Special Trips

Grade 8 & 9 Retreat

Each year, our 8^th & 9^th grade students have the opportunity to take part in a great and special weekend away.  This year, on March 16-18, 2012, we will head to Camp Eisner for a unique Shabbat experience.  We gather together as a community to celebrate Shabbat through creative worship, for special programs and for our meals.  There will also be plenty of free time for socializing and building new relationships.  Our retreat has always been a hit, and we look forward to having many students join our educator and clergy this year.

Click here for retreat paperwork.
Click here for retreat info page.

L’Taken Trip for Grades 10 & 11

Ever other year, we offer a special trip for our 10^th & 11^th grade students in Washington DC with Rabbi Z and Shari Isserles. We join the Reform movement’s Religious Action Center L’Taken Seminar.  This exciting weekend will enable students to hear from experts both inside and outside of the Jewish community on social justice and political action.  We will tour the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, participate in havdalah services at one of the memorials and sample the vibrancy of Georgetown and other exciting areas of Washington DC.  After learning about our political system and issues which impact the Jewish community, our trip culminates with the students’ opportunity to lobby on Capitol Hill on Monday.

This trip will be offered during the 2012-2013 school year.

Click here for L'Taken paperwork.
Click here for Sample Schedule.

Civil Rights Trip for Grades 10 & 1

On alternate years, we offer an incredible weekend experience for our 10^th, 11^th and 12^th grade students visiting the South for a Civil Rights Experience with Rabbi Z and Shari Isserles. Students will learn about the struggles of African Americans to gain equality in the 1950s & 60s as well as discover how Jews were involved in Civil Rights struggle. We will also delve into the creation of rock and roll and how this helped break down the walls of segregation. The students will walk away understanding why Jews, as a people who have known oppression, must care and act when others are oppressed.

This trip will run from March 29 - April 1, 2012 this year.

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Tikkun Olam Trip - for Grades 9-12

Each year, our high school students are offered the fantastic chance to spend their February vacation working to repair our world.  This trip is run in partnership withe Temple Sinai of Roslyn and the Sid Jacobson JCC. 

If you are interested in more information about this trip please contact Lindsay Ganci.