Do something completely different this Thanksgiving break. Learn, laugh, create, dance, drum, and meet Jewish high school girls from all over the country.
The Jewish Un-Camp is an open-minded learning program where teen girls, 15-18, can explore their Judaism, expand their minds and connect with other cool Jewish teens. Running Friday to Sunday, Nov. 26-28, 2010, at the Rosenhaus Family Estate, the weekend features discussions with acclaimed educator Rabbi Manis Friedman, and activities that include zoomba dance exercise, a hypnosis show, art workshop and hike led by a group of phenomenal counselors.
Use the tabs above to find out about travel, location and rates; and check out our pics and first-hand impressions from past weekends. Sign-up is easy, do it right here.
Take a minute to watch this video now and you’ll see what’s up for discussion.
To find out more about our upcoming programs, email
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The Rosenhaus Family of Morristown, NJ, is generously hosting this program and it is their beautiful home on a farm property, complete with chicken and geese and an organic garden, where we’ll be staying. Make sure to bring a pillow, blanket, sheets and a towel; toiletries; nice clothes for Shabbat and exercise clothes; a camera; a smock or old shirt; and some spending money for shopping.
We’ll need your complete travel information so we can pick you up from the airport, bus or train station. If you're getting a ride in, coming by train, or coming by bus, plan your arrival for noon on Friday and your departure for 8:30 PM on Sunday. If you’re flying, your arrival time into Newark Airport can be as early as 10 AM; try to make your departure from Newark as late as possible on Sunday night.
If you’re getting a ride in, use this address on
www.mapquest.com for driving directions:
Vallevue/Rosenhaus Family Estate
33 Picatinny Road
Morristown, NJ 07960
COST
- Application Fee: $50 (must be paid when your online application is submitted)
- Program Fee: $180 per person. Ask about group rates for 4 or more girls who sign up together.
SCHOLARSHIP DEADLINE
If you’re applying for a scholarship, submit your Scholarship Application by October 19, 2010. Check your eligibility here.
More questions? Still not sure if this is for you? Parents need more info? Can’t come without scholarship help, a deferred payment plan or financial assistance?
Contact us at 718.604.0088 or email us
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and we’ll do everything we can to make it work for you.
Dear Parents,
In just a few short years your daughter will be making the biggest decisions of her life: which man she’ll marry, how she’ll raise her family and what her life’s work will be. With so much competing for her attention – peer culture, the internet, music, movies, advertising – you have to wonder how she’s going to sort it all out.
Enter the Jewish Un-Camp, a project of
Bais Chana Women International. We’ve been running retreats for Jewish adolescent girls since 1991, welcoming thousands of girls from the most diverse backgrounds imaginable and from all over the world whose parents were looking for exactly the same thing you want for your daughter: clarity and some sound guidance.
The Jewish Un-Camp is a non-judgmental, inclusive environment where your daughter will meet mentors and big sisters, best friends, and wise, caring teachers. She’ll ask her most important questions about life and get answers she can count on, grounded in Judaism’s most profound teachings. (Watch
this video to see what the girls ask.) But what’s really incredible is that she’ll refer back to what she learns with us, and to the people she learned from and with, throughout her teen years and well into her twenties and thirties.
Please feel free to call me at 718.604.0088 or
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to see if Bais Chana’s Jewish Un-Camp is a fit for your daughter. Having spent over 18 years with young women like your daughter we’ve developed an unmatched expertise in the spiritual and moral development of Jewish adolescent girls, and we’re here to share it.
Finally, take a minute to look at our
photo albums and
videos, and read girls’
impressions. We’re serious about our objective but give the girls a fantastic time when they’re with us!
Looking forward to meeting your daughter this year,
Hinda Leah Sharfstein
Bais Chana Women Int’l
PS Has your daughter has graduated from high school? If she’s enrolled in college or university, check out
Snorkel and Study, our week-long session for college women.
PPS Wish you were 16 again so you could come to the Un-Camp? You’re in good company – almost every woman I speak to tells me she wishes she had had the experience. Try any of Bais Chana’s retreats for women or couples. Visit
www.baischana.org for more info or
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and I’ll tell you all about it.
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