TIKY is the youth group of Temple Tikvah. It consists of a senior youth group for students in Grades 9-12 and a junior youth group for students in Grades 5-8. TIKY is a part of NFTY (North American Federation of Temple Youth), our national Reform Jewish youth movement, and NFTY-NAR (NFTY-New York Area Region), our regional Reform Jewish youth movement. Examples of past TIKY events have included overnight shul-ins, a car wash, laser tag, a tag-football game, bowling, a TIKY-led Shabbat service for the congregation, an inter-faith dialogue with a local Muslim youth group, our annual trip to Six Flags, and more. We invite all students in grades 5-12 to join us!
TIKY’s goals: -to build friendship and community
-to build strong Reform Jewish identities
-to provide leadership opportunities
-to provide social, cultural, religious, and social justice opportunities within a Jewish context
TIKY is led by a leadership board of youth groupers who create, promote, and run all of TIKY’s events, programs, and services. TIKY is overseen by Trudy Turk our Youth Advisor and our Youth Committee. Our youth committee meets once a month on Tuesday evenings. Please contact Youth Committee Chair Ron Shreiberfor more information. All are welcome.
2011-12 Calendar of Events:
October 30, 2011--Planning Meeting with Seniors
November 6, 2011--Jr. TIKY--Tzedakah Boxes
November 18-19--Shabbat Dinner and services; Sr. TIKY Shul-in
December 4, 2011--Big Trip
December 17, 2011--Hanukah Party
January 6-9, 2012--Trip to RAC in Washington, D.C.
January 8, 2012-Jr. TIKY
January 22, 2012--Jr. & Sr. TIKY
February 5, 2012--Jr. & Sr. TIKY Trip
March 4, 2012--Purim Carnival
March 16-18, 2012--tentative Shul-in
April 22, 2012--Mitzvah Day
May 6, 2012--Jr. & Sr. TIKY End-of-Year BBQ
Questions about TIKY? Contact TIKY President Jennifer Goldschmidt or Trudy Turk at trudy.turk@gmail.com or Youth Committee Chair Ron Shrieber at ron@templetikvah.org.
TIKY 2011-2012 Leadership Board
President - Jennifer Goldschmidt
