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Teen Program

Congregation Beth Shalom aims to engage teens and keep them involved in Jewish life through a wide variety of social opportunities, Shabbat and Holiday experiences, formal and informal learning opportunities, and opportunities to work or volunteer with our youth.  We strive to meet the needs of different teens in our community by offering experiences that cater towards all different interests, skills, and learning styles.

 

Flexible pricing as follows for the 2023-2024 academic year. CBS believes that Jewish education should be accessible to all. The synagogue’s budget offsets the cost of  Teen Learning to keep it affordable, reflected in the “standard tuition.” The actual cost to educate each child, retain excellent teachers, and provide quality, innovative programming is higher than the standard tuition, reflected in the “unsubsidized tuition.” Members who are willing and able to are invited to pay the unsubsidized tuition or make a tax exempt donation. Standard fee rates are available to members of CBS. Non-members kindly pay the unsubsidized rate. As always, we want our Teen Programs to be open and welcoming to all, and scholarship funds will be available to anyone who might need some financial assistance. To discuss financial assistance or if you are interested in becoming members, please contact our membership director.

 

 

Standard Tuition (for CBS Members)

Unsubsidized Tuition (for nonmembers)
USY $115 $150

Teen learning 1 session

$200

$250

All tuesday evening learning (five 6 week sessions)

$860

$1,075

Teen program bundle (all teen learning and USY dues)

$945

$1,180

Annual Teen Trip

Teen (8th-12th Grade) Social Justice- Immigration Focused Trip

April 11th-14th, 2024

Cost: $800 (flight and vegetarian food included)

Thank you to the SAMIS foundation and the CBS Sanctuary and Immigration Committee for subsidizing this trip!

Register at:

https://www.bethshalomseattle.org/form/2024-teen-trip
Visit Phoenix, Tucson, and the border town of Nogales, Arizona, on this impactful immigration justice program. We will meet with organizations and people directly addressing the migration issues and enforcing the flow of migrants from Mexico to the United States. We will meet with activists, homeland security agents, border patrol, retired border patrol, humanitarians, and state officials. The goal is to give a complete picture of the complex and layered issue of immigration in our country.  We are excited to partner with Tzedek American and will be joined by teens from another Conservative Congregation, Temple Israel Center in White Plains, NY.  Learn more about the trip here: https://tzedekamerica.org/multi-day-trips/

*In order to participate in this trip, you must register and pay online here, through CBS, as well as register through Tzedek America here: https://tzedekamerica.jotform.com/232634599139972

About payment and registration:
- Registration deadline is March 7th

  • Because we are making nonrefundable payments to airlines and partner organizations, fee is refundable until March 1st. After March 1st, the fee is nonrefundable.
  • A portion of the fees are donated to the nonprofit organizations we visit
  • Limited scholarship funds are available, please contact Colin before registering to request financial aid
  • Packing list and detailed flight information will be sent after March 8th to all registered participants and their parents.

If you have any questions about this trip, please contact Rachel Wachtel at rachelwachtel@bethshalomseattle.org.

 

Thank you to the SAMIS Foundation for their generous support of this program.
Learn more about the SAMIS foundation here.


Additionally, we are thrilled to continue to offer the following opportunities. All of the opportunities are available for CBS members and nonmembers.  If you have any questions or comments about our teen program, please get in touch with Rachel Wachtel, CBS Education and Youth Director. Registration for the 2023-2024 academic year is available through Shulcloud. Click here for detailed registration instructions.


Shabbat and Holidays

Youth Minyan

At Congregation Beth Shalom’s Youth Minyan, post B’nai Mitzvah teens participate in this no adults allowed service that is led by teens. Youth Minyan gives them the opportunity to practice their synagogue skills, pray with their peers, and socialize over a delicious meal. Youth Minyan will meet 6-8 times in the 2023-2024 school year. Mark your calendars for our 2023-2024 dates: 9/30, 11/18, 12/9, 1/20, 2/10, 3/23, and 4/20.  We meet from 10:30-12:30 in the Beit Midrash.

Teen Holiday Experiences: Approximately 4 times each year teens will be invited to participate in a Jewish Holiday experience along with one of the Rabbis or Educators at Congregation Beth Shalom. Some examples may include: a Hannukah Party, dinner in the sukkah, Havdallah on the beach, and more.

Community Involvement

Ozerim Program: 8th-12th graders work in our preK-5th grade religious school as special needs aides, teaching assistants, Hebrew tutors, and more.  Congregation Beth Shalom loves its ozerim! Ozerim bring energy, ideas and sparkle to the religious school and our students, parents, and teachers alike. We hope you will find a role at the CBS religious school that fits your schedule and interests – if you have another idea about how to get involved that is not on this list, please let us know! To read all about the program and the opportunities available for the 2023-2024 school year, read details about the program here. Complete the Ozerim Program Application here

B’nai Mitzvah Tutoring: The best way to learn is to teach. 8th-12th graders are invited to work as B’nai Mitzvah tutors. This provides them with a good source of income and aids them in developing skills of patience, discipline, schedule keeping, and professionalism. Typically tutors work one-on-one with learners, this year we are working to set up an option for teens to tutor as a group and build confidence and skills so that they feel more comfortable tutoring one-on-one in the future.  Teens must complete the tutor training process (it is now part of Tuesday teen learning) before they may begin tutoring.

Teen Volunteer Opportunities:

Teens are invited to join us on to help out at the CBS Purim Carnival and other CBS events


Learning Opportunities for Teens 2023-2024:

Tuesday Learning: Each Tuesday teens are invited to join their peers in person from 6:30pm-8:00pm. The program starts with dinner, some social time and games just for teens and is followed by 1 hour of class time. A variety of 6 week courses are offered including high level text study, Israeli television shows, and more. 

Session A

September 12th-October 17th

Option 1: Traditional Texts with a Twist with Beth Huppin

Option 2: Being a Moroccan Jew with Dana (CBS Shinshinit)

Session B

October 24th- December 12th  (skipping 10/31 and 11/21)

Option 1: Torah in Act-tion with Brianna Caplan Sayres

Option 2: Stories from the Talmud with Rabbi Rose

Session C

January 2nd- February 6th

Option 1: Teen Choir with Carl Sayres

Option 2: Become a Leader in Gender Violence Protection with Project DVORA and JFS

Option 3: 10th-12th Graders only- Texts that challenge us to think about power dynamics, inappropriate boundaries, consent, and questionable sexual behavior with Rabbi Borodin

Session D

February 13th-March 26th (skipping 2/20)

Option 1: An Intro to Queer Talmud with Betzalel Rosser

Option 2: Technology in Jewish Law with Rabbi Rose

Session E

April 2nd-May 21st (Skipping 4/23 and 4/30)

Option 1: Jewish Life on Campus with Yuval Berenstein (10th grade and up)

Option 2: Jewish Ethics with Rabbi Borodin

Option 3: Israel and Her Neighbors with Dana (CBS Shinshinit)

 

 

Tue, March 19 2024 9 Adar II 5784