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include tennis courts, sports fields, fully lit basketball courts, a challenge course, zip
tour, an outdoor amphitheatre, and heated cabins. There is also a private campsite along
the banks of the Deschutes River.
At Camp Solomon Schechter, the values of integrity, derech eretz (respect) and tikkun
olam (repairing the world) are emphasized. It is done through sports, omanut (arts) and
teva (nature) to create an ideal Jewish community. Camp builds Jewish identity and
commitment, raises self-confidence, develops decision-making skills, improves social
skills, and enables campers to reach inside themselves and discover talents and abilities
they never knew they had.
Camp is available for year-round retreats for Jewish, academic, and other organizations;
family reunions; B’nai Mitzvah; weddings; celebrations; and day and group rentals.
They provide opportunities for year-round Jewish living and learning, including family
camp weekends, women’s retreats, men’s camp, alumni reunions, and other Shabbatons.
Hope to see you at Camp Solomon Schechter next summer!
Camp Young Judaea Midwest
4711 Golf Rd., Suite 600, Skokie, IL 60076
Phone: 847-675-6790, ext. 3 • Fax: 847-679-5286
info@cyjmid.org • www.cyjmid.org
www.facebook.com/cyjmidwest
Contact: Noah Gallagher, Director
Located in Waupaca, Wisconsin, Camp Young Judaea Midwest is one of five Young
Judaea camps in the United States. CYJ Midwest is a pluralist camp with a range of
campers in 3rd–9th grades from all different Jewish backgrounds. CYJ Midwest offers
a camp experience that grows with its campers: Younger campers get to experience
the wide range of land and water sports, including waterskiing, tubing and sailing, as
well as arts and crafts, rock climbing, mountain biking, overnight camping and outof-camp
trips, while older campers get an increasing amount of choice to customize
their experience with “tracks” such as outdoor adventure, media arts and drama and
advanced water sports. Their campers come back year after year — in fact, almost all
of their staff were campers at CYJ Midwest, including the director! For more information,
like how to connect with CYJ Midwest campers in your area or meet the professional
staff, call or visit their website.
Habonim Dror Camp Miriam on Gabriola Island, B.C.
Suite #303-950 W 41st Ave., Vancouver, BC V5Z 2N7, Canada
Phone: 604-266-2825 • Fax: 1-866-623-7721
camp.miriam@gmail.com • www.campmiriam.org
Contact: Leah Levi, Registrar
Camp Miriam, on beautiful Gabriola Island, just 15 minutes from Vancouver Island,
offers a diverse Jewish camping program for children completing 2nd–11th grades.
Emphasis is on building a youth community based on values of equality and inclusion.
Through creative programming, campers gain knowledge of Israel, Jewish history,
Hebrew, social justice and other Jewish values. The staff, mainly Habonim Dror graduates
and Israelis, enhances the program with activities such as a two-day camping trip,
arts and crafts, singing, Israeli dancing, swimming, sports, canoeing and music. Worth
experiencing are the climbing wall in the pool, Shabbat at the Point, and the fun and
craziness of a special day!
Camp Miriam, as a youth-led camp, gives campers the opportunity to realize their
personal potential on many levels, leadership, social, and intellectual. They feel
empowered to think beyond themselves in camp, to who they are as Jews and as people
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in modern society. Long after their days at camp are over, they will have values and
friendships which will affect their decisions as adults.
There are two three-week-long sessions offered during the summer, with a special
one-week program for first-time campers completing 2nd and 3rd grade and a two-week
program for those in 3rd and 4th grade. A special eight-week program is offered for
counselor training (Madatz). This is a Jewish experience not to be missed!
Sephardic Adventure Camp
Sephardic Bikur Holim Congregation • Phone: 206-723-3028
Congregation Ezra Bessaroth • Phone: 206-722-5500
An overnight camp, Sephardic Adventure Camp starts at the end of June and runs
through the first week of July (times vary each year). The camp is offered to children
in 2nd–9th grades. Tenth graders may apply to take part in a counselors-in-training
program, and those in 11th grade and up may apply to be counselors.
After the overnight camp, Sephardic Day Camp begins for children from preschool
through 8th grade. Older children may apply to be counselors. Both camps exhibit strong
Sephardic traditions along with an easygoing camp atmosphere.
Family Services/Special Needs
Community of Mindful Parents
Home of Listening Mothers and Reflective Parenting Classes
Phone: 206-275-0104 • info@communityofmindfulparents.com
www.communityofmindfulparents.com
www.facebook.com/communityofmindfulparents • Twitter: @mindfulparents
Executive Director: Yaffa Maritz
Mission: To empower parents to become more effective parents. The research-based
curricula promote strong family bonds and set the foundation for long-lasting emotional
health.
The website is an online community of expecting moms, parents, grandparents,
extended families and friends with the goal of nurturing powerful relationships between
parents and their children.
Additionally, they offer two unique, professionally and clinically designed programs
for parents of young children in the greater Seattle area.
Listening Mothers
Listening Mothers provides facilitated discussions in all that motherhood brings. By
becoming more attuned to themselves and their babies, moms learn how to uniquely
engage and emotionally stimulate their baby. Extensive research has shown that this
process helps to further a baby’s cognitive, emotional, and social intelligence.
The Listening Mothers program is a small group program providing unique support
and information for up to seven mothers of babies up to 6 months old. They meet once a
week for eight weeks. The group is facilitated by an expert in emotional and attachment
issues. Fee: $120 for all eight weeks.
Reflective Parenting
This innovative eight-week workshop is for parents of children between the ages of
1-1/2 to 8 years (classes for parents of teens are also offered). The program helps parents
develop skills to enhance their ability to understand and build stronger relationships
with their children. In Reflective Parenting groups, parents gain confidence by expanding
their understanding of the meaning of their child’s behavior. This understanding helps
parents better regulate their own and their child’s emotions to become less reactive and
more reflective. Parents able to regain a state of calm are more engaged, more effective,