Connecticut Valley Region

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Connecticut Valley Region BBYO spans many smaller communities. A region of just over 300 members, CVR has been a stable and consistant region for many, many years.

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Geography

CVR spans all of Connecticut and South Western Massachusetts. There are chapters in:

  • Greater Bridgeport Area (CT)
  • Stamford (CT)
  • Greater New Haven Area (CT)
  • Ridgefield (CT)
  • Greater Newtown Area (CT)
  • Cheshire (CT)
  • Amherst (MA)

Chapters

These are the next division for CVR below the regional level. Each chapter encompasses an area and draws members from the local Jewish population. They hold weekly, bi-weekly, and monthly meetings.

AZA

BBG

BBYO

Regional Boards

These are the elected youth leaders that run the region.

AZA Regional Board 2007-2008

The 7 Alephs comprising the AZA Regional Board for the 2006-2007 Programming Year

BBG Regional Board 2006-2007

The 7 B'nai B'rith Girls comprising the BBG Regional Board for the 2006-2007 Programming Year

Past Regional Boards

Staff

These are the paid professionals that make this region function

  • Senior Regional Director Josh Cohen (Nadov BBYO)
  • Regional Field Staff Julie Goldstein
  • Regional Adult Commission Chair Person Ken Ginsberg (non-paid)
  • Secretary Patricia Antonucci

Advisors

Advisors are volunteers. They are usually BBYO Alumni. They attend all chapter and regional events and oversee everything that happens in the chapters while still allowing youths to run them.

AZA

  • Gottlieb AZA - Aron Pinkussohn (Gottlieb AZA), and Josh Cohen
  • Leviticus AZA - Les Steinmetz, and Matt Levy
  • Exodus AZA - Jason Cutler

BBG

  • LeVine BBG - Mindy Schultz (Levine BBG), and Sheryl Grabiec
  • SDA BBG - Ali Ashford (RAM BBG)
  • RAM BBG - Sarah Lornie (RAM BBG)
  • Tikvah BBG - Paula Snyder, and Lindsey Weinberg
  • Layna BBG - Beth Joseph

BBYO

  • Chai BBYO - Dan Kasal (Chai BBYO)
  • Genesis BBYO - Wes Miller and Julie Goldstein
  • Ruach BBYO - Scott Abrams
  • Sabbaba BBYO - Jessica Bell (CRW)

Regional Office

The central location of the region:


CVR BBYO

360 Amity Road

Woodbridge, CT 06525

(203) 389-2127

Regional Events

These are overnights, dances, and conventions open to the entire region. They are opportunities for members to learn, develop, see their friends from around the region, and have an all out amazing time.

  • B'Yachad (Regional Leadership Training Institute, a convention occurring in late August. B'yachad is crucial for chapter board members to learn about the positions they will hold for the next year.)
  • Kickoff Dance (a Dance to open the programming year in September or October)
  • Spirit Slamdown (an overnight combining Sports, Spirit, Brotherhood, and Sisterhood, usually occurs in mid-October. Hasn't happened in a couple years.)
  • Fall Convention (a convention in late November)
  • Kallah (Regional Judiac Insitute, a convention on Superbowl weekend)
  • AZAA (AZA Athletics. Regional AZA Basketball tournament pitting AZA chapter against chapter. It begins a few weeks after Kallah and goes for 5 weeks. AZA is on Sunday nights at the Regional Office, at the New Haven JCC.)
  • Beau Sweetheart (a Dance where the Regional Beau and Regional Sweetheart are elected, happens in early spring)
  • Spring Convention (a convention happening in mid-May to elect the next year's regional boards)

Spirit

CVR has very few songs and cheers and is currently looking for more good ones. If anyone has any feel free to inform them. CVR has many changing mascots, rarely keeping one for more than a year.

Songs and Cheers

AZA Mascot

The current AZA mascot is Snoopy. This was decided B'Yachad 2005.

BBG Mascot

The current BBG mascot is a Vixen (a female fox). It was elected at B'Yachad 2004.

Color

CVR BBYO's color is Yellow. It was elected at B'Yachad 2005.

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