boulderjcc.org Denver CO 80237 Denver CO 80224 Temple Micah 303.998.1900 headenver.org ramahoutdoors.org 2600 Leyden Street 303.758.9400 303.261.8214 Denver CO 80207 Camp JRF micahdenver.org Jewish Reconstructionist JCC Ranch Camp Robert E. Loup Jewish 303.388.4239 Federation 21441 North Elbert Road Community Center (JCC) campjrf.org Elbert CO 80106 350 South Dahlia Street Temple Sinai ranchcamp.org Denver CO 80246 3509 South Glencoe Street Colorado Agency for Jewish 303.648.3800 jccdenver.org Denver CO 80237 Education (CAJE) 303.399.2660 sinaidenver.org 300 South Dahlia Street, Jewish Family Service 303.759.1827 Suite 101 of Colorado Denver CO 80246 3201 South Tamarac Drive (USY) caje-co.org Denver CO 80231 usy.org 303.321.3191 jewishfamilyservice.org 303.597.5000

Schools

Beth Jacob High School Denver Academy of Torah The Denver Jewish Day Hillel Academy of Denver Toras Chaim of Denver 6825 East Alameda School 450 South Hudson 1555 Stuart Street 5100 West 14th Avenue Avenue (previously Herzl/ Street P.O. Box 40067 Denver CO 80204 Denver CO 80224 RMHA) Denver CO 80246 Denver CO 80204 303.893.1333 720.859.6806 2450 South Wabash 303.333.1511 303.629.8200 grades 9–12, girls only datcampus.org Street hillelacademyof grades 9–12, boys only preschool through Denver CO 80231 denver.com grade 12, co-ed 303.369.0663 preschool through dcje.org grade 8, co-ed grades K–12, co-ed

Page 18 Jewish Teen Programs Catalog l May 2010 Index also Staff in Training (SIT)

A Counselor in Training (CIT), 10 Jewish Family Service of Rosh Hashanah, 6, 13 abuse prevention, 8 see also Staff in Training (SIT) Colorado, 8 Rosh Hodesh: It’s a Boys Thing, 5 Adventure Rabbi, 6 Jewish learning, 6–7 Rosh Hodesh: It’s a Girls Thing, art, 3 D Judaism Your Way, 5, 6, 18 5, 18 athletics, 4 day camps, 10 Junior Youth Group (JYG), 15 ATID (Future) (camp), 11 Deckers, CO, 10 S AZA (Aleph Zadek Aleph), 10 Denver, CO K schools, list of, 18 East program locations, 3, 4, KADIMA, 17 service learning, 8–9 B 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, Kallah, 10 Shabbat, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 Bar/Bat Mitzvah, 6, 10 16, 17 Kohelet, 7, 18 Shwayder Camp, 11 BBG (B’nai B’rith Girls), 10 North program locations, 13 social action projects, 8 BBYO (B’nai B’rith Youth South program locations, 5, 7, L sponsoring organizations, Organization), 10, 12, 14, 18 8, 9, 15, 16, 17 leadership opportunities, 3, 4, 5, list of, 18 Beth Jacob High School of West program locations, 14 8, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16 sports, 4 Denver, 14, 18 Denver, University of, 8, 18 Limmud Colorado, 3, 6, 8 Staff in Training (SIT), 10, 11. see Black Forest, Elbert, CO, 11 Denver Academy of Torah, 18 also Counselor in Training (CIT) BMH-BJ Congregation, 5, 6, The Denver Jewish Day School, M Student Interfaith Peace Project 16, 18 9, 18 MACC (Mizel Arts and Culture (SIPP), 8, 12, 18 B’nai B’rith Youth Organization Denver JCC, 3, 4, 11, 18 Center), 3, 4, 18 study groups, 3, 6, 7 (BBYO), 10, 12, 14, 18 Denver Jewish Film Festival, 3, 8 Maccabi Games, 4 summer camps, 10–11 B’nai Havurah, 5 discussion groups, 5, 6, 7, 13, 16 Madrachim, 9. B’nai Tzedek, 12 E Madrich Program, 9 T Bnos, 14 The Maurice B. Shwayder Taste of Limmud, 3, 6, 8 Elbert, CO, 11 Bnos Agudath Yisrael, 14 Camp, 11 teaching assistants, 9 Boulder, CO, 4, 6, 7, 9, 12, 13, Europe, 12 mitzvot, 17 Teen Adventure and Service 14, 15, 18 Evergreen, CO, 5, 6, 7, 18 Mizel Arts and Culture Center Corps, 11 Boulder Hebrew High, 6, 7 (MACC), 3, 4, 18 Boulder JCC, 4, 18 F Teen Connection, 14 Modern Orthodox, 5, 6, 16 Boulder Temple Youth (BTY), 14 Family Safety Net Youth Corps, 8 Teen Experience, 5, 16 Boys Will Be Boys, 5 film festival, 3, 8 Mount Evans, Idaho Springs, Teen Film Board, 4, 8 boys-only programs, 5 fitness, 4 CO, 11 Teen Shabbat FUNdamentals, 16 Frankel Club, 14 Moving Traditions, 5 Teen Village (camp), 11 C Friday Night Lights, 13 Teen Youth Group, 16 CAJE (Colorado Agency for Friedman Club, 13, 15 N Temple Emanuel, 5, 6, 9, 11, 13, Jewish Education), 7, 12, 18 North American Federation of 14, 15, 18 Camp JRF, 10 G Temple Youth (NFTY), 12, Temple Micah, 6, 9, 13, 15, 18 14–15, 18 Temple Sinai, 5, 6, 15, 18 Camp Shai, 10 Germany, 12 North America, 12 Temple Sinai Youth Group, 15 Camp Shwayder, 11 Gesher Program, 9, 15 North Carolina, 10 theater, 3 camps, day, 10 girls-only programs, 5 camps, overnight, 10–11 Torah, 7, 13 Centennial, CO, 5, 18 O Torah Service, 13 Central America, 12 H On the Road (camp), 10 Toranim, 9 Chai: Teen Abuse Prevention Hadrachah: Teen-Teacher Open Tent B’nai Mitzvah and travel, 4, 12 Program, 8 Training Program, 9 Beyond, 6 tzedakah (philanthropy), 12 Chapter Leadership Training havurah/havurot, 14, 15 Orthodox, 14. see also Modern Conference (CLTC), 10 Hebrew Educational Alliance, 6, Orthodox U charity (tzedakah), 12 17, 18 outdoor adventures, 4 Union of Reform Judaism, 17 chavurah/chavuroth, 14, 15 Hebrew High, 6, 7, 8 overnight camps, 10, 11 United Synagogue of Colorado, University of, at high holidays, 6, 13 Conservative Judaism, 17 Hillel Academy of Denver, 18 Colorado Springs, 3 P United Synagogue Youth (USY), holidays, 6, 13, 14, 15 Colorado Agency for Jewish Pennsylvania, 10 12, 17, 18 Education (CAJE), 7, 12, 18 horsemanship, 11 philanthropy (tzedakah), 12 University of Colorado at community improvement, 8 Pluralistic, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, Colorado Springs, 3 Community Talmud Torah, 9 I 11, 12, 14, 16 conferences, 3 University of Denver, 8, 18 Idaho Springs, CO, 11 Poland, 12 Confirmation, 6, 8 USY (United Synagogue Youth), Institute for the Study of Israel 12, 17, 18 Congregation Beth Evergreen, 5, in the Middle East (ISIME), 8, 6, 7, 18 R 18 Ramah Outdoor Adventure, 10 W Congregation Beth Shalom, 5, International Leadership 6, 18 Reconstructionist, 5, 6, 7, 10, 18 Wisconsin, 10 Training Conference (ILTC), 10 Reform, 5, 6, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 Wolf Theater Academy, 3 Congregation Bonai Shalom, 6, Israel, 4, 7, 8, 12, 15 7, 9, 13, 18 Robert E. Loup Jewish worship participation, 13 Israel Study Tour (IST), 12 Congregation Har HaShem, 6, Community Center (JCC), 3, 4, Wrangler in Training (WIT), 11 14, 15 11, 18 Congregation Rodef Shalom, 13, J Rock ‘n Ride (camp), 11 Y 16, 17, 18 JCC Ranch Camp, 5, 18 Rodef Shalom Youth Coalition, Yeshiva Toras Chaim, 18 Conservative, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13, Jew Crew Youth Group, 15 13, 16 Yom Kippur, 6, 13 16, 17 The Jewish Experience, 5, 16, 18 Rose Youth Foundation, 12 youth groups, 14–17 Jewish Teen Programs Catalog l May 2010 Page 19 600 South Cherry Street, Suite 1200 Denver, Colorado 80246-1712 303.398.7400 | rcfdenver.org