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Friday, February 14
 

4:50pm EST

Bim Bam Shabbat! Pre-Shabbat Celebration for Ages 0-5
Come join your friends from Camp Ramah and get excited to celebrate Shabbat! Through singing, dancing, and movement this pre-Shabbat session is geared towards newborns up to 5-year-olds and their grown-ups.
Presenters
AH

Ami Hersh

Ami Hersh is the assistant director of the Ramah Day Camp in Nyack. He also serves as the Family Life Coordinator at the Orangetown Jewish Center. He was ordained as a rabbi at The Jewish Theological Seminary in 2012 with an M.A. in Jewish non-profit management and a second M.A. in... Read More →

Friday February 14, 2014 4:50pm - 5:30pm EST
Springdale I & II
  Children & Families   Shabbat

4:50pm EST

Bluegrass Kabbalat Shabbat
Welcome Shabbat with a new sound! We will worship and sing along with banjo, guitar, fiddle and mandolin. Together with Park Avenue Synagogue’s Young Family Education Director Matt Check, cantorial soloist Rachel Brook and the acclaimed Astrograss, we will bring in Shabbat with a joyous mix of Jewish melody and Bluegrass harmony.
Presenters
A

Astrograss

Astrograss, formed in 2003, performs high-energy bluegrass music for all occasions. Since its inception, Astrograss has moved to the forefront of New York's lively acoustic music and bluegrass scene. The band has also been recognized on a national level, performing at the legendary... Read More →
RB

Rachel Brook

Rachel Brook, a Jewish musician, educator and service leader, is the conductor of Shir Chadash: The Brooklyn Jewish Community Chorus and the Westchester chapter of HaZamir:The International Jewish High School Choir. She teaches and leads services at several congregations throughout... Read More →
MC

Matt Check

Matt Check is Director of Young Family Education at Park Avenue Synagogue in Manhattan. He is also an accomplished singer/songwriter of Jewish kids' music and bluegrass.

Friday February 14, 2014 4:50pm - 6:20pm EST
Grove I
  Children & Families   Services   Shabbat

8:45pm EST

Family Ruach: Festive Shabbat Song Session
Enjoy fun Shabbat songs and games just for families and children. Join staff from Camp Ramah and be transported back to a summer Friday night in the Dining Hall.
Presenters
CR

Friday February 14, 2014 8:45pm - 10:10pm EST
Elm
  Children & Families   Shabbat
 
Saturday, February 15
 

3:45pm EST

Cupcake Decorating Wars: Shabbat Edition FOR FAMILIES
Think your cupcakes bring all the boys to the yard? Are you up to the challenge of creating a beautiful, delicious and uniquely flavored cupcake all within the boundaries of observing Shabbat? Show us what you've got and participate in this sweet, creative cupcake challenge.

This is a family session.
Presenters
SS

Shannon Sarna

Shannon Sarna is an avid baker, blogger and all around food-lover. Born to an Italian mother who loved to bake, a Jewish father who loved to experiment, and a food chemist grandfather, loving and experimenting with diverse foods is simply in her blood. When she isn't tweeting, eating... Read More →

Saturday February 15, 2014 3:45pm - 5:00pm EST
Elm
  Children & Families

7:45pm EST

Naomi Less in Concert
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avatar for Naomi Less

Naomi Less

Naomi Less is a Brooklyn-based, internationally celebrated singer/songwriter, ritualist and educator. Beloved for her warm smile and inviting presence, communities celebrate her imagination and innovation, tenderness and pizzazz!  Her original music is sung in worship communities... Read More →

Saturday February 15, 2014 7:45pm - 8:45pm EST
Grove I
  Arts & Performance   Children & Families   College & High School

7:45pm EST

Pajama Party Movie Night!
Join all of your friends from camp for an exciting kids-only night of fun! Wear your favorite pajamas and get ready for a delicious special kids dinner, snack and awesome movie. All Camp LimmudNY campers aged K-5 are invited to join in on the fun!
Presenters
CL

Saturday February 15, 2014 7:45pm - 9:15pm EST
Elm
  Children & Families

8:15pm EST

The Playful Collage Life: How Play Can Be Used to Construct a Serious Life
Starting from the axiom that PLAY is an essential component of any creative endeavor, Piven presents in a heart-warming, humorous way, his own journey of adaptation, from failed cartoonist, to international innovative illustrator and more recently, lecturer and a teacher of creativity. Piven argues that play is a great aid to create educational environments of flexibility and honest introspection. This lecture is based on the lecture Piven presented at TedX Jerusalem.
Presenters
avatar for Hanoch Piven

Hanoch Piven

Hanoch Piven is an award winning Israeli artist, children book author and edu-cator whose colorful portraits have been published for over 30 years in most major American magazines and newspapers such as Time, Newsweek, Rolling Stone and in many publications in Europe and in Israel... Read More →

Saturday February 15, 2014 8:15pm - 9:30pm EST
Alder
  Arts & Performance   Children & Families   College & High School   Identity & Global Culture   Text & Thought

9:30pm EST

What Am I Made Of: An Exploration of Identity through Play and Art
Learn Israeli artist Hanoch Piven's method of collaging re-used objects to create portraits.  This is an invitation to explore your identity through intuition, serendipity, trial and error, and right-brain thinking, and above all, to have a healthy amount of fun. Prerequisite: attend the first session at 8:30.
Presenters
avatar for Hanoch Piven

Hanoch Piven

Hanoch Piven is an award winning Israeli artist, children book author and edu-cator whose colorful portraits have been published for over 30 years in most major American magazines and newspapers such as Time, Newsweek, Rolling Stone and in many publications in Europe and in Israel... Read More →

Saturday February 15, 2014 9:30pm - 10:45pm EST
Alder
  Arts & Performance   Children & Families   College & High School   Identity & Global Culture   Israel

9:30pm EST

Middle School Extravaganza!
A Scavenger Hunt! A Talent Show! And More! All 7th and 8th graders are invited to join in for an exciting and awesome evening just for middle schoolers.
Presenters
CL

Saturday February 15, 2014 9:30pm - 11:00pm EST
Westover
  Children & Families
 
Sunday, February 16
 

10:00am EST

Midrash Manicures
Join Midrash Manicures for an exploration of the Torah portion through nail art. We will be studying themes from Parashat Vayakhel and applying what we learn to our fingertips! We will make our designs using the latest nail art techniques so that you will leave sporting your very own Midrash Manicures. No prior Midrash Manicures experience necessary. To see the latest Midrash Manicures, visit MidrashManicures.com.  


Presenters
TA

Tali Adler

Tali Adler, a Midrash Manicures Educator, is an Education Fellow at Mechon Hadar. Tali is a recent graduate of Stern College for Women where she majored in political science and Jewish studies. Tali facilitates Midrash Manicures Jewish educational workshops in the tri-state area... Read More →
YB

Yael Buechler

Rabbi Yael Buechler is the founder of Midrash Manicures, where Torah meets nail art. MidrashManicures.com features weekly manicures for the Torah portion and Jewish holidays as well as the first-ever line of Jewish nail decals for Hanukkah, Israel, the High Holidays, and the Ten Plagues... Read More →

Sunday February 16, 2014 10:00am - 11:15am EST
Elm
  Arts & Performance   Children & Families   College & High School   Text & Thought

11:30am EST

Cake Sculpture: Ten Layers for Ten Years of Limmud
Help celebrate a decade of learning by building a sculpture in the form of a cake. Each layer represents a different kind of learning experience. We will be building with styrofoam layers and decorating with tissue paper, wires, and other materials.
Presenters
avatar for Ellen Alt

Ellen Alt

Ellen Alt is an artist, educator and community art facilitator. She is a faculty member in the Education Department at Brandeis University, the Artist-in-Residence at the Park Avenue Synagogue, an instructor at the 92nd St and the art coordinator at the Solomon Schechter School of... Read More →

Sunday February 16, 2014 11:30am - 12:45pm EST
Belltown
  Arts & Performance   Children & Families   College & High School

1:45pm EST

Cake Sculpture: Ten Layers for Ten Years of Limmud
Help celebrate a decade of learning by building a sculpture in the form of a cake.  Each layer represents a different kind of learning experience.  We will be building with styrofoam layers and decorating with tissue paper, wires, and other materials.
Presenters
avatar for Ellen Alt

Ellen Alt

Ellen Alt is an artist, educator and community art facilitator. She is a faculty member in the Education Department at Brandeis University, the Artist-in-Residence at the Park Avenue Synagogue, an instructor at the 92nd St and the art coordinator at the Solomon Schechter School of... Read More →

Sunday February 16, 2014 1:45pm - 3:00pm EST
Belltown
  Arts & Performance   Children & Families   College & High School

3:15pm EST

Tikkun Mayim Ceremony: Drink Up! A New Relationship with Water
Rain dances? Water-drawing ceremonies? Sacred pools? We Jews have them all! The world is facing a water crisis. Billions lack access to clean water. Climate change will be felt in great part through changes in the water cycle. But do you know where your water comes from? How much you pay for it? Participate in a fun and inspiring new ritual that draws on ancient Jewish teachings to teach the value of water.
Presenters
MB

Mirele B. Goldsmith

Mirele B. Goldsmith, director of the Jewish Greening Fellowship at Hazon, is an environmental psychologist, program evaluator, educator, and activist. Mirele created the Tikkun Mayim, a ceremony of repair for our relationship with water, and is the founder of Jews Against Hydrofracking... Read More →

Sunday February 16, 2014 3:15pm - 4:30pm EST
Springdale II
  Children & Families   Jewish History   Social Justice   Spiritual Practice   Text & Thought

3:15pm EST

Family Chavruta Project
A Limmud NY first!  Inspired by the model of Limmud's Chavruta Project, the Family Chavruta Project is an opportunity for families with children in grades 1-5 to participate in a joint voyage of discovery. In this session, children learn from parents, parents learn from children, and siblings learn from one another, through a variety of games, activities, stories and more on the theme of Prayer.
Presenters
avatar for Jeremy Tabick

Jeremy Tabick

Mechon Hadar
Jeremy Tabick studies at and works for Mechon Hadar, America's only egalitarian yeshiva. He is also a long-time Limmudnik, who has chaired the Limmud Chavruta Project three times, piloted the new Beit Midrash at UK Conference 2013 and coordinates Limmud On One Leg, a weekly parasha... Read More →

Sunday February 16, 2014 3:15pm - 4:30pm EST
Ballroom II
  Children & Families   Text & Thought

5:00pm EST

Rock out and Rikud! Camp Israeli Dancing Favorites
Join staff from Camp Ramah for great Israeli dancing. Get ready for old classics and new favorites. Fun for families and children!
Presenters
CR

Sunday February 16, 2014 5:00pm - 6:15pm EST
Mezzanine Pre-Function
  Children & Families

9:15pm EST

Middle School Movie Night
Middle Schoolers (Grades 6-8) are invited to come enjoy an exciting movie and great snacks with all your friends from Camp.
Presenters
CL

Sunday February 16, 2014 9:15pm - 11:00pm EST
Elm
  Children & Families
 
Monday, February 17
 

11:15am EST

Exciting Writing: A Jewish Writing Workshop
This session will feature original writing exercises including, “Picture Writing,” “5 Words” and “Line Analysis,” which can be adapted to cover an array of Jewish topics.  Participants will have the opportunity to engage in writing activities, while learning techniques that can be used to educate others or for their own enjoyment.  This session is meant for learners of all ages and will be fun for clergy & laypeople, educators & students, adults & adolescents alike.
Presenters
JD

Joseph D. Robbins

Joseph D. Robbins is a poet and educator in NYC. Robbins travels the nation teaching about the Holocaust, body image and other issues. He has a B.A. in Creative Writing and Judaic Studies from the University of Arizona and an M.A. in teaching English from Columbia Teachers College... Read More →

Monday February 17, 2014 11:15am - 12:30pm EST
Springdale I
  Arts & Performance   Children & Families   College & High School   Jewish History   Spiritual Practice
 
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