In this session, we will train our eyes to see beauty where ever we look and capture it with a camera. There will be a photo shoot involved so bring your phone or camera. Then on Shabbat a great magic will happen… We will get to see the great beauty without a camera!

In this session, we will read excerpts from R. Abraham Joshua Heschel’s work, “The Sabbath,” and explore some ways he looks at Shabbat as a “palace in time.” We will discuss and draw out lessons that can be applied to the way we experience and teach about Shabbat more broadly.

A sampler of trivia, puzzles, and game challenges to enjoy in a fun and lightly competitive experience. We will be invigorated and alert ahead of our challenges for the day to come. We will also have a new stockpile of activities and games to use.

In this session we will learn, sing, play and pray, and draw from some of the texts that make up our Shacharit prayers. We will see how these exquisite texts can shape our day, instill radical amazement one moment at a time, and inspire our community to new heights and perspectives. The session will provide new ways to make prayer all the more meaningful and yes, anticipated. We will celebrate a dawn of a new day.

Begin the day with this wonderful mind-body practice that will center, stretch, energize, and empower you. Utilizing gentle movements, breath work, self-massage, and guided visualization, enjoy this ancient (made modern) health and wellness practice.

Let’s get moving! Join this session to get your heart pumping, your blood flowing, and your body moving. Come ready to go with the flow even if you don’t get all the steps!

How can moving through space help us get ready to experience Shabbat, the palace in time? We’ll explore how being in motion – walking, especially – can help us ground our thoughts and shift our mindset from the six days of doing to the seventh day of being. Participation with a portable device is recommended.

Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel once taught that the Ba’al Shem Tov used to say that “The world is full of wonders, special radiance, and marvelous secrets, but all it takes is a small handheld over the eye to hide it all.” In this session, we will unclose our eyes and actively practice looking for wonder. Join us as we set an intention to look at the world and everything around us as though they were works of art.

Do you wake up each day excited for your morning coffee? Do you love the smell of freshly roasted coffee beans? Do you have more than one method for brewing coffee at home? If you answered “yes” to any of those questions, join us to start your day with a cup of coffee, make new friends, and learn about what’s in your cup. We’ll get to know each other, swap coffee stories, and explore some of the historical roots of coffee traditions from around the world. Don’t forget to BYOC – bring your own coffee!

Learn about an amazing camp ceremony that leaves many participants feeling “the best I’ve ever felt in my whole life!” The ceremony can be for a cabin or for the whole camp. It is focused on kindness, appreciation, and love (the best things on Earth). We will not only learn how to facilitate the ceremony, we will even get a taste of it!