What a lovely start we’ve had to our second week of August Camp! Children in the 1st-5th grade group jumped right into being kind, caring and curious with each other as we opened up our theme for the week: the story of David and Yonaton (Jonathon) from the book of Shmuel (Samuel). They worked in …
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Apr 08
Making our Omer calendar
It’s that time of the year. Since we are in Pesach (Passover), we at the Jewish Enrichment Center started to think about how we were going to count the Omer this year. The Omer is the period of 49 days that some Jews count between Pesach (Passover) and Shavuot. Pesach (Passover) is the way in …
Oct 03
Nitzanim Try’s Not to Imagine
To practice a technique we’ll be using in our upcoming theme, Nitzanim was challenged to hear a story and only draw what they hear. That’s harder than it sounds! If you hear “the sky is blue”, drawing a blue sky easy enough! But try to shut out your imagination that creates the clouds, the sun …