Second Session Program Summaries

Kfir (rising 9th graders): Kfir focuses on learning about Jews and Jewish life in the modern world. Campers will explore recent Jewish history and the current reality and challenges of the Jewish people in both Israel and the Disapora. Highlights of the program include an extended hiking and rafting trip as well as a one-day visit to New York City to explore the history and current experience of American Jews.

Bonim (rising 10^th graders): Bonim engages campers in the current culture, people and reality of modern Israel. Campers will participate in activities and experiences designed to deeply connect them with Israel and view themselves as potential participants in the ongoing building of the Jewish state. Bonim campers will also participate in a daily Ulpan, a hands-on, informal and fun way to learn Hebrew. (Hebrew groups will be divided based on language proficiency.)  Highlights of the program include the performance of a play entirely in Hebrew and Special Interest Week, where all participants choose one of our challenging four day trips such as backpacking, biking, kayaking or volunteering. (No previous Hebrew knowledge necessary.)

Sayeret Olami: International Leadership and Activism Institute  (rising11th and 12th graders): In Sayeret Olami, we will create an international cohort of diverse Jewish teens who understand today’s most pressing issues through a diverse Jewish lens, looking at Israel as a living laboratory of Jewish values. With this perspective and having acquired tools from leading Jewish and social activist professionals, Sayeret Olami graduates will be prepared to affect change locally, globally and in Israel.

SPECIALTY PROGRAM  (Second Session Only/Enrollment Limited)

Tzedek: Alternative Summer Break (rising 10th through 12th graders):   Tzedek is a unique program for Jewish teens that will take participants out of the everyday surroundings of Tel Yehudah and immerse them in an entirely different environment to engage in intensive, hands-on community service, youth leadership development and experiential Jewish learning that is both enriching and transformative.  Campers will learn about community issues, participate daily in hands-on service projects in the local community and New York City, and leave with a deeper commitment to making the Jewish values of social responsibility (achrayut chevratit), social action (tikun olam), and social justice (tzedek) a part of their everyday lives.  Campers in Tzedek will be eligible for community service hours.

Havurah Хавура(Компания) (rising 9th-12th graders with Russian Jewish heritage): Havurah provides an opportunity for teens from the North American Russian Jewish community explore and deepen their relationships with Israel, Jewish traditions, and Jewish culture and identity through their own unique ancestry.  By the end of the program, participants become aware and appreciative of the fact that they are a part of a strong and vibrant Russian Jewish community, a larger American Jewish community, and develop a taste for ongoing exploration of their own heritage.  **Prices listed do not apply, as Havurah is highly subsidized.