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Event Listings for Thursday August 1, 2024
Day Head: Sandy Sussman
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LATE MORNING DAVENING 9:05-10:05am
Tefilah b’Tevah – Prayer in Nature with Laura Bellows Location: Meet in main lobby
Shacharit is filled with references to the natural world and opportunities to awaken our senses and reconnect with wonder. Take your davening to the source, as we venture into the woods and fields for a gentle, guided tefilah stroll, including solo time for Amida. Meet outside the main building entrance.
THURSDAY MORNING WORKSHOPS 9:05-10:05am
Somatics with Sarah Beller Location: field behind tent
Making Learning Fun and Accessible Through Games and Food with Heather Kanner Location: Vineyard
Meditative Art with Sue Gulack Location: Citron
Meditative art focuses on process, not product. We will play with the process of Neurographic art.
מוכנות Modern Jewish Prepping – Curriculum Design-Share with Owen Gottleib Location: Willow
Swap sources and design ideas for optimizing curriculum for contemporary preparedness, particularly as Jewish Americans today — from self-defense and security to community cohesion; from first aid and medical care to water and food security, from communications to mobility.
Can I Have Some Yaidaidais? Introducing and testing new melodies for leading davening with Simcha Miller Location: Tent far side
Tips and tricks. Matching syllables, Piyyut melody buddies (e.g. Yedid Nefesh = Lecha Dodi), and more. Bring a nign to workshop if you like!
THURSDAY AFTERNOON WORKSHOPS 3:15-4:15pm
Cultivating Sh’khinah, Divine Presence: Adon Olam with T’mimah Ickovits Location: Deck
Enter holy play and learn about Divine Presence in Jewish thought from this evocative Spiritual Poem (Piyyut), reading the text in Hebrew and offering translations to cultivate and experience the layered holographic messages within it. Let the words wash over you, select a word or verse from the text that resonates with you, and then dive in more deeply with translation, meditation, or even set the words to music.
Intergenerational text study workshop on what responsibilities parents have for children. with Marisa Harford Location: Citron
We’ll examine texts from the Talmud and codes of Jewish law on parental responsibilities and discuss how they line up with our expectations and experiences today. This session is designed for intergenerational conversation – for tweens, teens, and adults (whether they are parents or grandparents or not)– anyone who can read and discuss questions with a chevruta (study partner) is welcome. Texts will be provided.
How Can the Next National Survey Measure the Paradigm Shift in Jewish American Culture? with Rich Heiberger Location: Vineyard
Jin shin jitsu with Andrew Kedem Location: field behind tent
When Do and Don’t We Pray for Rain? with Nancy Wygant Location: Willow
About the seasonality of when we do and don’t pray for rain, how we’ve thought about that in diaspora over the years. Before we arrived in Canaan we were told that the land would teach us about our dependence on Hashem – so we’ll close with the question of what this land might have to teach us about our relationship with Hashem
THURSDAY AFTERNOON PROGRAM 4:30-5:45pm
Shuk Location: Tent (Jubilee in case of inclement weather)
Shop the market for handmade wares, books, and other products from our skilled participants!
Sign up as a Vendor by 12:00noon Wednesday so we can save a table for you! https://bit.ly/3A94TRY
Yoga with Diane Klein Location: Field behind the tent
Games on Deck self-organized Location: Deck
THURSDAY EVENING PROGRAM 7:30-9:00pm
Talent Show hosted by Spencer Garfield Location: Tent (Jubilee in case of inclement weather)
It’s time to play the music, It’s time to light the lights! It’s time to entertain us, at the Talent Show tonight!
Can you tell a joke, sing a song, play an instrument, do a magic trick, …juggle? Sign up in advance in the Lobby!
THURSDAY LATE NIGHT PROGRAMS 9:30-11:00pm
Folk Sing self-organized Location: Tent (Jubilee)
Bring a copy of Rise Up Singing/Rise Again and be prepared to sing together; this program begins when the Talent Show ends.
American Judaism and Whiteness: a Question and Conversation Michael Kengama. Location: Moon Lounge
Gaming Lounge self-organized Location: Air Lounge
Olympic Watch Party self-organized Location: Water Lounge
BYO device so you can stream from NBC’s Primetime Olympics coverage.