Youth

Akiba Kadima:
6th through 8th graders,usually meets one time per month, on a Saturday night or Sunday, for social, religious, tzedakah, and Israel programming. It is an opportunity for KI's middle school youth to get together and have fun within a Jewish context.

Akiba USY:
United Synagogue Youth meets at least twice a month for a wide spectrum of programming for KI's high schoolers. The USYers plan their own programs and try to include a wide-variety of social, religious, social action, Tikkun Olam (Repairing the World) and Israel-oriented activities.

Youth Advisor: Lara Denmark

Membership:
Membership to Congregation Knesset Israel Youth Groups is open to any Jewish teenager.  Kadima dues are $20 per year, USY dues are $30 per year.

Tzafon Region website: www.tzafon.org
International USY website: www.usy.org

Knesset Israel's Kadima and USY chapters are partially-funded by the Teen Initiative Program of the Harold Grinspoon Foundation (HGF).