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YOUTH NEWSBZUSY Bounces Back in theSouthwest RegionThe weekend of February 13–15, Rodolfo Madero,Joseph Roe, and Stephen Sias, accompanied by advisorBecca Korn, flew to Austin, Texas for the SouthwestRegion USY Spring Kallah. The El Paso chapter made along overdue appearance at this regional conventionand was greeted warmly by staff and students alike.Almost 100 high schoolers from Austin, Dallas, FortWorth, Houston, San Antonio, Oklahoma City and, ofcourse, El Paso, joined together to celebrate Shabbat atCongregation Agudas Achim in Austin for “SWUSY inWonderland.” The weekend services were led entirelyby USYers, from Kabbalat Shabbat Friday night toSunday morning creative Shacharit.Every tasty meal was followed by a lively BirkatHamazon and each activity was conducted with ruach.For the Israel program, SWUSYers divided into groupsrepresenting the different Israeli political parties andthen performed persuasive skits. Saturday afternoon,matches were made during SWUSY Date, a lively gameshow in the spirit of the 90‟s MTV dating show SingledOut. At the conclusion of Shabbat, the group piled intocharter buses for a tip to a downtown Austin improvcomedy club. One member of the comedy troupe inparticular gained the approval of the crowd when heproceeded to throw around Yiddish words and Hebrewphrases. Many USYers from the crowd were invited tothe stage for various acts. Back at Agudas Achim, the“highlighter” dance commenced – loud music, white T-shirts and multi-colored highlighters entertained thecrowd. The convention concluded with the FriendshipCircle, an outside gathering of all the SWUSYers, dancingaround, singing and saying goodbye until RegionalConvention in Dallas in June.See next month‟s Messenger for stories written byBZUSY Spring Kallah participants.Rebecca KornUSY AdvisorFriendship circleStephen Sias and Joseph Roe withIsraeli Shaliach, YitziBZUSY Scores Big withSuper Bowl FundraiserThe USY Super Bowl fundraiser was a huge successwith over 30 party baskets delivered the morning of thebig game. Recipients enjoyed sweet and salty treats withbeverages to wash them down, as well as a festive footballwhistle and mini football rocket. BZUSY is especiallygrateful to Irvin and Alicia Nadler for their generosity inunderwriting the project. Thank you to all who participatedin the youth group‟s first fundraiser by orderingbaskets and making donations; as a result, three USYersfrom El Paso experienced regional convention for thefirst time.6Rodolfo Madero and friends
01 Parviz ChavolKaren Spivack03 Gloria Madson05 Ellyce Kimmelman06 Amy Wilson07 Victor Lara08 Albert FeinbergSylvia Svarzbein10 Samuel KesselRachelle NedowGary B. Weiser13 Molly Goldberg14 Abe GoldbergAllen GreenHarry KirshenbaumJames Michael LevyMark WeissMARCHBIRTHDAYS15 Judy Grodin16 Helen EilandReva NathansonJudith Weiser17 Herbert Ehrlich18 Robert Beckoff19 Thomas DulaHarold PeitzerDaniel Siegelman20 Harris Kaplan21 Edwin Madson22 Michael Kuchinsky23 Maria DemboviciusPearl KaplanSofia KaplanMazel Tov!Welcome to the worldOlivia Ann UtterbackDaughter of Scott & Brittany UtterbackGranddaughter of Barbara BerlinerGreat-granddaughter of Alda Berliner24 Dr. Sam KupetzSara Scoggin25 Marcia Schwartz26 Dr. Marc Zuckerman27 Melinda Marcus28 Randy LewisTibor Schaechner29 Donald GlicksteinMoshe Yardeni30 Holli BerryAnthony FurmanMaxine Grodin31 Dr. Melvin FoxMARCHANNIVERSARIES03 Dr. David & Cindy Metrikin06 Jack B. & Ruja CohenDavid E. & Evelyn Goodman08 Gerald & Stanlee Rubin14 Drs. Jorge & Elena Perez16 Drs. Larry Lesser & Lauren Davis18 Gary & Lisa Nadler19 Mark & Patricia HutmanBryan & Joani Schonberg20 Carlos & Sofia Kaplan21 Bernard & Jeannette FenenbockJames & Monica Kimmelman24 Adam & Dana Frank25 Dr. Brion & Elisa GluckSidney & Fay Kligman27 Bernard & Laura Felsen28 Solomon & Shaya Holland29 Manon & Ellen DaughertyDavid & Eugenia Kaplan30 Art & Linda CorralSeth Krasne, a sixth grader at Journey Academy as well asa B'nai Zion Talmud Torah student, recently won first placein individual competition in "Math Counts", a 26 year oldnational program designed to improve math skills amongUS students. In team competition, his team of four studentsalso placed, winning third. The competition was organizedby the TX Society of Professional Engineers. Seth competedagainst 6th-8th grade students from the entire ElPaso area. He will represent El Paso at the Statewide competitionin Austin at the end of March.7
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