Ariella Berliner Youth Department of Shaare Tefillah
At Shaare Tefillah, we are proud of the vibrant array of youth programming and services offered to the community. Our Youth Department is staffed by warm/energetic group leaders and assisted by an active Youth Committee.
Typical programs include:
• Weekly Shabbat morning Youth Groups
• Special Events around the Chagim
• Parent-child Learning
…and much much more!
Aliza Kahan and Dina Schiowitz, two of our home-grown Shaare Tefillah community members, are the Youth Directors for the 2024-2025/5785 academic year.
They will be joining forces to train, schedule, and oversee our youth group leaders and ensure Shabbat morning groups run smoothly and meaningfully for our children and families. They will also be running all youth programming and events. Aliza and Dina will work in partnership with the Youth Board Liaisons, similar to the way that we have done in the past two years. They will be splitting Shabbatot so that one of them is overseeing groups each Shabbat.
Aliza has been attending Shaare Tefillah for over 20 years! She went to Ma’ayanot for high school, then Midreshet Lindenbaum in Israel, and is now majoring in psychology at Stern College. She has been working as a counselor for NCSY and Yachad for the past five summers and this past summer, she was the assistant director of the Moshava IO Yachad program.
Dina has also been at Shaare Tefillah for the past 20 years, both as a group attendee and leader! She went to Bruriah for high school and then spent a year and a half at MMY in Israel. She enjoyed three years at Camp Dina as both a counselor and Division Head, and worked as a counselor at Michelelet NCSY for the past two summers. She is currently attending Stern College, majoring in Psychology.
To learn more about our Youth Department, or to volunteer, email our Youth Department, youth@shaaretefillah.org.