Kol Rinah USY News
We have wonderful opportunities and programs to engage our teens and tweens! Kol Rinah has a USY and Kadima chapter called KRSTL (pronounced like crystal). USY is for our high schoolers (9th-12th graders) and Kadima is for our middle schoolers (6th-8th graders). We are part of the midwest region called EMTZA.
Our programming includes regular lounge nights every Tuesday night 7:30-9:00PM and are open to all 6th-12th graders and...Read more...
March 2020 Youth
Our Kol Rinah Youth have been busy! Whether they’re baking challah, learning about Israel from our ShinShinit, Shaked, or playing team building games, these teens show so much love and always want to be with each other.
USY gives youth and teens just that. A place they can be their unique selves and create life-long Jewish friendships. Our teens appreciate “connecting to the Kol Rinah Community and Greater St. Louis Jewish...Read more...
May 2019 Youth News
Thank you to everyone for your support of the Purim Carnival! We had so many donations for booth sponsorships and silent auction, volunteers, and attendees to make the event a huge success! Everyone had a blast the day of from the USYers and Kadimaniks running the booths to the kids running rounds of the obstacle...Read more...
March 2019 Youth
KRSTL USY is gearing up for the annual Purim Carnival! This year we will be bringing Candy Land to life with Candy Land themed booths, costumes, and of course, plenty of candy! You won’t want to miss out on the fun for all ages on Sunday, March 10th, 4-6:30pm. We will have games and prizes, hot dogs, hamburgers, and hamentashen served by Men’s Club, and a silent auction.
USY and...Read more...
January 2019
Towards the end of our 30 hour Shabbaton at Kol Rinah, we sat huddled in the darkened hallway of the basement singing songs right before Havdalah. We had begun Shabbat together the night before and had been with each other every minute since. Before saying goodbye to Shabbat and hello to the new...Read more...
November 2018
USYers have many exciting events and opportunities planned for the year! We began with a few lounge nights filled with fun get-to-know-you games that allowed USYers to bond as a new board gearing up for a great year. Leading up to the high holidays, our lounge night focused on setting goals for the new year and setting Tefillah goals as well. USYers wrote a goal for what prayers or parts of the service they hope to lead in a Shabbat...Read more...