What’s Happening Elsewhere:
Ta’am Yisrael – A Taste of Israel
8th Grade Israel Experience!
Register now for CFJE’s Ta’am Yisrael 2013!
Spend the week of Jan. 28 – Feb. 5, 2013, in
the land of Israel!
Ta’am Yisrael: A Taste of Israel, CFJE’s 8th grade Israel Experience,
aims to give participants a meaningful, intense, emotional and focused
taste of their heritage through a weeklong, “hands-on” experience in Israel.
Ta’am Yisrael was developed in order to respond to the needs of
post-Bar/Bat Mitzvah students, who constitute an especially at-risk group
for discontinuing their Jewish education. Traditionally, the Bar/Bat Mitzvah
year has marked the entrance into the Jewish community as an adult.
However, following the excitement of the Bar/Bat Mitzvah year, a majority
of students do not return for additional Jewish education.
Register early, by July 16, and save $100!
For more information, visit: http://www.cfje.org/Taam_Yisrael.
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Summer Camp on the Farm
Pushing the Envelope Farm, located in Geneva, is excited to announce
the opening of our summer camp season on July 9!
Pushing the Envelope Farm is a community farm and Jewish cultural learning center serving Fox Valley residents under the direction of Elan Margulies, an environmental educator and graduate of Cornell University.
This camp program is open to everyone and will focus on nature.
The week long camp will be offered July 9-13, 2012. Campers aged 5 to 10 are welcome.
Camp will be held Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 12 noon. There will be a variety of outdoor activities, including planting, tending to the crops and caring for the farm animals. Indoor activities are planned during foul weather.
Camp fees are $95 for one week and $90 for each additional sibling.
For further information and to register, please contact Pushing the Envelope Farm at 630.578.3313 or genevafarm@gmail.com.
You may visit the website at www.pushingtheenvelopefarm.org
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Tzedakah Charity Gardening
When: 5-7pm Wednesday Evenings
Where: Pushing the Envelope Farm, 1700 Averill Road, Geneva
What: Come and help out at Pushing the Envelope Farm’s Tzedakah Charity Garden. Volunteers help us plant, maintain, and harvest food for the Northern Illinois Foodbank. Drop ins welcome, or call 607.654.8244 for more details.
About Us: Pushing the Envelope Farm is a Jewish educational and community farm. The farm grows and sells organic produce and has milking goats, laying chickens, and honey bees.
