The CYE Vision Team: The Need for a Campaign
for Youth Engagement
The Campaign leverages the breadth and depth of relationships that exist within the Reform Movement its congregations, arms, and affiliates and our local and national organizational partners to bring to bear the full commitment of talent, resources, and time that is required in order to successfully engage the vast majority of Jewish youth. To bring about this vision, the URJ established the CYE Vision Team and the CYE Strategy Team.
The Vision Team consists of congregational leaders and professionals, youth and parents, day school students, faculty and students of the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC-JIR), and the Board and staff of the Union for Reform Judaism. This team built the Campaign in the lead-up to its 2012 Biennial launch. Together they crafted the CYE Call to Action, centered on Jewish values, which provides specific ways in which all of us can help reshape our Reform Jewish communities.
Rabbi Adam Allenberg Temple Emanu-El Dallas, TX
Avra Bossov 2011-12 NFTY Social Action Vice President
Subie Banaszynski URJ/NFTY New York, NY
Cantor Rosalie Boxt Temple Emanuel Kensington, MD
Lisa Lieberman Barzilai URJ/NATE New York, NY
Miriam Chilton URJ Camp and Israel Programs New York, NY
Rabbi Jonathan Blake Westchester Reform Temple Scarsdale, NY
Jonathan "J.C." Cohen URJ/Jacobs Camp Utica, MS
Bill Blumstein URJ Board White Plains, NY
Lisa David URJ, Camping, Camp and Israel Programs New York, NY
Rabbi Ana Bonnheim URJ/Greene Family Camp Dallas, TX
Mindy Davids NATE/Temple Shaaray Tefila New York, NY
Cantor Susan Bortnick Washington Hebrew Congregation Washington, DC
Rabbi Dennis Eisner Pennisula Temple Beth El San Mateo, CA
Jan Epstein URJ Board/PARDeS Atlanta, GA
Joy Friedman Campaign for Youth Engagement Overland Park, KS
Robyn Faintich Consultant Atlanta, GA
Larry Glickman NATA/Temple Chai Long Grove, IL
Rabbi Dena Feingold Beth Hillel Temple Kenosha, WI
Shirley Gordon URJ Board Yarmouthport, MA
Lila Foldes Just Congregations New York, NY
Cantor Kay Greenwald, ACC Congregation Beth Am Los Altos Hills, CA
Rabbi Alissa Forrest Temple Isaiah Lafayette, CA
Barrett Harr RYPA & Temple Shalom Dallas, TX
Rabbi Dan Freelander URJ New York, NY
Bobby Harris URJ Camp Coleman Atlanta, GA
Cantor Jennifer Frost B'nai Jehoshua Beth Elohim Deerfield, IL
Kareen Hartwig WRJ/Temple Brith Achim King of Prussia, PA
Melissa Frey URJ Kutz Camp & NFTY New York, NY
Sara Horn 2011-12 NFTY-PAR Regional President
Matt Jerome Reform Youth Professionals Association (RYPA) Boston, MA
Alison Kur Temple Beth Elohim Wellesley, MA
Rabbi Sam Joseph HUC-JIR Cincinnati, OH
Stuart Leviton MRJ Los Angeles, CA
Rachel Joseph HUC-JIR Cincinnati, OH
Rabbi Andrea London Congregation Beth Emet Evanston, IL
Rabbi Lewis Kamras Isaac M. Wise Temple Cincinnati, OH
Jenn Magalnick URJ New York, NY
Rabbi Jan Katzew URJ New York, NY
Rabbi Todd Markley Temple Beth Shalom Needham, Ma
Jennifer Kaufman URJ Board & Congregation B'nai Israel Sacramento, CA
Rabbi Michael Namath RAC Washington, DC
Jo Kay HUC-JIR New York, NY
Debbie Niederman URJ/NATE Dallas, TX
Rabbi Stephanie Kolin Just Congregations Los Angeles, CA
William Norman PARDeS New Orleans, LA
Rabbi Rob Nosanchuk Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple Beechwood, OH
Tammy Vener ECE-RJ & Congregation Beth Israel San Diego, CA
Rabbi Jonah Pesner URJ Boston, MA
Jane West Walsh URJ/PARDeS Baltimore, MD
Paul Reichenbach URJ New York, NY
Rabbi Michael White Temple Sinai Roslyn, NY
Cathy Rolland URJ New York, NY
Rabbi Laura Novak Winer URJ Fresno, CA
Jerry Somers URJ Board Swampscott, MA
Marilynn Yentis URJ Board Potomac, MD
Rabbi Jonathan Stein CCAR/Temple Shaaray Tefila New York, NY