Temple Israel's junior
youth group members cut a rug
at a dinner dance last weekend.

LYNNE MEREDITH COHN Staff Writer

BILL HANSEN Photographer

ights flashing, music pumping,
time to groove. Last Saturday
evening, Temple Israel's junior
youth group members got
gether for their second annual Hav-
Llah service and dinner dance.
Kari Provizer, director of the tem-
e's Family Life Center, started the
for youth group last year with the
p of some parents of sixth-graders
cause I really felt like we needed to
e our kids make that connection to
n-fiple earlier."
Temple Israel also has a senior youth

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group for ninth- to 12th- graders that
has been active for years under Rabbi
Paul Yedwab's supervision.
The junior youth group, for 11- to
13-year-olds, meets about four times
per year. A whirlyball event is
planned for February or March, and
the second annual car wash will be in
May.
The dinner dance was emceed by
disc jockeys from Living Energy, who
bring "an awesome light show" and
teach the newest line dances, Provizer
says. About 50 kids attended. Cl

Top: David Silver takes a
break as the room fills with
smoke for effect.

Above: Here, the phrase "Get
down" was taken quite liter-
ally.

Left: Careful, or we'll lose
count! Brent Shapiro and
Samantha Metzger slow
dance.

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