Regional Convention is a STS USY Sweep!

Could it have been any better.... Well yes it could I could have been there but then we would have missed Morgans graduation but other than that how much better could it have been.






We had Sarah, Kokasi and Igaal here to share the event.








Ashleigh nominated Sarah as President of Far West Region and Sarah won, so did David Weingarten as Regional VP of Mem/Kad, Gil ChenZion is the VP of Israel Affairs and Matt Alfaso is the VP of Communications.

but that's not all......

Scott was named USY Director of the year, Molly Kestin received the Citizenship Award and Ashleigh looked really cute in her dress (here I was sitting in the Orlando airport and everyone was sending me text's and facebook messages that she looked great but no one sent me a picture, but doesn't she look great).




And last but not least they received the "Chapter of Excellence"

STS USY - Rocks!!!!!

Visitors from afar

On Tuesday May 12 at about 12:30 in the afternoon I received a text that said "They Have Arrived" I know who are they? Where are they from and Why are they here?


Well the who are they part is easy ....



they are (from Left to right) Sarah Perachim, Kokasi, David Weingarten (he is from here) and Igaal Sizomu.



The Where part is not that difficult either:

They are part of the Abuyudaya tribe from Nabagoye, Uganda. Igaal's father Rabbi Gershom Sizomu was our (Shomrei Torah Synagogue) Rabbinic Intern while he was studying to become a Rabbi and who is now the First Chief Rabbi of Uganda. Anyway I digress ...





The Why are they here part? well that is a little more detailed:







The reason that Sarah, Igaal and Kokasi are in town is because David Weingarten President of our USY chapter thought that it would be a great thing if we Shomrie Torah USY because a sister chapter to the Jewish Youth of the Abuyudayan and helped them start their own Chapter.










So Sarah, Igaal and Kokasi have been out here in L.A. for two and a half weeks learning all about how our chapter works, staying with different USY families ,
Sarah actually stayed with us ....she even got to spend time with Shomer...they had a good time together

They saw the Jewish sites in Los Angeles, promoting the crafts if their village , going to Far West Regional Convention and probably the most important thing

They went to Disneyland

17 Days to Go

17 days and counting.....till they are winging their way to New York and then on to Europe and then Israel for the Summer of Lifetime.

But there is so much left to do. I mean think about it the list for girls is more than a page long.... and shoes are very important... they will have to take them all over Prague, The Check Republic and Poland not to mention Masada, Jerusalem, Haifa, Tel Aviv and soooo much more.

But the good news is that with so much left to do we can check shoes off the list.

Transition

life never stands still ... sometimes I feel as if it never even slowes down.....
I keep thinking that I will get a chance to take the plastic folding table down... you know the one that is so good for staging things on.....

so the wedding that never was is over and we move on to the next event

ISRAEL

That's right

Ashleigh and Morgan

will be off for the summer of a lifetime

in just 20 days

Can you be in two places at one time

Ashleigh can....

That's rights Ashleigh has found a way to be at both the USY Regional Convention and Celia's wedding.....

Her puppets are becoming quite famous....

she makes them for everything and everyone.

So it is only fitting that she makes a set for herself.

I can't show you the whole wardrobe now.... but she has outdone herself.

HEY SCOTT!!!!!!

She even got dressed up for formal.

Finishing our Sukkah

We started our sukkah before we left for Davis...

Thank you David and Sam.

but that was only the frame...

we still had the walls

and some decorating to do...

and that was left to USY.

Ashleigh

Hannah

Sarah

Zander

I had a good time working with the kids... and I think they had a good time also.

Thank You ...STS USY

Schmaltz is the word

it was great ... everyone loved Barry's costume and this was probably the best Magilla reading I have ever been to.

You all basically know the stories "Esther" and "Grease" So here are some pictures and some links to video....

(Barry prancing down the isle)

(Talley has grown up and knows how to work a room)

USY did a great job.....

you wold have been proud of all of them.

You wouldn't believe it... but Zander did such a good job on Look at me I'm Mordichai (sung to Look at me I'm Sandra DEE).

Jew the one that I want!