In FZY there are around 250 university students, who are studying a vast range of subjects – ranging from medicine to business. The UCAS UCAN scheme has been put in place so you can be matched up with a university student who is studying the same course that you may be interested in.

It is your chance to find out what the university/degree is really like. When you go to open days, they can show you round so you can see university life from a student’s perspective. Your ‘mentor’ can give you tips for your personal statement as well. You are not committed to anything if you apply; it is up to you how much you require from your ‘mentor’. You have nothing to lose, you will only gain.

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For more information on this event call: 020 8201 6661
or email: kedma@fzy.org.uk

For the first time ever, this year FZY are conducting an organised trip to the North of Israel to volunteer amongst the Ethiopian community. It is happening this Pesach, so if you are planning on being in Israel over this time – get involved. You and your family will have the chance to run activities with the Ethiopian kids. All the way up North may sound daunting!!! Don’t panic as an FZY organised coach will be provided to pick people up from Tel Aviv, Eilat and Netanya and take you all the way to Tsfat.

So please, leave you sun bed for a day as your help can go a long way.

For more information on this event call: 020 8201 6661
or email: kedma@fzy.org.uk

Celebrating a Bar and Bat Mitzvah is something we in the UK may take for granted but this is not the case for Ethiopian children who have recently arrived in Israel. For the past eight years, UJIA has been providing young Ethiopians with a communal Bar/Bat Mitzvah ceremony, bringing joy and enrichment to hundreds of children and their families. 

In addition to fund-raising for the programme, FZY is an integral part of the Bar/Bat Mitzvah programme. In the run-up to the ceremony, FZY tour groups join the Ethiopian children in their preparations. FZY tour groups also participate in the ceremony in Jerusalem and join the celebrants for lunch and dancing after the ceremony. The special day continues with a moving “Salute to the Ethiopian Community” organized and performed by FZY tour groups. 

Together we provide: 

• Bar/Bat mitzvah lessons for participants
• Shabbat together promoting spiritual and social bonding
• Organisation and volunteering programme
• Elegant clothes, shoes and jeans for weekdays
• Sets of Talitot and Tefilin for all the boys and candlesticks for all the girls
• Siddurim for all the participants
• Silver necklaces with a Magen David for all the girls
• Three day seminar in Jerusalem               
• Transportation to Jerusalem for family members to join in the Simcha together with staff and guards
• Renting the Great Synagogue for the ceremony and lunch
• Band for Simcha dancing
• Spending money for each participant as a gift
• Photographs for all the celebrants and their families

The Ethiopian Bar and Bat Mitzvah is one of several strategic educational and welfare programmes the UJIA supports to aid the integration of Ethiopian immigrants into Israeli society. By offering your support for this programme, you will guarantee help to the Ethiopian immigrant community, contributing to the successful absorption of Ethiopian Jews into Israeli society.