Congregation OR Chadash Youth
Affiliated with The North American Federation of Temple Youth

Hi, and welcome to the official CORY homepage.“CORY” stands for “Congregation Or Chadash Youth”. We are a very friendly group of Jewish teens in our congregation. We get together at least once a month to participate in community service and fun teen activities. Some of these events are bowling, ice skating, raking leaves, and making sandwiches for the homeless. At the CORY spring sleepover, we hold elections for the CORY board positions. We also help with the Hanukah Party by running some of the games that bring the entire congregation together to celebrate Hanukah. The Purim Party is run by CORY. We run the games and supply all the prizes that the children win.

The members of CORY are more than just Jewish acquaintances; we are a strong group of individuals that works together to help the community and have fun at the same time. With all of the events we learn to trust and respect one another. We hope ALL of those in 8th grade and older who are interested in having fun will join us. CORY is also part of the North American Federation of Temple Youth. (NFTY)

Here is an list of upcoming CORY events for 2008-09, as we know them so far:
* local CORY and Cong. Or Chadash events
**regional NFTY events with CORY participation

12/5-7 **NFTY Mid-Atlantic Junior Youth Kallah ("MAJYK") for 7th & 8th Graders!!!
12/13 *CORY Spaghetti Dinner fundraiser...
12/21 *OrCh/CORY Chanukah Party
12/26-27 **NFTY-MAR Winter Kallah
Jan. - *CORY Ice Skating
1/30 - *CORY Creative Service Early Feb. - CORY Super Bowl Event
2/13-17 **NFTY Nat'l Convention, in National Harbor, Ft. Washington, MD
2/21 *OrCh "Mitzvah Day"
3/8 *OrCh/CORY Purim Carnival
3/20-21 **NFTY-MAR "TheVent" (at Temple Rodef Shalom, Falls Church Va...)
Late April/Early May - *CORY Creative Service
4/19 - *OrCh/CORY Passover Seder
4/23-26 **NFTY-MAR Spring Kallah (at Temple Emanuel, Kensington...)
Early May - *CORY in Relay For Life
Early May - *CORY in Post Office collection event
June - *CORY Pool Party and Elections

2008-2009 CORY Board

President	Elena Isaacson
Programming VP	Julie Eisenberg
Social Action VP	Your name could be here.
Religious and Cultural VP	Ross Clark
Membership VP	David Bloodgood
Treasurer	Lizzy Lansat
Secretary	Erin Bloodgood
Eight Grade Representatives	Josh Myers, Sarah Dean
Advisors	Howard Lichtman hjlichtman@verizon.net; Susan Lichtman srlichtman@verizon.net, Ron & Nancy Isaacson: isaacson4@verizon.net Stephanie Weishaar: s.weishaar@verizon.net

JR CORY (Congregation Or Chadash Youth) is our synagogue’s youth group for those in 5th through 7th grades . We hold 3-5 fun activities each year. Some past activities include bowling, ice skating, river rafting, laser tag, hiking, roller skating, and we completed a challenge course!

What will we do next? It’s up to you! All 5th – 7th graders are welcome to participate in any JR CORY events and we set our schedule based on what the group would like to do! Some of the ideas already suggested for this year include snow tubing and a “lock in” overnight at Or Chadash

There is no formal membership for JR CORY – so all 5th, 6th and 7th graders are welcome to join us on our next adventure!

Advisors: Jen Strelser (jstrelser@aol.com ), Ken Rosenbaum ( ken_rosenbaum@hotmail.com ) and Karen Conner (karen_sue@verizon.net )

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The Or Chadash PTO announces Kiddush-Kids, a Jewish youth group for children in Pre-K through fourth grades. Through crafts, stories, actvities, field trips and service projects, our congregation's youngest members will develop a strong Jewish identity, while starting and deepening friendships. The group's members will learn about Jewish values, Jewish holidays, International awareness and learn new skills, all while having fun with their friends. For more information and a schedule of our upcoming events, contact Pamm Shankman at pmshankman@comcast.net

Everyone had fun at our recent laser tag party!

Everyone had fun at our recent skating party!!!

The youth arm of the Union for Reform Judaism, NFTY is devoted to providing interactive Jewish experiences for high school aged youth across the United States and Canada. NFTY, the North American Federation of Temple Youth, is comprised of over 450 Temple Youth Groups (TYGs) and organized into 21 Regions.

The overall purpose of NFTY is to create today the Reform congregants of tomorrow. NFTY strives to do this by instilling Jewish identity, fostering commitment to the ideals and values of Reform Judaism, and increasing synagogue participation in high school youth. These purposes are pursued within a framework that emphasizes the values of Jewish Literacy, Spiritual Exploration, Social Action, Leadership Development and Jewish Community.