LAW OFFICE Ira M. Emanuel, P.C. Four Laurel Road, New City, NY 10956 Tel: 845.634.4141 Fax: 845.634.9312 Counsel to E-mail: [email protected] Amy Mele, Esq. Freeman & Loftus, RLLP www.EmanuelLaw.com Of counsel
January 22, 2019
Clarkstown Zoning Board of Appeals 10 Maple Avenue New City, NY 10956
Re: Camp Ramah Nyack (Appeal No. 4133)
Dear Members:
At the Board’s meeting of January 14, 2019, Ramah was asked to provide additional information. Ramah’s responses follow.
1. Provide additional information regarding non-camp single day and multi- day events since 2011. Attached as Exhibit L1 are copies of program schedules for many of the events since 2011. Ramah does not keep copies of all such schedules. The names of users are proprietary to Ramah. Further, they are not relevant to the Board’s inquiry, which is whether users of the facilities are participating in religious/religious education events.
2. Provide information concerning a business known as “EQ Events” and its relationship, if any, to Ramah. EQ Events is a business owned and operated by Michael Edelstein and his wife. It is a party planning business. Mr. Edelstein is the Director of Finance and Operations for Camp Ramah Nyack. EQ Events and Ramah have no relationship, nor does EQ Events plan parties at the Ramah campus.
3. Verify the number of parking spaces on the site. Attached as Exhibit M is a full-sized copy of the Final Overall Site Layout Plan for Ramah, prepared by Atzl, Nasher & Zigler, P.C., dated May 11, 2015, last revised May 25, 2016. The plans are sealed by a New York licensed professional engineer and a New York licensed land surveyor.
1 Continuing the sequence from our prior response dated January 7, 2019. Camp Ramah Nyack Page 2 January 22, 2019 They are also signed by the owner’s representative and by the then- Chairman of the Clarkstown Planning Board as the approved site plan for the site. This is the same document that was provided in reduced form as Exhibit A to Ramah’s submission dated January 7, 2019.
This approved site plan contains a parking table as follows:
PARKING TABLE PARKING SPACES REQUIRED 0 SPACES PARKING SPACES PROVIDED 83+ SPACES
This approved site plan also graphically depicts the parking spaces in their respective locations throughout the site.
As with many facilities of this type, informal parking arrangements also exist and are used when needed. These informal arrangements are depicted on the schematic drawing submitted as Exhibit E to Ramah’s submission of January 7, 2019.
4. Provide information regarding the Ramah website page introduced by Member Casteleiro relating to the rental of the Ramah campus. Member Casteleiro introduced two pages that she claimed were taken from Ramah’s website, one entitled “retreats and rentals” and the other entitled “facilities & retreat rentals”. On the first sheet (“retreats and rentals”) Member Casteleiro appears to have underlined the phrase “Bar/Bat Mitzvahs”. That phrase apparently caused her concern, although she did not describe the nature of that concern.
A bar/bat mitzvah is a Jewish religious coming of age rite, the celebration of which is completely consistent with Ramah’s religious mission of educating young Jewish boys and girls. While it is true that many such celebrations take place in catering facilities, many others take alternative forms that are consistent with a facility such as Ramah.
This page was replaced in July 2018. A copy of the current page, in place since that time, is annexed as Exhibit N. It does not reference “Bar/Bat Mitzvahs” or other life cycle events.
Further, both the old and new versions of the webpage state that the facilities are available “during the late spring and fall months”. This is completely consistent with the existing special permit.
This matter was adjourned until the February 11, 2019, meeting of the Board. Ramah hopes that this upcoming meeting will be the last one needed for this Camp Ramah Nyack Page 3 January 22, 2019 application. To that end, if members have questions arising from the January 7 submission, or any other questions, we ask that they submit them to us (through the Board’s Clerk or Chairman) in time for us to respond by the February 11 meeting.
Very truly yours,
Ira M. Emanuel
CC: Client
A SCHEDULE FOR THE ______BOARD SHABBATON MAY 6-8, 2011
THEME FOR THE SHABBATON Creating Value in Synagogue Membership or Why Should I Join Your Shul Anyway?
FRIDAY, MAY 6, 2011 4:00-5:00 We arrive; Snack
5:00-5:30 Get Settled in Quarters
5:30-6:45 Session 1--Shalom Everybody
What is Success and How Do We Know We’re Succeeding?
6:45 Candle Lighting
7:00 Kabbalat Shabbat Service
8:00 Dinner
9:00 Zemirot /Singing
9:15 Session 2—
Are We On the Path to Betraying Who We are as Jews? Reaching Out to Interfaith Families, Homosexuals, and Creating a Two-Day School
10:30- Oneg Shabbat
Midnight Lilah Tov
SHABBAT, MAY 7, 2011
9:00 Breakfast
9:45 Shaharit Service
NOON Kiddush & Lunch
1:15 Session 3—
The Theology of Becoming
EXHIBIT L 2:30 Free Time A walk to the Hudson (about 1.5 miles each way) A short walk to the pond Go up to the Tower Basketball, Softball, Tennis too (two tennis courts) Some Board Games
4:15 Snack
4:45 Torah Study
6:00 Minhah Service
6:30 Se’udah Shelishit/Dinner
7:30 Session 4 Investing the Synagogue with Value for Families with Children in Nursery School / Religious School Post Bar/t Mitzvah Families / Interfaith Couples / Seniors
8:30 Ma’ariv & Havdalah Service
9:00 Movie—Skin: Sandra Laing is a black child born in the 1950s to white Afrikaners, unaware of their black ancestry. This is a movie about identity, and how identity is both a personal and communal exercise in labeling. Very moving!
11:00 Camp Fire—A Marshmallow Roast
MIDNIGHT Lilah Tov
SUNDAY, MAY 8, 2011
8:30 Shaharit Service
9:30 Breakfast & Concluding Session
10:30 Leave
______Family Retreat at Camp Ramah in Nyack April 20-22, 2012
Friday, April 20
4:00 P.M...... Arrival and check in Location: Ramot Ramah Deck – 2 TABLES, KWIK COVERS
6:00 P.M...... Hadlakat Neirot (candle lighting) Location: Dining Room – TEALIGHTS AND MATCHES SETUP IN REAR
6:30 P.M...... Kabbalat Shabbat service Location: Migrash (lawn in front of the chapel). Rain/cold weather location: Shul
7:15/7:30 P.M...... Shabbat Dinner Location: Dining Room
8:30 P.M...... Family Activity Location: Beit Am – BENCHES IN CIRCLE
9:30 P.M...... Oneg Shabbat Location: Moadon in Ramot Ramah
10:30 P.M...... Adult get together Location: Moadon in Ramot Ramah - WINE & CHEESE
Saturday, April 21
6:30 AM ...... Early Morning run
8:00-9:00 A.M...... Breakfast Location: Dining Room
9:00-10:00 A.M...... Children’s Shabbat service (ideal for ages 3-7) Location: White House Porch
10:00-11:00 A.M...... Supervised activity for younger kids
9:00-11:00 A.M...... Learning Minyan for adults and older kids Location: outdoors in front of shul or in shul (if rain)
11:00 A.M...... Kiddush Location: White House Porch grape juice and snack
11:30 A.M...... Family time
12:30 P.M...... Shabbat lunch Location: Dining Room
1:30 P.M……….tree house, free time, sports
3:00 P.M snack – WHITE HOUSE PORCH
5:30 P.M...... Family activity Location: Beit Am or White House Porch
7:0 0 P.M...... Dinner Location: Dining Room
8:15 P.M...... Havdalah Location: outdoors
8:30 P.M...... Drum Circle Location: Beit Am
9:30 P.M...... Campfire, s’mores and singing Location: Soccer field
10:30 P.M...... Laila Tov
11:00 P.M...... Wine and cheese get together for adults Location: Moadon in Ramot Ramah
Sunday, April 22
9:00 A.M...... Breakfast Location: Dining Room
9:30 A.M...... Shalom Location: Outdoors ______Shabbat Retreat May 4th – Friday
5:30-6:00 Advisors arrive at Camp Ramah
6:00-6:30 Students arrive at Camp Ramah, prepare for Shabbat, etc.
6:30-7:00 Shabbaton welcome (Bess): divide into groups/ meet advisors (activity TBD) (led by Shabbaton staff – The Welcome Olympics: each table comes up with a skit for the other (more details forthcoming)
7:00-8:15 Candle Lighting/ Ma’ariv/ Kaballah Shabbat (interactive, led by Shabbaton staff)
8:15-9:15 Dinner & student dvar torah (Kiddush and haMotzi, then birkat hamazon– ideally led by students, with default to Shabbaton staff)
9:15-10:15 Community Session 1 (led by Shabbaton staff) Session One: Ethics of Social Media How has social media redefined our understanding of community? What happens when lines of personal boundary and privacy are crossed and blurred? BCHSJS students will investigate the benefits and disadvantages of social media utilizing a Jewish perspective.
10:15-12:15 Free time & snack
12:15- 1:15 Midnight Learning (with… TBD) (led by Shabbaton staff); ideally a schmooze session with a little Torah learning sprinkled in.
1:15- 1:45 Get ready for bed
2:00 Absolute Curfew
May 5th - Shabbat
9:00-9:30 wake-up
9:30-10:00 breakfast
10:00-12:15 BCHSJS Interactive Tefillah Experience in small groups OR traditional Egal minyan (led by Shabbaton staff); in lieu of Torah reading, Shabbaton staff will lead an activity on the parsha (TBD).
12:15-1:00 Lunch (Kiddush and birkat hamazon led ideally by students; by Shabbaton staff if there are no volunteers)
1:00-2:15 Community Session 2 (led by Shabbaton staff) Session Two: Working Together IRL Students will use teamwork through stations and a series of five challenges that require the group to be physically and mentally present - “in real life.” The course will be set up like a scavenger hunt around the camp.
2:15-4:15 Free time
4:15-5:00 Snack
5:00-6:00 Capture the Flag/Frisbee/kickball/and another low-key option (led by Shabbaton staff)
6:00-7:00 Dinner (seu’dah shlishit) (Birkat HaMazon led by Shabbaton staff)
7:30 – 8:40 Community learning session 3 (led by Shabbaton staff) Session Three: BFF IRL: Real Bonds in the Digital Age It’s tough being present with so many distractions. What, if anything, does Judaism have to say about being part of the community and paying attention to those around you? Is social media bringing us closer or further apart? How has social media redefined a friend? Do the same rules apply to how to treat people in “real” and “online” life? What does Judaism say about it?
8:40 Havdallah on lawn (led by Shabbaton staff)
9-10 Free time (change, etc.)
10-11 pm Campfire and stories (led by Shabbaton staff)
11:00-12:00 Manhunt! (staffed by Shabbaton staff)
12:00-12:30 Get Ready for Bed
1:00 Curfew
May 6th - Sunday
8:00-8:30 wake-up
8:30-9:00 Breakfast
9:15-11:45 _____ Classes
SPRING BOARD MEETING SCHEDULE June 7-10, 2012 Camp Ramah, Nyack, NY
Thursday, June 7, 2012 Shabbat, June 9, 2012 3:00 PM Arrival at ___ Central Office 8:30 AM Kima 3:15 Meet with Rabbi Steven Wernick 9:00 Light Breakfast 4:00 Ice Breakers (MemKad IGB) 9:30 Shacharit 4:45 Beyond Felafel (Programming)—(Avital) Torah Service 6:00 Minha How To Write a D’var Torah (Josh) 6:15 Aruchat Erev D’var Torah— 7:15 Programming Café (JoHo with KS) Musaf 8:30 Depart for Camp Ramah Noon Kiddush 9:45 Ma’ariv 12:15 Limud II (Karen) 10:00 Snack 1:15 Aruchat Tzaharayim 10:30 Regional President’s Meeting D’var Torah— Officers/IGB Gathering 2:30 Shabbat Menucha 11:30 Laila Tov L’Kulam 4:00 Snack 5:00 Minha Friday, June 8, 2012 D’var Torah— 7:30 AM Kima 5:45 USY Standards (JoHo) 8:15 Shacharit 6:30 Limud III (Amy) 9:00 Aruchat Boker 7:30 Seudah Shlishit 9:30 Business Meeting I D’var Torah— - President’s Report 9:00 Ma’ariv and Havdallah - Director’s Report 10:00 Business Meeting 11:00 Board Dynamics (Josh and Ethan) International Convention 2012 Report 12:00 Team Building and Leadership (Maya/KS) 10:30 Round Robin IV 1:00 PM Aruchat Tzaharyaim 11:15 Round Robin V 2:00 Round Robin I Midnight Snack 2:45 Round Robin II 12:30 AM Laila Tov 3:30 Round Robin III 4:15 Snack/ IC Promo Filming/ Sunday, June 10, 2012 IGB Co-Chairs Meeting 7:30 AM Kima 5:00 Prepare for Shabbat 8:00 Shacharit 6:30 Minha D’var Torah Hadlakat Nerot 9:00 Aruchat Boker D’var Torah- 9:45 Marketing/Branding USY (Dani w/Matt) Kabbalat Shabbat 10:30 Pack and Clean Up Ma’ariv 11:00 Depart Camp—L’hitraot! 7:45 Aruchat Erev 9:30 Limud I (Jules) 10:30 Oneg Shabbat 11:30 Laila Tov
September 10 - 13 Itinerary
Monday September 10, 2012 2:00 pm Arrive at Nyack Park at Gould lot 2:30 – 3:30 pm Tour of camp by cohort Meet at White House Porch 3:30 – 4:00 pm Mincha & Intro to Meetings Nyack Synagogue 4:00 – 6:00 pm Cohort meetings Bet Am, Bet Sarah, Chadar Ochel 6:15 – 6:45 pm Dinner Nyack Chadar Ochel 6:45 – 7:30 pm Transfer to hotel Pearl River Hilton 7:30 – 9:30 pm Ma’ariv & Joint Session Conservatory @ Pearl River Hilton
Tuesday September 11, 2012 8:00 am Depart Pearl River Hilton 8:15 am Shacharit Nyack Synagogue 9:00 am Breakfast Nyack Chadar Ochel 9:30 am Depart for Berkshires Depart from Gould lot 11 am Arrive at Berkshires Park by office 11 am – 1:00 pm Tour for directors & BM Depart from office 11 am – 12:00 pm Tour for development staff Depart from office 12:00 – 1:00 pm Development meeting Location TBD 1:00 – 2:00 pm Lunch & Mincha Berkshires Chadar Ochel 2:00 – 5:30 pm Cohort meetings Locations TBD 5:30 – 6:00 pm Break 6:00 – 7:00 pm Dinner & Maariv Berkshires Chadar Ochel 7:00 – 8:30 pm Meetings (FLEX) Locations TBD 8:30 pm Depart Berkshires for hotel Meet at parking lot 10:00 pm Arrive at Pearl River Hilton
Wednesday September 12, 2012 8:00 am Depart Pearl River Hilton (business managers & development directors check out of hotel) 8:15 am Shacharit Nyack Synagogue 9:00 am Breakfast Nyack Dining Room 9:30 – 10:30 am Joint meeting w/ AVI CHAI CSI Nyack Community Room 10:30 am – 12 pm Cohort meetings CSI Nyack Community Room, Library & Religious School Classroom 12:00 pm Business Managers & Development Directors Depart 12:15 pm Lunch Nyack Dining Room 1:00 – 5:00 pm Directors Meetings CSI Nyack Community Room 5:15 – 5:45 pm Travel to White Plains 6:00 – 9:30 pm BBQ Dinner & Meetings Mitch’s house 9:30 pm Depart for hotel
Thursday September 13, 2012 8:00 am Check out & depart for Nyack 8:15 am Shacharit Nyack Synagogue 9:15 am Breakfast Nyack Dining Room 9:45 am Transfer to CSI Nyack 9:45 am – 12:00 pm Meetings CSI Nyack Community Room 12:00 pm Transfer to Nyack 12:15 pm Lunch Nyack Dining Room 1 PM Adjourn Meeting
Notes Make hanging name tags for all attendees Have Benchers & Mincha Cards for 45 Laptop & projector for Monday evening at hotel; get wifi code Prepare check for CSI Nyack as donation for use of space
Please note that all times are approximate - and activities are subject to change based on weather and level of interest.
Est start est end time time activity Location FRI 4:00 7:00 snacks are available in the hospitality room Beit Sarah 4:30 6:00 Volley Ball/Nukem volleyball net * Gaga Main gaga pit * twister/ water balloons/ frisbees/ hula hoops main green
6:00 6:45 get ready for kabbalat shabbat bunks
6:45 7:45 Kabbalat shabbat services Synagogue Babysitting for the little kids playground/Beit Ahm
7:45 10:30 dinner Chadar Ochel/circle SAT 8 9:30 Breakfast Chadar Ochel
9:30 12ish Services Synagogue Babysitting for the little kids - starting around 10 playground/Beit Ahm
12:00 2ish Lunch Chadar Ochel/Circle
2:00 3:30 * Kickball game softball diamond Flag Football Soccer field Volleyball/Nukem volleyball net * arts and crafts Beit Ahm * Board Games Beit Ahm
3:30 5:00 Softball game softball diamond soccer soccer field Ultimate Frisbee/misc frisbee games Main green Trivia Ramot Ramah (or porch)??? * gaga * Arts and Crafts Beit Ahm
4:45 5:30 Ice Cream Sundaes/ snack - Color War Team Selection Circle outside Chadar Ochel
5:30 7:15ish * COLOR WAR
7:15ish 8:15ish get ready for dinner bunks
8:00 8:10 Havdallah Service Synagogue 8:15 9:15 BBQ Circle outside Chadar Ochel 8:30 midnight Dance blacktop 10:30 ish midnight bonfire outside Chadar Ochel SUN 8 10 Breakfast Chadar Ochel
9:30 11 1 or 2 organized sports - TBD TBD
Need a break from organized activities? These will be open/available all day - find a partner and have fun! tennis tennis courts basketball blacktop/half court mini golf course (near gate to mini golf camp entrance) playground
backgammon/ jacks/ chess/ checkers/ pick up sticks on porch White House Porch gaga pits (not on the map but gaga you can't miss them) 4 square blacktop
Hungry? Snacks will be available all day (and all night) in Beit Sarah
* = appropriate activity for children and adults of all ages ______Leadership Training Institute - October 12- 14
Friday, October 12, 2012 3:00 Arrival and Check-in with snack- White House Staff in bunks
3:45 Welcome – Morgan/Michelle Morgan: Welcome everyone and introduce the staff- Todd Hausman, Mike Hirsch, Becka Kane, Avi Siegel, Mark Spielvogel, Aimee Steinmetz, Danny Stern, Charlene Thrope, Bruce Varon
Introduce- Michelle Rich, Interim Director of Regional Youth Services. Michelle will go over the rules We will then break up into ice breakers Icebreakers (Becca)- Beit Am Group Leader Staff 1 Staci Rosen & Jenna Roth Todd 2 Jonah Kelly & Kelly Naar Becka 3 Alyson Katz & Cara Kupferman Mark 5 Sarah Singer & Aliza Yaillen Avi 6 Ross Beroff & Becca Haber Charlene 7 Rachel Berger & Sarah Kazzaz Bruce 8 Naomi Brill & Murphy Siegel Danny
4:15 Anti- bullying program- Mark/Becka Beit Am (need projector)
ANNOUNCEMENTS: You now have time to prepare for Shabbat- please remember no girls in the boys bunk and no boys in the girls bunk. Please meet back in the dining room to light candles at 5:50- see you then!
TODD: candle set up in dining room
5:00 Shabbat Prep 5:50 Candle Lighting (6:00)- dining room Kabbalat Shabbat & Maariv Service/D’var (Morgan) Synagogue
ANNOUNCEMENTS: It is now time for dinner. Please move to the dining room and fill in the seats- please remember not to eat or drink until Kiddush and Motzei are said as a group.
7:15 Aruchat Erev /Dinner - Begin ruach/singing 8:05 followed by Birkat HaMazon
ANNOUNCEMENTS: We are now going off to our program rotations- Group 1, please get up now and go to the White House, Group 2- please go to the Beit Am, Group 3- please go to the winter dining room
8:30 Program rotation: Group 1- White House (Selling the organization –Bruce/ Aimee) Group 2- Beit Am (Can You Hear Me Now? Becka/ Mike) Group 3- Winter Dining room (How To Make Your Chapter Shine! Todd/ Charlene)
STAFF NOTES: - The sessions are 15 minutes and then leaders move - Danny please watch the time and move the staff- the USYers will remain in their location- presenters and their staff will move - Any staff not assigned to a session, will be on hand to watch the doors and be sure that the USYers do not wonder off. - STAFF STAY WITH THE GROUP- DO NOT ROTATE WITH THE PRESENTERS!
9:30 Leadership text (Avi) Beit Am 7 groups Group 1- Danny Group 2- Charlene Group 3- Aimee Group 5- Todd Group 6- Becka Group 7- Mark Group 8- Mike
10:15 Oneg/Summer programs activitity (Josh) Beit Am 6 groups
ANNOUNCEMENTS: It is now time to return to your rooms. Please remember that you are to stay in your rooms until Kima tomorrow morning. Kima is at 8:30 and breakfast will begin at 9:15. Laila tov!!
11:30 Curfew Bed Check: Girls- Charlene Boys- Danny Mark/Mike- be sure camp is quiet and relieve staff
Saturday, October 13, 2012 8:30 Wake-up 9:15 Breakfast
ANNOUNCEMENTS: We will now proceed to Shacharit Services. Please go to the location to which you were assigned. We will all meet in the Synagogue at 10:45 for Torah Service and Musaf.
10:00 Shacharit Service- 4 break outs
Group Location Leader staff A Beit Am Matt Nelson Avi, Todd B Synagogue Sarah Parkes Aimee, Mike C Winter dining room Ari Goodstein Mark, Becka D White House Ben Mordecai Charlene, Danny
10:45 Torah Service/Musaf (D’var Torah- Matt) Synagogue
Torah Service: David Plaut Torah reading: 1- Rina Schulberg 2- Josh Mendelowitz 3- Matt Nelson 4- Yair Koas 5- Ben Margolin 6- Ari Goodstein 7- /Maftir- Jonah Kelly Haftorah: Benji Schoenfeld
ANNOUNCEMENTS: It is now time for our first board rotation Group 1 please go to the Beit Am, Group 2 please go to the Winter Dining Room, Group 3- please go to the White House- see you all at lunch at 1:15!)
12:15 Session I –Rotations- (Pres, IA, Rel/ed)
Group Location Staff 1 Beit Am Mike, Avi, Becka 2 Winter Dining Room Todd, Aimee, Bruce 3 White House Charlene, Mark, Danny
ROTATION IS AS FOLLOWS: Danny- please keep the groups moving! Pres- Beit Am, Winter Dining Room, White House IA- Winter Dining Room, White House, Beit Am Rel/Ed- White House, Beit Am, Winter Dining Room STAFF STAY WITH THE GROUP- DO NOT ROTATE WITH THE PRESENTERS!
1:15 Lunch - Start ruach/singing at 2:05 then Birkat HaMazon
ANNOUNCEMENTS ( before Birkat HaMazon): We now have free time until 4:00- feel free to hang out in the public areas or play sports. Remember, no boys in girls bunk and no girls in boys bunk. YOU CANNOT LEAVE THE CAMP GROUNDS! At 4:00 you need to go to your rotation group (session ii location) dressed in your Shabbat clothes.
2:30 Chofesh
STAFF: 2:30- 3:15 Girls bunk- Aimee Boys Bunk- Avi Beit Am area- Mark Walking around- Becka/Michelle
3:15-4:00 Girls bunk- Charlene Boys Bunk- Danny Beit Am area- Mike Walking around- Todd/Bruce
4:00 Session II– Counterparts Rotation (Social Actions/Tikkun Olam/Repairing the World) Group Location Staff 1 Beit Am Mike, Avi, Becka 2 Winter Dining Room Todd, Aimee, Bruce 3 White House Charlene, Mark, Danny
ROTATION IS AS FOLLOWS: Danny- please keep the groups moving! SATO- Beit Am, Winter Dining Room, White House MEM/KAD- Winter Dining Room, White House, Beit Am Comm- White House, Beit Am, Winter Dining Room STAFF STAY WITH THE GROUP- DO NOT ROTATE WITH THE PRESENTERS!
5:00 Mincha Service- (D’var Torah Josh) Synagogue
Torah Reading 1- Cara Kupferman 2- Yuval Yoseffy 3- Bradley Goldman
ANNOUNCEMENTS: We are now moving into Seudah- please wash on your way in and do motzei to yourself.
5:45 Dinner/ ruach - Start ruach at 6:30 followed by Birkat HaMazon - 6:55 ANNOUNCEMENT: We are now moving to the Beit Knesset for Maariv and Havdalah
7:00 Maariv & Havdalah- Synagogue Benji Schoenfeld
ANNOUNCEMENT: Shavua tov! You now have time to change into comfortable clothing for our evening program. Be sure to bring warm clothing for the campfire, as we will not be returning to the bunks beforehand. All board regional and division board, please be in the Beit Am at 8:15- all others, please go to the Winter Dining Room.
8:15 Board Meeting- Beit Am ( DDs and Becka) Session for presidents/RGB- Marshmallow Challenge- Winter Dining room (Aimee, Avi, Charlene, Danny and Michelle)
9:30 GO T-E-A-M (Mike and Morgan and DP) Beit Am 10:45 Campfire 12:00 Curfew
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Tomorrow morning you have a choice of minyanim/services. They are as follows: There will be a facebook minyan in the White House; an art minyan in the Beit Am ; and a So You Think You Can Daven minyan in Winter Dining Room. Your room must be clean and your suitcase must be packed before Shacharit. The bunk staff will dismiss you in the morning after they have checked your room.
Bed Check: Girls- Aimee Boys- Avi Mark/Mike- be sure camp is quiet and relieve staff
Sunday, October 14, 2012
8:00 Kima/Wake up
STAFF: PLEASE BE SURE THAT THE USYERS ARE PACKED AND THEIR ROOMS ARE CLEAN BEFORE THEY COME TO SHACHARIT. THEY CAN LEAVE THEIR LUGGAGE IN THEIR ROOMS UNTIL CONVENTION IS OVER.
8:45 Shacharit - Synagogue
Minyan Location Leader Staff Facebook White House Aimee, Mike, Danny, Mark, So you think you can Winter Dining Room Charlene, Becka, daven Avi, Bruce,
Art minyan Beit Am Morgan Michelle, Todd
9:45 Breakfast by divisions
11:00 Membership outreach/ video (Becca) Beit Am (projector) Validation (Morgan and Becka) Closing program (Michelle)
12:00 L’hitraot/Goodbye
_____ April 12-14, 2013 Mishnah as a Path to Holiness, Rabbi Elyse Winick Friday, April 12 Davening Leading Workshop: Constructive Strategies in Becoming a 4:00pm More Confident, Effective, and Inspiring Bus Departs JTS for Ramah Day Camp in Service Leader, Yael Kalman Nyack Beit Shammai and Beit Hillel: the Please arrive by 3:45 to load the buses and Controversy about Controversy, Reb enable an on-time departure Shmuel Lewis You are free to arrive at Ramah Day Do You Believe in Miracles? Making Camp in Nyack anytime after 4:00pm Meaning of Miracles, Past and Present, prior to Shabbat Rabbi Jason Rubenstein
6:30pm 4:00pm Welcome, Candle Lighting and Kabbalat What is MY Judaism Shabbat Sessions led by faculty Second Rotation 8:00pm - Dinner 5:00pm 9:30pm Faculty Panel: What is Your Communal Tisch: What is Your Judaism? Vision for Judaism Rabbi Jason Rubenstein, Rabbi Elyse Saturday, April 13 Winick, Rabbi Ami Hersh
8:30am-9:30am 5:50pm Grab-n-Go Breakfast Small Group Learning
9:00am 6:45pm Services Mincha, Seudah Shlishit, Ma’ariv, Havdalah 11:30am - Kiddush 8:45pm 12:00pm Bringing it Back to Campus What is MY Judaism? Sessions led by faculty 10:00pm First Rotation Campfire, Pizza, S’mores
1:00pm Sunday April 14 Lunch 8:15am 2:00pm-4:00pm Services Optional Limmud, Sports, Open House Chat Time 8:00am-8:30am Grab-n-Go Breakfast
Reconciling Halakhah and 8:45am Homosexuality: Coming to a Plausible Load Buses and Return to_____ Solution, David Zvi Kalman Scribal Art: Were the Masorites of the 8th Century Conservative Jews?, Rabbi Ami Hersh
______6th Grade Retreat April 19-21 STAFF SCHEDULE E – Emily, Sh – Shoshi , Sa – Saul , D – David, A – Ayala, J - Josephine
Friday, May 18 Location Lead Staff 4:15 Bus leaves _____ for Ramah Nyack NYC E
5:30pm Arrive, snacks, welcome circle, intros, tour Ramot Ramah/Bunks E
6:00pm Settle into bunks, change for Shabbat Bunks ALL
6:45pm Ice breaker and candle lighting Whitehouse porch/Dining Hall A
7:00pm Kabbalat Shabbat Whitehouse porch (Synagogue) Sh
8:00pm Dinner Dining Hall D
9:00pm Ice breakers and get to know you games Whitehouse porch (Beit Am) J, Sa, D
9:30pm Oneg, snack, and hang out Dining Hall A, J
10:00pm Back to the bunks Bunks ALL
10:30pm Lights out, laila tov – good night Bunks ALL
Saturday, May 14 9:00am Kimah – wake up! Bunks ALL
9:30am Breakfast Dining Hall E
10:00am Junior Congregation – Shabbat Morning Service Whitehouse porch (Synagogue) Sh
11:00am Kiddush Whitehouse porch (Dining Hall) Sh
11:20am Junior Congregation – Torah Service Whitehouse porch (Synagogue) D
12:30pm Lunch, zmirot - singing Dining Hall Sa, Sh
1:30pm Menucha - Free Time All, shared
3:30pm Program #1: Ritual Objects Whitehouse porch (Beit Am) Sa
4:45pm Menucha – free time/snacks available All Shared
5:30pm Program #2: Putting Meaning on our Guest List Whitehouse porch (Beit Am) B, Sa
7:00pm Seudah Shlishit – Dinner Dining Hall Sh
8:00pm Prepare group blessings for Havdalah anywhere on lower camp #2 groups
8:30pm Havdallah Bank Shot (Oolam) E, Sh
9:00pm Organized Games or Talent Show “Stage” in field (Beit Am) Sa
9:45pm S’mores & Campfire Fire Pit ALL
10:45pm Lights out, laila tov – good night! Bunks ALL
Sunday, May 15 7:30am Kimah - wake up! And pack Bunks ALL
8:00am Breakfast Dining Hall A
8:30am Program 4: Shema/Tefillin Whitehouse porch (Beit Am) E
9:45am Closing Circle Field E
10:00am Board the bus, nesiyah tovah – travel safe! ALL
11:00am Return to ___ NYC ALL SPRING BOARD MEETING SCHEDULE June 13-16, 2013 Camp Ramah, Nyack, NY
Thursday, June 13, 2013 3:00 PM Arrival at USY Central Office Shabbat, June 15, 2013 3:30 Ice Breakers/ Community Building (Becca) 8:30 AM Wake up 4:15 Israel Program (Eden) 9:00 Light Breakfast 5:00 Meet with Rabbi Steven Wernick, 9:30 Shacharit Service Executive VP and CEO, USCJ Torah Service 6:00 Minha D’var Torah— 6:15 Dinner Musaf 7:15 Conversation of the Century (Andy) Noon Kiddush 8:30 Depart for Camp Ramah 12:15 Limud II (Karen Stein) 9:45 Ma’ariv Service 1:15 Lunch 10:00 Snack D’var Torah— 10:30 Regional President’s Meeting 2:30 Shabbat Menucha Officers/IGB Gathering 4:00 Snack 11:30 Laila Tov, good night 5:00 Minha Service D’var Torah— Friday, June 14, 2013 5:45 USY Standards 7:30 AM Wake up 6:30 Limud III (Carmiel Frutkoff) 8:15 Shacharit Service 7:30 Dinner 9:00 Breakfast D’var Torah— 9:30 Business Meeting I 9:00 Ma’ariv and Havdallah Service - President’s Report 10:00 Business Meeting - Director’s Report International Convention 2013 Report 11:00 Marketing USY (Marc) 10:30 Round Robin IV 12:00 Team Building and Leadership (Michael) 11:15 Round Robin V 1:00 PM Lunch Midnight Snack 2:00 Round Robin I 12:30 AM Laila Tov, good night 2:45 Round Robin II 3:30 Round Robin III Sunday, June 16, 2013 4:15 Snack/ IC Work/ 7:30 AM Wakeup IGB Meeting 8:00 Shacharit Service 5:00 Prepare for Shabbat D’var Torah – 6:30 Minha Service 9:00 Breakfast Candle lighting 9:45 SESSION D’var Torah- 10:30 Pack and Clean Up Kabbalat Shabbat Service 11:00 Depart Camp—L’hitraot! Ma’ariv Service 7:45 Dinner 9:30 Limud I (Rabbi Dave) 10:30 Oneg Shabbat 11:30 Laila Tov, good night
בס"ד ______Nyack Retreat 2014 Schedule
Camp Ramah Nyack 303 Christian Herald Road Nyack, NY 10960
Thursday 5pm Check-in, snacks and schmoozing 7pm Dinner, followed by shiur with Rav Binny, and a kumzitz by the fire
Friday 8:30 am A Call to the Infinite—Pre-Tefiliah w/ Rav Binny and his guitar 9am Shacharit Services 9:45 Breakfast, followed by a class, followed by outdoor activities, followed by lunch After Lunch More outdoor activities, free time
Friday afternoon 6:30 Letting Shabbos In, followed by Kabbalat Shabbat, followed by dinner and tisch with Rav Binny and Rav Yair!!
Shabbat Day 8:30 Call to the Infinite, followed by Shacharit Service, followed by Kiddush, shiur, followed by lunch, followed by Shabbat Menucha – free time.
7pm Dinner, followed by musical Havdalah, followed by a sing-a-long by the fire with Rav Binny and Rav Yair
Sunday morning 9am Shacharit, followed by Brunch, Putting it All Together
L’hitra’ot!! Good bye! SPRING BOARD MEETING SCHEDULE Back To Basics/ “My First Shabbat” June 12-15, 2014 Camp Ramah, Nyack, NY
Thursday, June 12, 2014 3:00 PM Arrival at USY Central Office 3:15 Ice Breakers 3:30 Andrea Glick, Director, Online Communications, Media, and Marketing 4:15 Meet with Rabbi Steven Wernick, Executive VP and CEO, USCJ 5:00 Jessica Abo, Changemaker In Residence 6:15 Minha Service 6:30 Dinner 7:15 Daniel Novick, Songleader Boot Camp 8:30 Depart for Camp Ramah 9:45 Ma’ariv 10:00 Snack 10:30 Regional Presidents’ Meeting Officers/IGB Gathering 11:30 Laila Tov L’Kulam
Friday, June 13, 2014 7:30 AM Wake up 8:15 Shacharit Service 9:00 Breakfast 9:30 Personal Leadership GPS 10:30 Business Meeting I - President’s Report - Director’s Report 12:00 Public Speaking/Dvar Torah Workshop 1:00 PM Aruchat Tzaharyaim 1:45 Meet in Shabbat Groups for quick review 2:00 Round Robin I 2:45 Round Robin II 3:30 Round Robin III 4:15 Snack/ IC Work/ IGB Meeting 5:30 Prepare for Shabbat 6:30 Minha Service Candle lighting D’var Torah- Kabbalat Shabbat Service Ma’ariv Service 7:45 Dinner D’var Torah- 9:30 Session I (Rabbi Dave) 10:30 Oneg Shabbat 11:30 Laila Tov, good night
Shabbat, June 14, 2014 8:30 AM Wake up 9:00 Light Breakfast 9:30 Shacharit Service Torah Service D’var Torah— Musaf Service Noon Kiddush 12:15 Team Building Workshop with IEB 1:15 Lunch D’var Torah— 2:30 Shabbat Menucha – rest time 4:00 Snack 5:00 Minha Service D’var Torah— 6:00 Session II –led by Staff-- Leadership 7:30 Dinner D’var Torah— 9:00 Ma’ariv and Havdallah 10:00 Business Meeting International Convention 2014 Report 10:30 Round Robin IV 11:15 Round Robin V Midnight Snack 12:30 AM Laila Tov, good night
Sunday, June 15, 2014 7:30 AM Wake up 8:00 Shacharit Service 9:00 Breakfast 9:45 Bringing it Home/”Packing Your Leadership Suitcase” 10:30 Pack and Clean Up 11:00 Depart Camp—L’hitraot!
Tuesday, August 26 11:00am Arrival and settle into bunks 11:45 Welcome and Ice Breakers (Co-Chairs)
12:00 Rules of Engagement (Erika) 12:15pm Lunch 1:00pm Session I (Erika) 3:00pm Snack 3:30 Session II (Erika) 6:00 Dinner 7:00 Session III: Media and Communication (Ellie)
8:00 Session IV: Music (Chris) 9:00 Evening Oneg
-Bonfire and s’mores (and singing!)
-Movie night (Beit Am)
11:00pm Laila Tov! Good night!
Wednesday, August 27 9:00am Wakeup 9:30 Breakfast 10:00am Session V 12:30 Lunch 1:30 Session VI
3:00pm Goodbye! בס"ד ______Nyack Retreat 2015 Schedule (Camp)
Thursday 5pm Check-in, snacks and schmoozing 7pm Dinner 10:30 Campfire—marshmallows and s’mores
Friday 9:45 Breakfast 1pm lunch 2-6 outdoor activities: Basketball (3 on 3) Frisbee Nature walk Gaga Ball Snacks in the afternoon
Shabbat 9pm: Dinner 10:30pm Tisch/Learning and snacks in another space Will finish about 1am
Shabbat Day 9am Coffee and Cake 11:45 Kiddush w/ cakes/snacks 12:30 Lunch Snacks in the afternoon 7:30 Dinner 10:30pm Campfire-- marshmallows and s’mores?
Sunday morning 9:45am Brunch 11am Pack up and leave
______Spring Teen Retreat May 15-17 SCHEDULE
Friday, September 25
4:45 Bus leaves for Ramah Nyack 5:45 Arrive, snacks, welcome 6:15 Settle into bunks, change for Shabbat 6:45 Candle lighting and Kabbalat Shabbat 8:00 Dinner 8:45 Icebreakers and evening activities 9:30 Oneg, snacks, hang out (cards, board games, star gazing, etc.) 11:00/30 Laila tov! Good night!
Saturday, September 27
9:30am Wakeup 10:00am Breakfast 10:30am Shabbat Morning Service 11:30am Kiddush and hamotzi / snack 12:00pm Storah telling/ Torah service 12:45pm Free time 1:30pm Lunch 2:15pm Menucha/ free time (with “organized” sports) 5:00pm Snack and learning 6:45 Seudah Shlishit 7:15 Singing 7:27 Havdalah 7:45 Evening activity 8:45 S’mores & Campfire 11:00pm Laila tov! Good night!
Sunday, May 3
8:30am Kimah - wake up! And pack 9:00am Breakfast 10:00am Depart ______Freshman Day Monday October 12th
8:00 Shacharit Service 8:45-9:00 Breakfast 9:00-9:30 Leadership Session NAME TAGS should be made and put on at the start of this session 10:50-11:10 Opening Group Activity- Yoram (Main lawn) Shoshana’s welcome & instructions Split up groups 11:15-11:40 Activity 1* 11:45-12:10 Activity 2* 12:15-1:00 Lunch (Dining Room) Admin Welcome Dvar Torah- Zoe Melzer Should not serve dessert at lunch, save and serve as a snack later 1:10-1:35 Activity 3* 1:40-2:05 Activity 4* 2:10-2:35 Activity 5* 2:40-3:05 Snack & Hang out time (Field next to playground) 3:10 Dvar Torah- Shamma Pepper-Fox (Synagogue) Mincha Service 3:30 Final Activity Together (Mini Migrash) Break into 3 groups - Play “Wah” run by Senior Leaders 3:45 Group Picture (Mini Migrash) Load the busses ______Family Retreat at Camp Ramah in Nyack October 16-18, 2015
Friday, October 16
4:30-5:30 PM...... Arrival and check in Location: Ramot Ramah Deck 6:00 PM...... Hadlakat Neirot (candle lighting) Location: Chadar Ochel (Dining Room) 6:30 PM...... Kabbalat Shabbat service Location: Migrash (lawn in front of the synagogue) 7:00 PM...... Shabbat Dinner Location: Chadar Ochel (Dining Room) 8:00 PM...... Family Activity/Snack Location: Beit Am 10:00 PM...... Adult get together Location: Moadon in Ramot Ramah
Saturday, October 17 7:00-9:00 AM...... Arucha Kala (light breakfast) Location: Chadar Ochel (Dining Room) 9:00-10:00 AM...... Family Shabbat service Location: Beit Knesset (synagogue) 10:00-10:45 AM...... Supervised activity for younger kids 10:00-10:45 AM...... Adult Torah study 11:00 AM...... Kiddush Location: Mirpeset Bayit Halavan (White House Porch) 11:15 AM...... Family time 12:30 PM...... Shabbat lunch Location: Chadar Ochel (Dining Room)
1:30 PM...... Family Activity Meet on the “Bama” 3:00 PM...... Snack Location: Mirpeset Bayit Halavan (White House Porch) 3:30-6:00 PM ...... Options 3:30-4:00 ...... Stories in the Tower for children 4:00-5:00 ...... Family Relay races 5:00-6:00 ...... Group hike 6:00 PM...... Seudah Shlisheet (Shabbat afternoon meal) Location: Chadar Ochel (Dining Room) 6:45 PM...... Havdalah Location: Migrash 7:15 PM...... Magic Show Location: Beit Am 8:30 PM...... Campfire Location: Soccer field 10:00 P.M...... Cocktail party for adults Location: Moadon in Ramot Ramah
Sunday, October 18 7:00-9:00 AM...... Breakfast and departure Location: Beit Sara Tentative ______Weekend Schedule
Friday Time Activity Location Equipment/Setup Needed 2:00-7:00 PM Guests Arriving— Around Welcome table Relax/Settle In camp/bunks and either on WHP or rooms by mini-golf (if on WHP—do you have signs directing people?) Let us know what activities can be open around camp (pool?) 4:30-6:00 PM Grab and go snack Beit Sarah? WHP? Food Wherever you prefer. 7:00-8:00 PM Kabbalat Shabbat/Maariv Synagogue Regular Synagogue Service setup, siddurim etc. 8:00-8:15 PM Transition to Dining room 8:15-9:30 PM Dinner Dining room Dinner 9:30-10:30 PM Evening Trivia Activity Beit Am Set up as stage with bench or chair “audience” seating. 10:30 On Learning/Singing Beit Sarah Circle of chairs/oneg food 10:30 On Hang Out/Board Games Beit Am Same as earlier Oneg food
Saturday (NICE OUT) Time Activity Location Equipment/Setup Needed 8:30 AM-9:30 AM Breakfast Chadar Ochel Food 9:30 AM-12:00 PM Services Synagogue Shul set up, siddurim, Torahs etc. 12:00 PM-12:15 Transition to Lunch PM 12:15 PM-1:15 PM Lunch Chadar Ochel Lunch Set Up 1:15 PM-2:00 PM Mincha Service Synaogue Shul set up 2:00 PM-2:45 PM Apache Relay Throughout camp— See the email—lots mostly along the of random pieces of “main part” of camp sports equipment. by the path, If you compile playground, fields. them, we can make Then on pool side sure they are put on the where they need to basketball/baseball be. /soccer fields. 2:45 PM-3:00PM Snack Pool side— Ices? Fruit? basketball court or lower soccer? 3:00 PM-3:30 PM Kickball Game Kickball/Softball Field set up— Field bases, kickball 3:30 PM-7:15 PM Free Time pool, tennis, hiking Pool open (maybe trial, mini-golf etc. 3:15-6:15?) Tennis Court Sports equipment out—baseball stuff, soccer balls, basketaballs, footballs? 7:15 PM-8:15 PM Dinner Dining room Food 8:15 PM-8:30 PM Maariv Service Synagogue Shul set up 8:30 PM-8:45 PM Havdalah Field Havdalah set up 9:15 PM On BBQ/Bonfire Circle by BBQ Chadar/Beit Sarah Fire
Saturday (RAIN)
Time Activity Location Equipment/Setup Needed 8:30 AM-9:30 AM Breakfast Chadar Ochel Food 9:30 AM-12:00 PM Services Synaogogue Shul set up, siddurim, Torahs etc. 12:00 PM-12:15 Transition to Lunch PM 12:15 PM-1:15 PM Lunch Dining Room Lunch Set Up 1:15 PM-2:00 PM Mincha Service Synagogue Shul set up 2:00 PM-3:30 PM Indoor Relay Race/Color Ulam or Indoor Gym Same as outdoor War Activities relay race activities 3:30 PM-3:45 PM Snack Ulam or Indoor Gym Ices? Fruit? 3:45 PM-4:15 PM Indoor Activity Ulam or Indoor Gym No set up needed 4:15 PM-7:15 PM Free Time Indoor Activities Any ideas? We will around camp— bring games and leave open stuff. Ulam/Indoor Gym for basketball; Beit Sarah, Dorms 7:15 PM-8:15 PM Dinner Dining Room Food 8:15 PM-8:30 PM Maariv Service Synagogue Shul set up 8:30 PM-8:45 PM Havdalah Ulam Havdalah set up 9:15 PM On BBQ/Bonfire Circle by BBQ Chadar/Beit Eat in Chadar Ochel Sarah/Chadar Ochel
Sunday
Time Activity Location Equipment/Setup Needed 9:00 AM- 10:00 Breakfast Dining room Food AM 10:00 AM-12:00 Free Time Around Camp Pool open from PM 10:00 AM-12:00 PM (?) Tennis Open Mini Golf 12:00 PM-1:00 Wraps Available for Dining room Wraps/Food Lunch 1:00 PM-2:30 PM Free Around Camp No set up needed Time/Showering/Changi ng 2:30 PM Departure
SCHEDULE/MENU ______AUGUST 28-29 2016 27 people 3 vegetarians 1 vegan Sunday August 28 11:00 arrival Lunch 1:30pm Pizza Tofutti pizza Tossed salad Dressing Fruit Snack 4:00 pm Chips Pretzels Ice cream Dinner 6:30pm Bar-b-que Hamburgers Hotdogs Veggie burgers Veggie hot dogs Buns Potato kugel Cole slaw Tossed salad Pickles Ketchup/mustard Fruit
Late Night Snack Bonfire 10:00pm Graham crackers Marshmallows Chocolate
Monday August 29 2016 Breakfast 8:00 am Cereal Milk Muffins Yogurt Fruit
Lunch 12:00pm Bagels Cream Cheese Butter Tuna Egg Salad Tossed Salad Fruit
3:00pm Departure
NOTES Skype session on white house porch in White House Living Room Projector & Screen provided by Camp. Laptop & mac adapter (if needed) provided by guests. Camp will help setup computer, connect to projector and internet. Front lawn will be lit up somewhat Guest will be staying in Girls Gould and New Dorm.
Tuesday, August 26 11:30am Arrival and settle into bunks 12:30 Welcome and Ice Breakers 1:30pm Lunch 2:15pm Session I 4:00pm Snack 4:30 Session II 6:30 Dinner 8:00 Session III 9:00 Evening Activity 11:00pm Laila Tov! Good night!
Wednesday 8:30am Wakeup 9:00 Breakfast 9:30am Session IV 12:00 Lunch 12:45 Session V 2:30pm Goodbye!
Dietary restrictions include:
27 no restrictions (1 allergy to carrots) 3 vegetarians 1 vegan
______Young Families Retreat Setups
Friday, April 28, 2017
-Rooms Ready by 4pm -4:00-5:30PM – Check-in at the White House Porch -2 tables, 4 chairs, snacks, water -5:15-6:15PM – Services in Synagogue -50 chairs in a semi-circle -Room in front for kids to sit on the floor -Microphones, speakers, amp 6:15-7:15PM – Dinner -Seating for 100 people with a small area in the corner for kids to play 8:30PM – Wine and dessert set up on the White House Porch
Saturday, April 29, 2017
7-9AM – Breakfast in dining hall -Sports equipment and blue playground block thing out all day -7-10AM – Bet Am and White House open -2 tables in Bet Am, 1 table in White House, play materials in White House -10-11:00AM – Services in the Synagogue -50 chairs in a semi-circle -Room in front for kids to sit on the floor -Microphones, speakers, amp 11:15AM – Kiddush set up on the White House porch -Grape juice and challah for 100 people 11:15AM – Text study on White House porch -Need chairs for 50 adults 12:00-1PM – Lunch in dining hall 1:00-4:00PM – Games and cards set up on the White House Porch 2:00PM – Need one table set up on field for AriSafari program 4:00-5:00PM – Havdalah activity set up on White House Porch 5:00-6:00PM – Show in Bet Am. Need 80 chairs facing stage and room for kids to sit on the floor. 6:00-7:00PM – Dinner -Seating for 100 people with a small area in the corner for kids to play 7:00PM – Lilah Tov activities in Bet Am and White House -Two tables set up in Bet Am 8:30 – Havdalah and s’mores materials setup by fire pit
Sunday, April 30
7-9AM – Breakfast in dining hall -7-9AM – Bet Am and White House open -2 tables in Bet Am, 1 table in White House, play materials in White House
9:00AM – Art materials set up on white house porch
10:00AM - Depart
______Young Families Retreat Schedule - DRAFT May 2017
Friday
4:00PM Family Arrival Begins: Pick up your Welcome Packet and gift, Location: White House Porch
5:15PM Welcome Circle and Tot Shabbat Location: Synagogue
6:15PM Dinner Location: Dining Hall
7:15PM Lilah Tov Activities (0-5 and K-2) Location: Beit Am
8:00PM Bedtime for Kids (Shmira/Babysitting on until 10:30PM) Location: Rooms
8:45PM Dessert, Wine, and Schmoozing for Adults Location: White House Porch
Saturday
7:30AM Gym open (adult supervision required)
7:30AM Breakfast, open until 9:00AM Location: Dining Hall
8:15AM Yoga for Kids and Parents Location: Beit Am
9:00AM Get-To-Know-You Games Location: Ulam
Nature Walk Location: Hiking Trail
10:00AM Shabbat Services Location: Synagogue
11:00AM Kiddush Location: White house porch
11:15AM Open Play, Playground, Outdoor Games Location: Gym and Fields
12:00PM Lunch Location: Dining Hall
1:00-2:00PM Rest/Free Time
2:00-4:15PM Shabbat Activities
2:00 – 4:00 Board Games and Cards Location: Beit Am
2:00-2:45 – Animal Encounter with Ari Safari (ages 2-5) Location: Migrash Theater Workshop with Mainstages (K-2nd grade and up)
2:45 – 3:30 Basketball Location: Gym
Gaga Location: Gaga Pit
Soccer Location: Soccer Field
Storytime Location: Gazeebo
3:30– 4:15 Animal Encounter with Ari Safari (K-2nd grade and up) Location: BBQ Field Theater Workshop with Mainstages (ages 3-5) Location: Beit Am
4:15-4:45 – Snack and Havdalah Preparation Activities (candles and spice bags) Location: White House multi purpose room
5:15PM Dinner Location: Dining Hall
6:00-7PM Detective Lingo and the Great Challah Cover-Up, Interactive performance with Mainstages Location: Beit Am
7:00PM Lilah Tov Activities (0-5 and K-2) Location: Beit Am
8:00-8:45 Bedtime for Kids (Shmira/Babysitting on until 10:30PM) Location: Rooms/Bunks
8:30PM Havdalah Location: Circle
8:45PM Campfire, S’mores, and Singing Location: Fire pit
Sunday
7:30AM Breakfast opens/Check out of rooms by 9:00AM Location: Dining Hall
8:30AM Shaharit, Morning Service and Family Art Activity Location: Synagogue
9:15AM Closing Circle Location: Synagogue
9:45AM Nesiyah Tovah! Have a good trip!
______Planning grid for May Conferences Time Activity Duratio n Location Materials Needed Staffing / Roles 8:00 - 8:30 Arrival Parking Lots Welcome & directions signs Welcomers : people to stand at strategic locations to direct participants (in parking lots etc.)
8:30 - 9:00 Registration & Breakfast
9:05 - 9:35 Jewish Immersive Experience & Framing
9:35 - 9:45 Transition Nyack: All staff and volunteers
9:45 - 10:45 Nature experiences
10:45 - 11:00 Transition #2 All volunteers help lead participants to keynote
11:00 - 12:10 Keynote in Synagogue
12:15 - 12:45 Lunch Outside
12:45 - 12:55 Transition Visible garbage cans for cleanup Volunteers help guide participants to afternoon workshop locations
1:00 - 2:30 Afternoon workshop
2:30 - 3:00 Closing Circle Great Lawn Call and response activity / Reflection activity ______Freshman Shabbaton – “Entering High School, Building Community and Tikkun Olam”
Friday 2:30 Dismissal & Load Truck 2:45 Trust Games Soccer Field 3:45 Snack & Surveys Cafeteria 4:30 Busses Depart 5:15 Busses Arrive at Ramah Nyack 5:30 Shabbat Prep White House Circle הכנה לשבת 6:30 Dining Hall / חדר אוכל Candle lighting / הדלקת נרות 6:40 We will need tea lights and matches. Maybe we can light candles outside in the circle? Synagogue / בית כנסת מעריב + קבלת שבת 6:45 Dining Hall / חדר אוכל Dinner and Singing / ארוחת שבת + זמירות 7:45 We will need song books and washing stations 9:00 Transition Talks with Peer Leaders (by homeroom) Various locations We have 4 groups of 23 people. We can use white house porch, beit am, ulam, beit sarah Free time around bunks White House Porch / עונג שבת 9:45 11:00 Curfew Dining Hall / חדר אוכל Staff Oneg / עונג שבת 11:30
Shabbat Wakeup / קימה 8:45am Dining Hall / חדר אוכל Breakfast / ארוחת בוקר 9:30 Synagogue / בית כנסת שחרית, קריאת התורה, מוסף 10:15 12:00 Free time/Change Dining Hall / חדר אוכל קידוש ,סעודת שבת pm 12:30 Synagogue / בית כנסת Tikkun Olam Sichot / Discussion with Rabbi Pell - תיקון עולם 1:30 We have 6 groups of about 15. We can spread out on field, porches, or inside locations 2:15 Free Time 3:30 – 4:30 Faculty vs. 9th Grade Kickball and Basketball Game/Snack Pool Side Access to the sports shed and sports equipment would be great 4:30 Sivuvim (Life Stories / Songs / Building Community) Various Locations 3 groups of about 28. Rotate b/w white house porch, beit sarah, beit am 5:45 Peer Leader Activity Synagogue / בית כנסת (optional) תפילת מנחה 6:30 Dining Hall / חדר אוכל סעודה שלישית 7:00 Synagogue / בית כנסת מעריב / הבדלה 7:50 Will need Havdalah materials. Can we do outside? 8:15 Free time around bunks/ change clothes Upper Gym / אולם !The Task Game with Mr. Bassin 9:00 Will need 7 bats, 7 tennis balls, 7 pieces of paper/markers, 7 basketballs, 80 plastic spoons Will need sound system with speakers, mic, Ipod connectivity 10:00 Campfire / Kumsitz with Campfire Food White House Circle 10:45 Clean up bunks/Pack 11:30 Lights Out
Sunday Clean Rooms / Inspection, Luggage Out of Rooms ,קימה am 8:00 Synagogue / בית כנסת תפילה 8:45 Dining Hall / חדר אכל Breakfast 9:30 10:30 Buses Depart
Experiential Retreat – Fall 2017 Camp Ramah in Nyack
Wednesday
TIME ACTIVITY FACILITATOR LOCATION/ RAIN NOTES on CONTENT
12:00 noon -12:45 Lunch JTS 1:15 pm Shalom! Bus departs JTS - On Cheryl/Hannah G Community Building the Bus – MIXER 2:00 pm Arrive at Nyack, unpack, find Mikey See how space is used rooms/ Tour educationally 2:45 pm Bruchim haba'im & Opening Shira/Jessica J Kikar/Porch Ice Breaker Mincha Service (25 mins) Jonathan
3:30 p.m. Intro to EJE Jeff/Cheryl EXP as Philosophy of the program 4:30 p.m. Space & Environment Meredith/Mark/Jeff All over camp (Walk-About) Amazing Race
NOTES TIME ACTIVITY FACILITATOR LOCATION/ RAIN
5:15 p.m. De-brief Amazing Race Mark/Jeff/Meredith Reflective practice 6:00 p.m. Free time 6:30 p.m. Dinner Amanda P Dining hall
7:20 Mixer/Energizer Bekkah G 7:30 p.m. Drama and Jewish Education Shira/Meredith Constructivism/ Meaning Making 8:45 p.m. Ma’ariv Service Jonathan/????? 9:30 p.m. Camp Fire and Talent Show Mark/ –M.C. ????? Circle near Hadar Ochel/ Will do Talent show inside S’mores but where? 10:45 p.m. Hofesh/ Lilah Tov! Please get your sleep!
Thursday
TIME ACTIVITY: FACILITATOR LOCATION/ RAIN NOTES on CONTENT 7:00 Morning Jog (optional) Mark 8:00 Boker Tov! 8:25 Bring your bags ??? 8:30 Energizer and Shacharit Yanira Q/Jonathan & Bet Knesset Sarah T
9:30 Aruchat Boker Kelly K Hadar Ochel 10:00 – 11:00 Text study Barry 11:00 – 11:15 Bridge between text and Sarah T midrash 11:15 Handmade Midrash Cheryl and Sarah Tauber 12:30 Lunch Elana G Hadar Ochel 1:15 – 2:00 Vision for the school year Bill Mention co-curricular elements and L&L
2:15 – 3:00 Reflection and Closing ritual Abby Porch 3:15 Snack/ board bus Hannah G
May 4 - May 6 STAFF SCHEDULE Ayala, Michelle, David, Itamar and Mai
Friday, May 4 Location
4:30pm Bus leaves for Ramah Nyack NYC
6:00pm Arrive, settle into bunks, change for Shabbat Bunks
6:30pm Welcome, Candle lighting and Kabbalat Shabbat Whitehouse porch/Dining Hall
7:15pm Dinner Dining Hall
8:15pm Ice breakers and get to know you games Dining Hall
8:30pm Bill Gord storytelling Beit Am
9:15pm Oneg, snack,games, and hang out Dining Hall
10:15pm Back to the bunks Bunks
10:45pm Lights out, laila tov – good night Bunks
*Ice Breakers before Kabbalat Shabbat, if time
Saturday, May 5
8:45am Kimah – wake up! Bunks
9:15am Breakfast Dining Hall
9:45am Mischakei Boker Field
10:00am Kulaunu– Shabbat Morning Service Whitehouse porch
11:00am Kiddush Whitehouse porch (Dining Hall)
11:30am Kulanu – Torah Service Synagogue
12:00pm Lunch Dining Hall
1:00pm Menucha - Free Time
2:30pm Shinshinim Activity Field
3:30pm Workshop with Mainstages Beit Am
4:15pm Menucha – free time/snacks available
Basketball, gaga, games, kickball, etc Snack on White House porch
5:15pm Program: Putting Meaning on our Guest List Whitehouse porch (Beit Am)
6:30pm Seudah Shlishit – Dinner Dining Hall
7:30pm “Jewish Journey” Dining Hall or White House Porch
8:30pm Havdallah
8:45pm S’mores and Campfire Fire Pit
9:30pm Evening activity Beit Am
Rosh Hodesh / Brotherhood sample programs
10:45pm Lights out, laila tov – good night! Bunks
Sunday, May 6
8:00am Kimah - wake up! And pack Bunks
8:30am Breakfast Dining Hall
9:00am Program: Tefillin and Yad Making Whitehouse porch (Beit Am)
9:45am Closing Circle
10:15am Board the bus, nesiyah tovah – travel safe!
11:15am Return to NYC NYC
Kolot ______May 11-13, 2018 Camp Ramah Nyack
Friday, May 11
When: What: Where: Setup: Who:
1:00 PM School Arrival Location Beach Photo Booth Inflatables, Beach 3 Tables Printout Attendance List (Sunglasses, Hawaiian Shirts, Inflatables)
2:00 PM Opening Ceremony Beit Am Stage, Microphones,
2:45-3:35 PM Choir Swap (4 Beit Am (Golda 4 Keyboards Led by Choir
Spaces) Och) (1 keyboard per Directors White House (SSW) room) Beit Knesset (JDS) Chader Ochel (Heschel)
3:00 PM Musical Educator White House Porch Beach Photo Booth Aaron and Ben Registration 3 Tables
3:35-3:45 PM Break
3:45-4:35 PM Workshop #1 (6 Beit Am Keyboards stay in Mike spaces) Ulam locations Ilan White House Can Aaron and Mordy Beit Knesset Andrew go around Jamie Chader Ochel and make videos? April Gazebo (Rain Loc.: Spike TBD)
4:35-4:45 PM Break 4:45-5:35 PM Workshop #2 Beit Am Keyboards? Mike Ulam Ilan White House Mordy Beit Knesset Jamie Chadar Ochel April Gazebo (Rain Loc.: Spike TBD)
5:35-7:00 PM Free Time, Prep for Shabbat
7:00 PM Meet for Candle Beit Knesset Candlelighting: Lighting Chadar Kabbalat Shabbat & Maariv: Trichitzah Setup (# of chairs)
7:15 PM Candle Lighting/ Benchers Candle Lighting in Kabbalat Shabbat & Chadar Ochel Maariv Service Kabbalat (Candle Lighting Shabbat/Maariv in 7:44 PM) Beit Knesset Led by Mordy and Spike
8:00 PM Dinner and Zmirot Chadar Ochel Long tables, Creative Seating
9:15 PM Free Time
9:45 PM Staff Meeting & Motel Oneg
10:15 PM Individual Choir Beit Am TIme Ulam (5 Spaces) White House Beit Knesset Tea Room
11:30 PM Laila Tov! In Rooms
Saturday, May 12
When: What: Where: Setup: Who:
9:00 am Wake-up
9:30 am Breakfast Chadar Ochel Table Setup?
10:00 AM Shacharit/Torah Beit Knesset Beit Knesset: Service White House Porch Egalitarian (Setup?) (2 Options) (Rain Loc. Tea White House Porch: Room) Traditional Minyan (Mechitzah Setup)
11:45 AM Parsha Play/Musaf Beit Knesset ALL
12:30 PM Lunch Chadar Ochel Creative Seating
1:30 PM Change/Free Time Basketball Court Basketball Court: White House Porch Sports Equipment Tea Room Tea Room: Snacks, Board Games, Tables & Chairs
3:30 PM Group Song Bass-Aaron
(Divided by Voice Beit Am Basses Dunn/Josh Part) Ulam Tenors Tenor-Ed/Spike White House Altos Alto-Mike Beit Knesset Sopranos Boxer/Lisa Jacobs Tea Room Mezzos Mezzo-
Mordy/Jamie Soprano-
Adena/April Peters
/Lisa Kasdan
4:30 PM “Spontaneous Sing Beit Knesset ? Off”
5:30 PM Text Study (5 Beit Am 1. Ilan groups) Ulam 2. Chana White House 3. Rebecca & *groups in bible Beit Knesset April Chadar Ochel 4. Ben 5. Ruth
6:15 PM Mincha Service: Beit Knesset Beit Knesset - Traditional- Traditional (Traditional) Mechitza, Chairs Ilan/Mordy Egalitarian White House Porch White House Porch Egalitarian-Ben Meditation (Egal. Rain Loc. Tea (Egal. Rain Loc. Tea Meditation-Jamie Pop N’ Prayer Room) Room)- Chairs Pop N’ Prayer-Spike (Meditationr- Ulam) Theater Style? Gazebo (Pop N’ Meditation-- Need ● Need to Prayer Rain Loc. Sheets pack Hope) Gazebo (Pop N’ sheets for Prayer Rain Loc. mediation Hope)
7:00 PM Seudah Chadar Ochel Shlishit/Zmirot
7:45 PM Free Time & Beit Am Golda Och Competition Prep White House SSW Beit Knesset JDS Chadar Ochel Heschel Hope GANN
8:15 PM Maariv Service Beit Knesset Trichitzah Theatre Style Seating 8:50 Havdalah Outside (Rain Loc. Candle, Grape Juice BK)
9:00 PM Change for Beit Am Stages Setup Competition Choir Ulam Mics Warm-Ups White House Lighting Beit Knesset Tea room
9:10 PM Sound Checks: ● Staff will ** Rebecca-Can you 1. GOA rehearse in be the stage (9:10) Jamie’s manager for sound 2. JDS (9:20) room checks and keep 3. Gann (9:30) during them moving on 4. Schechter sound time?? (9:40) check 5. Heschel (9:50)
9:45 PM Competition: Beit Am? Beit Am? Need table and 1. JDS Stages Setup chairs for judges 2. SSW Mics 3. Gann Lighting? 4. Heschel 5. GOA
11:15 PM Celebration & Outdoor Firepit Firepit Setup Bonfire
12:00 AM Packing & Laila Tov!
May 13
When: What: Where: Setup: Who:
7:00 AM Wake Up ? 7:30 AM Shacharit Service Beit Knesset Beit Knesset: White House Porch Egalitarian, Chairs Setup White House Porch: Traditional Setup with Mechitzah
8:00 AM Breakfast & Learn Beit Am-Craig Note-they will have Gazebo- David breakfast and then (Rain Loc. Tea split into their Room) groups White House Porch/White House-Ami Bonfire Area- Jordan (Rain Loc. Hope)
9:15 AM Celebration & Beit Am Group Photo Closing + Group Trophy Song Social Media Award (Outdoors + Props)
10:00 AM Departure SEE YOU NEXT YEAR!
Text Study Teachers:
Ian
Chana
Ben
Ruth
* 4 more ______Bar Mitzvah Camp Ramah in Nyack May ___ 2018 9am- 2pm Sunday 5/27 : Jon and Jonna drop off the following items at camp: ● plants/decorations/supplies ● Siddurim prayer books ● Tallitot ● Programs ● Kippot - in basket ● sign in board and easel ● table decorations - centerpieces ● signs to hang for bathrooms, changing rooms ● Balloons ● photo display ● Swag bags ● Art supplies ● Candy bags to throw after services ● Box for gifts Mikey: we need to check on: music/audio set up (ie ADAPTORS) and confirm sports and any other equipment, benchers Monday 5/28 8am Family comes early for photos with Lauren 9am Guests arriving - Dina and Elisha greet and orient guests Parking in gould and directed to Synagogue Set up: Joe: Breakfast buffet outside Synagogue as per Joe Mikey: Additional table set up outside Synagogue with kippot and sign in board/easel **Note: please move sign in board/easel to the Dining room entrance once services begin Mikey: Microphone set up 9:30am Services, speeches 10:45/11am Simcha dancing - few songs on lawn before coming up to reception Mikey : we want to play a few camp songs from the speaker right as people are leaving the synagogue 11am Guests head to BBQ - set up as per Joe in Dining room and White House Porch Camp counselors arrive around this time - all should be wearing Ramah tshirts Music playing on Dining room speaker Need microphone for toasts 12pm Kids should be directed to change in 2 rooms identified for boys and girls - leave dress clothes in those rooms, pick up at end of event 12-2pm Open activities for kids Bankshot or basketball tournament Field sports: football, frisbee Art center: Mikey - need table set up for this (TBD) Playground Rain plan: Ulam (upstairs from dining room) - basketball tournament, music playing 1pm Dessert served on WHP, benching - Mikey need camp benchers 1:25-2pm Capture the flag Counselors help to organize teams, identify boundaries, etc. Distribute Orange and grey bandanas 2pm Departure Mikey: Swag table set up with labeled giveaways in sensible location
June 8, 2018 MENU Contact: Michael Edelstein Tel (845)721-7572, Email: [email protected]
For 53 Adults + VEG
NO NUTS
Friday Dinner
Sliced Pickles and ColeSlaw
Gefilte Fish Served with House Made Horse Radish
Chicken Matzah Ball Soup with Noodles Vegetarian/vegan soup option
Mixed Green Salad Mixed Mesclun Green, Cherry Tomatoes, Cucumber, Red Peppers, Shredded Carrot, Red Onion, Fresh Corn, Honey Balsamic Vinaigrette dressng on side
Herb Roasted Potato Wedges
Peach Kugel
Grilled BBQ Chicken Grilled Boneless White Meat Chicken Cutlets with BBQ Glaze (Some Served plain)
Kentucky Style Fried Chicken
Garlic Green Beans Haricot Verde Green Beans with Toasted Garlic and Fresh Lime Zest
Vegetarian,Vegan & Gluten Free Options (Client requests grilled portobello mushrooms in addition to stuffed pepper)
Saturday Lunch
Potato Salad & Coleslaw
Egg Barley with Sauteed Wild Mushroom
Quinoa with grilled vegetables
Caesar Salad Romaine Lettuce, Garlic Croutons (on side) , Cherry Tomatoes, Creamy Caesar Dressing
Assorted Deli Meats (Including house made Corned Beef) Oven Roasted Turkey Breast, Salami, Bologna
Potato Kugel
Beef Chulent
Vegetarian Cholent- 1 pan
2018 ____ Family Shabbat Contact: ______
Friday, June 8 When do we need this Block/Activity What set up do we need from Camp? What supplies do we need from JCP? configuration? Where Staffing (1) 6-foot table, 2 folding chairs, snack, mini shampoo, soap, conditioner if Welcome to the 2018 Family Shabbat Getaway At table: Hannah Mira & Erin available to give to participants as they Sign, Welcome bags (18) (containing camp map, In parking lot greeting arrive, parking lots near dorm cleared for schedule, flashlight, purell, shampoo and soap, families and directing them families to park there, soccer balls, gaga water bottles, more), Check in list with room Porch of Ramot to check in table on Check in balls, kickball, frisbee available assignments (2), Name tags (51), Waivers (51), 2:30pm-5:45pm Ramah Dorm porch: Scott Tables for 40 people in Chadar Ochel with plastic table cloths, 36 pre-made Challah dough portions ready to braid, Challah braiding flour, baking sheets and oven pre-heated Orange table cloths? 5:30-6:15pm Chadar Ochel Deena? Yoshie? Front of the Room: Yoshie, Deena, Erin? Support/Double check dinner set up: Hannah Mira, Scott Greet and sing niggun in Chadar Ochel as people 6:15pm - 7:30pm (keep enter from service: Hannah set up for Saturday Mira 50 chairs in half circle, 2 chairs at the morning service the next Announcements: Hannah Friday Evening Service front, 2 music stands Red Siddurim (50), 2 small hand drums from JCP? day) Beit Knesset Mira Tables and seating in Chadar Ochel for 50 people; tables set up in a "U" configuration; 1 table off to the side in case people need to out coats/bags on it, Camp Ramah Kitchen and Dinner and Singing etc. Laminated benchers (25) 7:30pm-8:30pm Chadar Ochel Facilities Staff One (1) 6-foot table for beverages, 1 pack plastic wine cups, 1 pack regular 8:45pm - smallish plastic cups, 1 pack napkins, Kosher Wine (2 bottles), Sparkling water (3 10:00pm (program going White House Oneg for Parents couches on porch bottles) until about 9:30) Porch Erin 8:45pm - 25 chairs in Beit Am, special desert - ice 10:00pm (program going Youth Program cream sandwiches available? until about 9:30) Beit Am Hannah Mira
Saturday, June 9 When do we need this Block/Activity What set up do we need from Camp? What supplies do we need from JCP? configuration? Where Staffing Camp Ramah Kitchen and Tables and seating in Chadar Ochel for Facilities Staff 50 people; tables separated into rows Announcements: Hannah Breakfast Buffet and columns like normal Laminated benchers (25) 8:00 am - 10:00 am Chadar Ochel Mira Front of the Room: Yoshie, Deena, Erin? Saturday Morning 50 chairs in half circle, 2 chairs at the Support/Double check lunch Service front, 2 music stands Red Siddurim (50), 2 small hand drums from JCP? 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Beit Knesset set up: Hannah Mira, Scott Camp Ramah Kitchen and Facilities Staff, Tables and seating in Chadar Ochel for Announcements: Hannah Lunch 50 people Laminated benchers (25) 12:00pm - 1:15 pm Chadar Ochel Mira Omanut: Friendship bracelet string, lanyard, scissors, wooden boxes? Sport: White House Rosh Omanut: Frisbee, soccer ball, kickball, gaga ball Porch, Gaga pits, Rosh Sport: Sports equipment out, balls pumped up Hike: Sports Fields, Rosh Hike: Hannah Mira Free Time and ready to use Anything for leaving behind/taking with ritual 1:15 pm - 3:00 pm Hiking Trail based on ability. If not, Erin? Announcement of Snack: Hannah Mira and Erin Announcement of Mandatory Fun Snack set up on one (1) 6-foot table on Time: Hannah Mira & Erin White House Porch, Low ropes course White House Youth Program: Hannah Mira Snack and Mandatory ready to use, 25 chairs set up in circle in Porch, Low Ropes + Yoshie Fun Time Beit Am 3:00 pm - 5:30pm course, Beit Am Adult Program: Erin & Deena Camp Ramah Kitchen and Facilities Staff, Tables and seating in Chadar Ochel for Announcements: Hannah Dinner 50 people laminated benchers 6:30 pm - 7:15 pm Chadar Ochel Mira seating- 50 chairs or benches for 50 Evening program people in Beit Am 7:00pm - 8:30pm Beit Am Erin, Hannah Mira Havdallah ritual materials (braided candle with foil at the base, matches, Yoshie, Deena, Erin, Hannah Havdallah spice box, kiddush cup) grape juice/wine, extra matches 8:30:00 PM - 8:45pm Black Top Mira Ramah staff to do bonfire, Campfire materials & Camp Ramah Yoshie leading singing, Nyack staff person to make and Hannah Mira and Scott Campfire, S'mores, supervise bonfire, s'mores materials: prepping smores with help of Singing kosher marshmallows without fish 8:40pm - 10:00pm Campfire kids gelatin if available, graham crackers, chocolate, marshmallow skewers 25 chairs in Beit Am, DVD screening in Beit Am - is it possible to play DVDs Youth program here? If not, where can we watch a DVD? 10:15 onwards Beit Am
Sunday, June 10 When do we need this Block/Activity What set up do we need from Camp? What supplies do we need from JCP? configuration? Where Staffing Camp Ramah Kitchen and Facilities Staff Tables and seating in Chadar Ochel for Announcements: Hannah Breakfast Buffet 50 people Laminated benchers (25) 8:00 am - 10:00 am Chadar Ochel Mira
Closing 50 chairs set up in Beit Knesset 10:00 am - 10:30 am Beit Knesset Hannah Mira, Erin Porch of Ramah Departure/Check out none 10:30-11:00am Ramot dorm
Manhattan Educators Day of Learning Schedule Faculty Orientation
Time Program Location Notes
10:00 AM Depart City NYC Barry and Mike/Ayala will head to Nyack early -Hand out name tags on bus
11:00 AM Arrive, snacks, bio break
11:15 AM Welcome and Mixer Main BJ responsible Lawn
11:25-12:05 Betsy Stone - Keynote Synagogu Mike is finding out e what she needs re uset up
12:10-12:30 Ice Breakers / Back Pocket Games Fields TI will bring 2 ice breakers, BJ will bring 3 - BJ responsible
12:30-1:00 Lunch Dining Any allergies? Hall
1:00-1:45 Breakout Sessions - -Gen X Parents (Betsy) -BK Synagogu -Inclusion 101 (Tobie) -Chadar e -From Balagan to Bliss - Tools for -Dining Successful Behavior Management Hall (Ayala) -Gazebo -Gazebo -Routine/ Community in Classroom (Mike -White / Melissa) - WHP house -21st Century Education (Barry)-BA Porch -Beit Am
1:45-2:00 Break Set up snacks on the White House Porch
2:00-3:50 Synagogue breakout time Synagogu e Gazebo, GaGa pit
3:55-4:05 Closing Field TI Responsible
4:10 Bus Pulls Out 2 Stops, 1 West Side, 1 on the East Side
______Teen Leader Orientation Sunday, August 26, 2018
10:30am Meet at ______National Office
10:45am Depart to Nyack
11:30am Arrive and settle into bunks
12:00pm Ice Breakers with Jonah and Aviga’yil Outside Bunks and Self Portrait
12:30pm Welcome – Go through training packet Benches in Center Field
1:15pm Lunch + Skype with Israelis Dining Hall
2:15pm ACTIVITY #1 – Teen Leadership at its Core Dining Hall
3:15pm ACTIVITY #2 – Reflections (Vets) Chairs Outside Office (Vets) Ice Breaker Bootcamp (Newbies) Benches in Center Field (New)
4:15pm Snack Dining Hall
4:30pm ACTIVITY #3 – Speed Dating Fields (Grab Chairs)
5:30pm ACTIVITY #4 – ETR Social Hall, and Lunch Room
6:30pm Dinner Dining Hall
8:00pm ACTIVITY #5 – HaZaMad Libs Social Hall
9:00pm NIGHT ACTIVITY – Step Into the Circle Fire Pit & BONFIRE
11:00pm Bedtime
______Teen Leader Orientation Monday, August 27, 2018
8:00am Wakeup & Breakfast + Pack Dining Hall
9:00am Photoshoot Main Office
9:25am HaZaGiveback Brainstorm
10:00am ACTIVITY #6 – Stand With Us + Letters From Home Social Hall
11:00 ACTIVITY #7 – What’s in the Box? Benches in Center Field
12:00pm Lunch
1:00pm ACTIVITY #8 – TL’s Next Top Model Social Hall
2:00pm ACTIVITY #9 – Elevator Pitch – Video Project Fields
2:30pm Closing Conversation Benches in Center Field
3:15pm Board buses
4:00pm Drop off at ______National Office
4:45pm Drop off at Lagaurdia
We are so excited to get to know you. Please come to us if you ever need anything. #EveryVoice
-Dov and Emma
______Freshman Day 5779 8:00 Prayers 9:00 Breakfast 9:15 Board buses 9:25 Depart 10:25 Arrive at Ramah Nyack 3 tables outside dining room for snacks 10:40 Group Activity (BBQ field) 11:00-11:25 Activity #1 ● White House Porch: ○ Need seating for 75 with tables and benches. ● Beit Am: ○ Screen , projector, speakers, chord to plug in a macbook air ○ Benches facing the screen, enough for 75 ○ 6 tables set up in the back with a table cloth on them.
● Dodgeball in Ulam: ○ Need 6 dodgeballs
11:30-11:55 Activity #2 12:00-12:25 Activity #3 12:30 - Lunch / Admin Welcome ● If it rains, we will use the dining room (set up for 200 if in the chadar) 1:10 Mincha Service (Synagogue) ● Need 90 chairs on each side 1:25 Learning (BBQ field) 1:45 Free Time (sporting equipment, w/ board games, hula hoops, guitar with shua etc.) on BBQ field 2:10 Group Photo 2:15 Change for bounce (Bunks Tzion for boys and Hope for girls) 2:30 Depart to Bounce 2:45 Bounce & Student learning before/after directions 3:55 Board buses 4:05 Depart
Activity 1 Activity 2 Activity 3 11:00-11:25 11:30- 11:55 12:00- 12:25
Group A Coat of Arms Good deeds Dodgeball/ Gaga
Group B Good deeds Dodgeball/ Gaga Coat of Arms
Group C Dodgeball/Gaga Coat of Arms Good deeds
Activity Personnel Sunny Location Rain Location
Dodgeball Josh & Dovi Ulam gym
Coat of Arms Beit Sarah Winter dining room Tobie & David W.
Good deeds Yoram Beit Am Social hall Activity
Manhattan educators day of learning September 16, 2018 -MENU
11:00 am arrival table outside Beit Knesset
Crumb cake Rockland bakery Assorted rugelach Water jugs
12:30-100 Lunch chadar
Assorted wraps in house Tuna Egg salad Grilled vegetables wilson to grill
Ceasar salad
Fruit bowls
Drinks Coffee Tea
1:45 snack whitehouse porch
Terra chips, potato chips, pretzels Leftover grapes strawberries etc… Water jugs
4:10 departure
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