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TI Youth Group Advisers Named.........posted Jul 9, 2006

A stellar lineup of advisers has been finalized for TI's youth groups in 2006-07, according to Lynn Berk, youth commission director.

The advisers for the USY and Kadima chapters served at TI in 2005-06, while those who will run the Bonim and Machar groups this year are newcomers.

Kickoff programs to meet the youth group advisers and to hear about program plans in all age categories for the upcoming year will take place in mid-September.

Bonim and Machar will hold a joint opening event on Sunday, Sept. 17. The program will be a Family Scarecrow Making, followed by a barbeque and games and relay races. Program begins at 1 p.m and runs until 4 p.m. Cost for the entire program, Scarecrow Making and BBQ, is $12 per adult and $8 per kid (ages 5 thru 10). Cost for just Scarecrow Making is $6 per kid (5 thru 10 years old). Cost for Family BBQ is $10 per adult and $6 per child (ages 2 thru 10).

Kadima and USY will hold a Tubing Down The River on Sunday, Sept. 10. The group will meet immediately following religious school to carpool to the river.

Biographical summaries of all four advisers follow:

Lillie Rosen, Bonim adviser

Lillie, 18, is a sophomore at American University, where she is majoring in political science/foreign affairs. She hails from Takoma Park.
Lillie was active in Machar, Kadima and USY at Tifereth Israel Congregation in Washington, D.C.
Her interests include modern dance and theater and she has worked summers as a camp counselor at Ohr Kodesh Day Camp. She is working this summer as a Tourmobile guide.

Shirin Amchin, Machar adviser

Shirin, 19, is a sophomore at the University of Maryland, College Park, where she is a major in Jewish studies. She is a native of Louisville, Ky.
Shirin was active in Kadima and USY in Louisville and she hopes to train to become a Hazaan in a Conservative synagogue.
She plays viola and performs in musical theater. She spent last year in Israel as a participant in the Young Judea Year Program.

Dana Rothstein, Kadima adviser

Dana, 24, is a graduate of the University of Maryland, College Park, where she was a major in political science. She hails from Baltimore.
She worked as a Machar adviser at Beth El in Bethesda for several years before spending last year as Tikvat Israel's Machar adviser.
Dana works as a conference planner.
She went to Israel on a Birthright trip several years ago.

Ariel Gold, USY adviser

Ariel, 25, works in the development office of the National Cystic Fibrosis Foundation in Washington, D.C.
She completed her undergraduate studies at George Washington University and received a master''s degree in non-profit management from Duke University. She is a native of Philadelphia.
As adviser of a USY chapter in Durham, N.C., she guided the group to the "Most Improved Chapter" award. TI's chapter this spring won three awards in the Seaboard Region, which stretches from Delaware to North Carolina. These included a "Chapter of Excellence" citation.
Ariel traveled to Israel as part of a USY/Poland seminar.