Youth
Under the leadership of Youth Director Ross Glinkenhouse, Woodlands runs youth programming for kids of all ages, ranging from retreats for all religious school classes, starting in third grade, to Club 56 (a youth group for fifth and sixth graders), JYGSAW (a youth group for seventh graders), and WoodSY (the senior youth group, tied to the temple's Academy program, for kids in eighth through 12th grades). WoodSY kids also maintain strong connections to NFTY, the Union for Reform Judaism's North American Federation of Temple Youth, attending three Kallahs a year, serving on NFTY New York Area regional board, and participating in such annual events as Social Action Day (which was held at Woodlands in 2011).
The temple also keeps in touch with college-age members through its College Committee, chaired by Judy Flamm.
Ross (who works closely with both our educator, Harriet Levine, and the Youth Committee, chaired by Marjorie Selig and Martha Dubinsky) and the youth groups maintain a separate website chock full of information about their activities: www.woodsyonline.org