Youth Activities

Youth Groups

If your child is in 3rd-12th grade, you will want to make sure they are on the youth groups' mailing lists so they will be informed of all the activities throughout the year. Click here for the new youth group brochure.

Congregation Shalom is dedicating significant resources to youth activities. Sisterhood has also made generous contributions to our youth programming. In addition, the youth groups raise money each year through the Purim Carnival and t-shirt sales. However, without dues, the youth groups cannot survive.

Therefore, we ask that each of you make your children members of SHFTY, SPFY, Club 56, or Club 34 for the 2007-2008 school year by filling out the registration form and paying the nominal dues. Dues for SHFTY (9th-12th graders) are only $25 per child and dues for SPFY (7th-8th graders), CLUB 56 (5th-6th graders) are only $15 per child, $5 for Club 34 (3rd-4th graders).

Please return the registration form with a check payable to Shalom and send them to Shalom Youth Groups, 7630 N. Santa Monica Blvd., Milwaukee, WI 53217. If you have any questions, please email Rabbi Joe Prass. 

 

The Advisors

Becky and Brad Dallet are in their 16th year with Shalom's youth groups. Becky grew up in Cleveland (Shaker Heights), Ohio, where she belonged to Fairmount Temple. Becky graduated from Ohio State University and Case Western Reserve University School of Law. Becky is an Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge. Brad grew up right here in Fox Point and Congregation Shalom. Brad graduated from Miami University (Ohio) and also graduated from Case Western Reserve University School of Law. Brad is a partner at Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek S.C. in Milwaukee, practicing real estate law.

Herschel and Maureen Kruger are in their second year as SPFY advisors.

Geri Berg Geri Berg is the SHFTY and Club 56 Advisor. Geri graduated from UW Madison, with two Bachelor of Science Education degrees, after growing up in Milwaukee, and completed her Master's in Business Management from Cardinal Strich a few years ago. Geri has been a religious school teacher here at Shalom for the past thirteen years. She is the front end manager at Outpost Natural Foods Cooperative. In high school Geri was very active in NFTY and mentoring children. She is part of the Woman's choir at Shalom along with numerous other activities including the Board of Trustees at Shalom and the Band parents Board at Shorewood high school.

Rabbi Joe Prass is the rabbinical advisor who oversees, supports, and participates in all of the youth group activities.

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Club 34

CLUB 34 is the newest youth group at Shalom, and the perfect introduction for your 3rd and 4th grade kids to a Jewish youth program. This year, CLUB 34 was a purely social program, and 30 kids attended each event. The first event was held at Congregation Shalom, and featured a live, interactive song/dance program with Kids Are People Too. The second event took the kids off campus, to Pump It Up, where they jumped, bounced, slid, played, and ran through a series of inflatable activities.  Becky and Brad Dallet have returned as advisors to this program, bringing their energy and 12 years of youth group leadership experience. The 4th graders are already talking about joining CLUB 56 next year, and the 3rd graders are eager for more events. 

Contact Information

For more information about CLUB 34 and the upcoming events please contact Becky and Brad Dallet.

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Club 56

CLUB 56, Congregation Shalom's youth group for 5th and 6th graders, makes kids fell at ease whether this is their first youth group or their next step in the Shalom youth groups. Club 56 has five to six programs each year, such as events like Milwaukee Brewers games, First Stage Theater performances, and Little A-Merrick-a. Club 56 is a great way for 5th and 6th graders to have fun being Jewish with other Jewish kids. Visit the Club 56 photo album! Contact Information For more information about Club 56 and the upcoming events please contact Geri Berg.

Contact Information

For more information about CLUB 56 please contact Geri Berg.

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SPFY Shalom Program for Youth

SPFY, or Shalom's Program for Youth, is just for 7th and 8th graders. Although SPFY is primarily a socially oriented group, the group also provides social action, leadership, and educational opportunities to its members. SPFY averages one program a month, such as Rock Climbing, a Jelly Belly Factory tour, bowling, Great America, Shalom's Mitzvah Day, and the Purim Carnival. In addition, SPFY begins all their Saturday evening programs with a short Havdallah service. The hope is, that after attending SPFY events, graduating 8th graders will become the SHFTY leaders of tomorrow.

Contact Information

For more information about SPFY and the upcoming events please contact Herschel and Maureen Kruger.

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SHFTY Shalom Federation of Temple Youth

SHFTY (Shalom Federation of Temple Youth) is a coed youth group for Jewish high school teens. SHFTY members are responsible for participating and planning all of their own programs.

For more photos, please visit the SHFTY photo albums:
album #1 | album #2

Educational and Leadership Opportunities

While making new friends, teens attend fun social activities, learn more about their Judaism and promote social action in the community.

Social Activities

SHFTY plans a variety of activities such as a trip to Great America, Kalahari Resorts, Laser Tag, Sporting Events, Hang-Out Nights and Musicals.

Social Action

SHFTY has participated with Jewish Home & Care, Eastwood Health & Rehab, Hunger Task Force and Shalom’s Mitzvah Day.

Jewish Activities

SHFTY leads the yearly Taschlich Services during the High Holy Days. SHFTY also celebrates many Jewish holidays with special programming.

Fundraising

SHFTY runs the annual Purim Carnival, gift wrapping at Sunday School for Chanukkah, and sells SHFTY t-shirts.

SHFTY & NFTY

SHFTY is a part of the North American Federation of Temple Youth (NFTY), an affiliation and unification of hundreds of temple youth groups from across the country. More specifically, SHFTY is part of NFTY’s Northern Region (NFTY-NR), an association of temple youth groups from Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois, and the Dakotas.

Four weekends a year...

NFTY-NR holds Conclave–a weekend convention of 150- 200 Jewish teens from all over the region. Jewish youth organize, plan, lead, and participate in social activities, social action programs, and leadership training. All activities relate to the lives of Jewish youth in today’s world. Conclave is held once a season in either the Twin Cities, Madison, Milwaukee, or Camp Olin Sang Ruby Union Institute (OSRUI) in Oconomowoc. Conclave is supervised by youth advisors from each youth group, a rabbinical advisor, and an administrator from the UAHC in Chicago.

Through local events...

Conclave, and NFTY, kids in SHFTY make ever-lasting friendships with Jewish youth in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and the throughout the United States. By organizing and participating in programming, teens develop a strong sense of identity, leadership and community. Through SHFTY, youth group is an experience never to be forgotten.

Contact Information

For more information about SHFTY and the upcoming events please contact Geri Berg.

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Youth Choir

For information regarding youth choir, visit our Temple Groups section of this site.

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