Micah Cowan was selected by United Synagogue Youth’s International Executive Board to serve a one-year term on the international board as a member of the Religion/Education Committee.
In this capacity, Micah will provide oversight to religious education programming and initiate projects in various USY chapters. He is the first Tikvat Israel teen to serve on the USY International Board.
Micah also serves as religion/education vice president on the executive board of Seaboard Region USY.
He said his goal is to bring the ruach of Camp Ramah and the leadership skills he learned there over past summers to tefillot and all USY programs. He believes the enthusiasm of song and prayer sessions will infuse Jewish teens with pride in their religion and a conviction to keep Conservative Judaism thriving.
A junior at Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School, Micah said his plans for the upcoming summer include applying for a Szarvas Fellowship to attend an international Jewish camp in Szarvas, Hungary, sponsored by the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee and the Ronald S. Lauder Foundation.
He is the son of Bonnie and Eliot Cowan of Rockville.
