Generations

(248) 569-9934
Fax: (248) 569-9945
E-Mail: maya@estart.com
Contact Person: Joseph F. Savin, president;
Maya Veprinsky, manager

The Masada/Maccabi Israel Summer Program for high
school and college youth offers financial assistance to
qualfied applicants.

B'nai B'rith Youth Groups

Jewish Community Center
2935 Birch Hollow Drive
Ann Arbor, MI 48108
(734) 971-0990
Fax: (734) 677-0109
E-Mail: jcc@jccfed.org

B'nai B'rith Youth Organization

6600 W. Maple Road
West Bloomfield, MI 48322
(248) 788-0700
Fax: (248) 788-0704
E-Mail: mibbyo@juno.com
Website: bbyo.jnonline.com
Contact Person: Arnie Weiner, executive
regional director

World's largest youth-led organization. Teen
Connection for grades 7 & 8 and AZA/BBG for grades
9 - 12. AZA/BBG chapters are democratically run with
adult advisor to oversee, guide, support.

Central Region USY

(248) 557-6279
Fax: (248) 557-3952
E-Mail: NCSYCE@aol.com
Website: www.ou.org/NCSY
Contact Person: Rabbi Tzali Freedman,
Dassie Hochheiser

NCSY provides teens informal, social and educational
programs to increase their awareness and interest in
Jewish life. It provides opportunities for them to
develop leadership abilities as well. NCSY is suitable
for young adults from a variety of backgrounds.

Reach for Hope

Trains teenagers and adults to recognize warning signs
of suicide, how to respond and familiarizes them with
places for help. Enlists therapists who see patients at
no or reduced fees.

6600 W. Maple Road
West Bloomfield, MI 48322
(248) 788-0700
Fax: (248) 788-0704
E-Mail: mibbyo@juno.com
Website: bbyo.jnonline.com
Contact Person: Arnie Weiner, BBYO director

Teen Connection

B'nai B'rith Youth Organization/JCC
6600 W. Maple Road
West Bloomfield, MI 48322
(248) 788-0700
Fax: (248) 788-0704
E-Mail: mibbyo@juno.com
Contact Person: Arnie Weiner

BBYO/JCC Teen Connection provides monthly activity
program for seventh and eighth graders, September
through June. The activities take place on Saturday
nights or Sundays.

Habonim Dror

Secular/cultural group. Emphasis on socializing,
learning, living Jewish life together and social action.
Teens are involved in creating and implementing
activities and in the larger multi-generational
community.

National Conference of Synagogue
Youth/NCSY

15919 W. 10 Mile Road, Suite 100
Southfield, MI 48075

Tamarack Camps
6735 Telegraph Road, Suite 380
Bloomfield Twp. , MI 48301
(248) 647-1100
Fax: (248) 647-1493
E-Mail: tamarack@ix.network.com

A six-week experience for high school students in the
Alaskan frontier. Activities include mountain climbing,
hiking, whitewater rafting and sea kayaking.

The Workmen's Circle/Arbeter Ring

A Labor Zionist Youth Vovement.

Alaskan Adventure Trip

Temple Beth El
7400 Telegraph Road
Bloomfield Twp. , MI 48301
(248) 851-1100 ext. 3126 or 3127
Contact Person: Rabbi Daniel Syme

3645 Warrensville Center Road, Suite 214
Shaker Heights OH 44122
(216) 751-0606
(248) 547-6151 local
Contact Person: Sharon Levine, CRUSY field
worker

25900 Greenfield Road, Suite 205A
Oak Park, MI 48237
(248) 353-5552
Fax: (248) 545-7707
Website: www.habonimdror.org
Contact Person: Jeremy Salinger

America. Services the Midwest. Activities include
clubs, camps and Israel programs for children in grades
3-12. Sponsored by Hadassah.

26341 Coolidge
Oak Park, MI 48237
(248) 545-0985
Fax: (248) 542-2628
Contact Person: Karen Rosenstein, director

Young Judaea Youth Movement

6600 N. Lincoln Ave., Suite 304
Lincolnwood, IL 60712
(847) 982-2040
Fax: (847) 982-9026
E-Mail: Yjtarak@aol.com
Contact Person: Tara Katz

B'nai B'rith Youth Organization

Various summer trips and camps through BBYO. Some
include Jewish Enrichment camps, Leadership
Programs in the United States and Israel, Israel trips,
Eastern European trips, and more.

Birthright Israel

111 Ace Ave., Suite 11E
New York, NY 10011
(212) 284-6916
(888) 99-ISRAEL
Fax: (212) 284-6917
E-Mail: sonya.toback@ujc.org
Website: www.israelexperience.org
Contact Person: Sonya Toback

Complete information on a wide variety of informal and
formal education experiences in Israel for Jewish teens
and young adults ages 15-26.

High School in Israel Programs

Michigan/Israel Connection
6735 Telegraph Road
Bloomfield Twp., MI 48301
(248) 645-7878
Fax: (248) 645-7879
Contact Person: Mark Myers, shaliach;
Allison Rabinovitz, staff associate

Several accredited high school programs in Israel offer
students an opportunity to spend a semester in Israel
exploring the Jewish state while studying their home
curriculum.

Regional office for largest Zionist Youth Movement in

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