We are very, very excited to announce Congregation Anshai Emeth’s brand new day camp, Camp B’nai Emet! For summer 2012, our dates will be June 4th-8th, 9am-3pm. Camp will feature:
- Jewish cooking
- Arts+Crafts
- Sports
- Music
- and lots of informal Jewish education!
Rabbis Karen and Daniel Bogard will be there everyday, and we are pleased to announce that Lynn Seitzman has agreed to be our camp director! We are looking at a cost of $150 for the week, and we have scholarship available. This should be an amazing week filled with Jewish values, learning, and a ton of fun!
Please email Lynn at Camp@AnshaiEmeth.org if you have a potential camper. If there are enough people interested, we will also have before/after care available (please let Lynn know). More details will follow soon, but we are all just SO excited about this amazing opportunity. Just 130 more days until camp begins!
1/24 — Birth — This session will explore Jewish views on pregnancy, birth and early childhood. We will look at ancient rituals such as Brit Milah (ritual circumcision), modern innovations like naming ceremonies for little girls, and even rituals that are widely ignored in the Reform world, such as Pidyon HaBen (the redemption of the first born / a ‘ritual’ human sacrifice). Together we will explore how these rituals developed, the meanings that we can take from them, and what they say about how we should approach childhood
1/31 — Coming of Age — All peoples and religions have ways of marking puberty and the coming of adulthood, and Judaism is no different. This session will focus on the meaning of Bar/Bat Mitzvah in both its traditional (the moment when a young adult becomes responsible for his/her own religious obligations) and its contemporary interpretations. We will also take a look at how Bat Mitzvah came to be, and look at the idea of ‘confirmation’ in the Jewish context. Although this session is of interest to us all, it is great for families who are going through a Bar/Bat Mitzvah soon, as a way to bring new meaning and understanding to this big event.
2/21 — The Jewish Way of Dying — Here we will learn and discuss Jewish thinking about how to prepare for death. How should we treat someone who is dying? When are we allowed to withhold life-support? The experience of dying is one of the few universals in this world, and Judaism has much to say about it. In this session we will look at Jewish prayers for healing, the final ‘confession’ (vidui), and more.
