Temple Beth El has two organized youth groups—one for senior high school students (9th-12th grades) and one for junior high (7th and 8th grades). The youth groups are a fun, casual, and engaging way that Jewish youth can meet each other and experience Judaism in ways that are pertinent to their lives.

Our youth groups are open to any Jewish teen in Santa Cruz County.

All activities are supervised by the youth advisor and other youth-friendly adults. All participants must sign a code of conduct to participate in activities, so that youth group is a comfortable environment for everyone. The Temple Youth Committee, made up of adults and teens, meets several times a year in support of the youth groups.

Each group functions somewhat differently and is described below:

SRFY

For information regarding our wonderful Senior Youth Group, SRFY, please go to www.srfy.org

Membership Form 2011-2012 (pdf)

Click here to see a list of the NFTY Central West Region activities.

The Junior Youth Group is called BETY (Beth El Temple Youth). Activities include a movie/pizza night, sleepovers at the Temple, helping with the Purim carnival, going camping, and two weekend retreats at a Jewish camp, also under the umbrella of NFTY (see above).  All activities are optional, and the teens can influence what activities get planned during the year. The cost to join this group is $25. You can get your membership form (pdf) here.

If you know someone who would like to join our youth groups, feel free to get in touch.  Please be aware that there is a summer break, so you may not get a response until after August 15th.

For more information about BETY, please contact Rabbi Shifra Weiss-Penzias at 479-3444.

Click here to find out about upcoming BETY events.


YOUTH GROUP SKI TRIP

The ski trip was on the weekend of January 28-30 th, 2011.