Volume 10 - Issue 3 - July 15, 2011 - Gesher Summer Camp

The Gesher Gazette
Volume 10, Issue 3
July 15, 2011 /
Tammuz 13 , 5771
Scott Lantzman, Director
(973) 597-3699
Looking
Forward
SWIM
-A-
THON
Lunar Bike
Show
SCI FI Dress Up
Day
Fairy Tale
Dress Up Day
Galil Shop For a Cause
and Movie
Chanukah in July
Shalom 1st Session Campers!
Jul
18
Jul
19
Jul
20
Jul
21
Jul
22
Happy Birthday
Zoe Edelstein 7/10
Ethan Weaver 7/11
Ava Katz 7/12
Benjamin Lewis 7/12
Dalia Kushnir 7/13
Gabriel Schaerf 7/13
A Message From the Directors
It was so nice seeing all of our families this week at our
two Visiting Days. Thank you for taking the time out of your day
to join us and see for yourselves why your children love Gesher so
much. It is very enjoyable for me to spend time with our parents
and hear all of their wonderful camp stories.
I wanted to update you on some recent exciting
developments. As you may have heard, the Joseph Kushner
Hebrew Academy (our parent organization) recently rezoned a
portion of its property upon which our camp resides and is
evaluating alternatives for it. While nothing has been finalized at
this time, we wanted to let you know that no matter what JKHA
decides to do with the rezoned property, there will be no nearterm
impact to Gesher. In the longer term, we are pleased to
report this represents an opportunity to substantially upgrade our
fields and facilities.
To be clear, there will be no change to our camp’s
operations before at least the end of the summer 2013 season,
ensuring that Gesher Summer Camp will continue to operate its
great program just the way it is for at least two more years after
this summer.
To ensure the continued future success of our camp, we are
in the process of drawing up architectural plans to relocate the
impacted areas to another site on our property, should the need
arise. It is every camp director’s dream to
create a camp from scratch, and in the event
significant changes would need to occur, we
anticipate being able to offer a continuous
Gesher camp experience on a new state-ofthe-art
camp facility that would be ready
and fully functional for the summer of 2014.
Scott, Marla & Amy
All Star Staff
Director’s Choice
Tamar Berg
Kinneret
Jeremy Gelman
Zak Glennon
Arianna Gorkowitz
Sarah Jacobowitz
Sammi Jay
Elliot Naphtali
Negev
Lior Fusman
Jackie Loeshelle
Rachel Mendelowitz
Noah Shechter
Ari Sklar
Galil
Chelsea Foster
Jake Kozlenko
Margit Landa
Adam Whitten
Specialists
Max Brown
Debbie Cirkus
Mara Godfrey
Jordan Prince
Erica Schwartz
Maayan Shayovitz
Aquatics
Eric Silverberg
Dean Tepper

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Galil
Week 3 of Gesher brought all new adventures and surprises for us in Galil! There have been
new experiences for us every day! We welcomed a bunch of new campers this week just in
time for Clown Dress-Up Day! We laughed at “Circus Boy” the hysterical juggler, wore our favorite
baseball jerseys with pride and swam in the beautiful summer weather! Having our families
and friends to come see us on visiting day was a true treat! We ended the week with our
incredible overnight at Gesher and our trip to Dorney Park and Wild Water Kingdom! It was
a day of nonstop fun with all of the awesome rides and water
slides! Thursday night we had a yummy ice cream party and on
Friday we had breakfast for lunch! We can’t wait next week with
the Super Swim-A-Thon and our second trip!
Shabbat Shalom
-Karen, Shai, and Mike
Kinneret
This past week we had a blast
We hoped that it would never pass
Read ahead and you will see
What Kinneret did in week 3!
We played dress up on the first two days
Clowns we spotted and baseball we played
We even saw a special treat
A circus act, isn’t that neat
Wednesday we saw a surprise animal show
We made stuffed animals and dressed them in clothes
We couldn’t wait for the next day
When our parents came to watch us play
Finally the week came to an end
We dressed like wizards and played pretend
Breakfast for lunch was a special surprise
As the week ended we said our “goodbyes”
Get ready for a fabulous week four,
Stay tuned to hear what’s next in store!
Michelle, Debbie, Sharon, and Freddie
Negev
Wow! This week was awesome. All of Negev has
been having such an amazing time at Gesher! It was
so much fun dressing up like clowns at camp. Scott
made everyone giggle when he stepped onto the
busses. Baseball team dress up day was great.
Everyone was able to show their support for their
favorite baseball teams. Visiting day was really
awesome. It was exciting for all of the Negev
campers to show off their great skills to their parents.
The campers had a blast showing off their swimming
skills for their parents. This week continued to get
even more exciting when all of Negev went to Space
Odyssey. There were so many great arcade games,
as well as bowling, laser tag, and a huge indoor
jungle gym. It really was such a blast for all. Wizard
dress up day was a great way to finish off the week.
Negev campers loved dressing up in their favorite
wizard costumes. To complete the week, all of Gesher
campers joined together in the auditorium for Kabalat
Shabbat. It was so nice and special to celebrate the
upcoming Shabbat with the whole Gesher community.
This past week has been filled with so many great
and fun activities! Gesher really is amazing!
~Jeff, Gail, and Lyndsey

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SPORT HIGHLIGHTS
Visiting Days filled with lots of sports
Soccer, Aeroball and Basketball Courts.
Families seeing campers use their skills
Playing games after working on drills.
Ashleigh, Georgia, Quinny, Kesh and Mike
Just a few that the kids really like.
Then there’s Hass, Tom, Ian, Franny and Ben
If the kids had to vote
They’d give them all a “10”!
Watch your kids improve
their skills
Playing all sorts of sports
Up and down Gesher’s hill!
HEBREW WORD
OF THE DAY
Monday: Kar = cold. "Get in
the car right now- its getting
cold outside"!
Tuesday: Mispar = number:
"Miss Par knows your number
by heart"
Wednesday: Kayn = yes:
“I can always say yes when it
comes to eating pizza!"
Thursday: Eer = city: "Did you
see the man with the big ear
in the city"
Friday: Keren = ray: "Karen
saw the beautiful ray of sun"
Ropes
The campers have been having a great time at Ropes
this summer! Our Pre-K, K, and 1 st graders have been
enjoying low ropes. So far this year we have crossed
islands using two planks of wood to make a bridge.
We have pretended to be flies going through the holes
in our spider web. We also have walked on a cable
suspended about six inches above
the ground. The second grade
through senior age groups have
been conquering our high ropes
course. They have been climbing
our easy and hard walls and
walking on cables suspended high
in the air.
Debbie
Photography
At Camp Gesher, it's all about the
memories! And there's no better way to capture
all the great moments we are having at Gesher
than through Photography! All the campers, from
Kinneret through Galil, can be found throughout
camp snapping photos. Once their photos are
printed they get to be creative and work on a
variety of projects from memory books to frames
and hand colored
photos that will help
them to remember
their summer of 2011
for a lifetime!
Amy

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What a delicious and savory treat we made in the Cooking Corner this week! The Pita Bread and Edamame Dip were fun, quick
and easy to make and the kids all loved it!
Pita Bread
Ingredients:
1 1/8 cup water
1 ½ cup unbleached white flour
1 ½ cup whole wheat flour
1 teaspoon salt
Cooking Corner
1 tablespoon oil
1 ½ teaspoon sugar
1 ½ teaspoon honey
1 ½ teaspoon active dry yeast
Directions:
Place all ingredients in bread pan. Select dough setting. Take out of bread machine, and turn dough onto a lightly floured
countertop. Gently roll into 12 inch long rope. Use a sharp knife to divide into 8 sections. Roll each section into a small ball. Use
rolling pin to roll out into a 6-7 inch circle. Cover with a towel and set aside. Let rise about 30 minutes, until slightly puffy. Preheat
oven to 500 degrees. Place on a cake rack and back 4-6 minutes
Edamame Dip
Ingredients:
1 12 oz bag frozen shelled edamame
(2 1/3 cups), unthawed
¼ cup olive oil
2 teaspoons garlic powder
3 teaspoons of salt
2 teaspoons lemon juice
Directions:
Cook edamame in large saucepan of boiling salted water until tender,
about 5 minutes, Drain, reserving ¾ cup cooking liquid. Place edamame, oil,
garlic powder, and ¼ cooking liquid in blender. Blend until smooth, drizzling
¼ cup cooking liquid and lemon juice. Season dip with salt and pepper. Add
in garlic powder.
In cooking chug we mixed up a lot of yummy treats. The kids made Mima’s Famous Chip Cookies, Cream Cheese Mini Rolls, and
Mandelbread.
Next week we are making Challah!
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Songs For The Week: From your Shirah Specialist
Camp Cheer - Raise Your Hands
(to the tune of Pink’s “Raise Your Glass”)
Gesher Tzar Me’od
David Melech Yisrael
Od Yavo Shalom Aleinu
The Littlest Worm
Scooby Doo Theme Song
On Top of Spaghetti
You Are My Sunshine

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Jokes: Gary Berger
From Deep Down in the Archives of Jokedom!
July 11th – July 15th
Monday:
Why did the clown go to the doctor
Because he felt funny
Tuesday:
Wednesday:
Thursday:
Friday:
Why wasn't the dog good at baseball
Because he was actually a boxer
What is a duck's favorite part of the news
The "Feather" forecast
Why did the broom come late to camp
It over swept
Why did the orange stop rolling down the hill
It ran out of juice
Rabbi Rich
Rikud
In our dance class, we dance all
kinds of genres. Some examples
are: Modern dance, Israelien dance,
hip hop, and break dance. The boys
and girls together are participating
in this fun activity, having a great
time, and also learning a little bit of
Hebrew. :)
Tamar
Candle lighting time: 8:09 p.m.
Shabbat ends: 9:10 P.M.
Torah portion: Pinchus
Gesher Mitzvah of the week: Shalom
Week 3 Mitzvah Award Groups: PK1, KB3, B1A, and B4
Phineas, (not to be confused with Phineas and Ferb) was the grandson of Aaron the Priest and was
rewarded with the “covenant of peace” (briti shalom). The word “covenant” is used here, not in the sense of a compact
between two people, but as an unconditional promise on G-d’s part. In addition to the Divine blessing with which his
action was rewarded, it received great admiration of future generations. A second promise to Phineas on G-d’s part
was that the High Priesthood was to remain with his descendents. Rashi, the classic 11 th Century commentator, points out
that the “covenant of peace” is referring to G-d’s assurance of a friendly attitude towards him.
One of the highlights of my year is to see the unconditional warmth and friendliness we witness of our Gesher
campers towards one another. It certainly draws great admiration from all of us. I’m confident that it will last for many
months and years to come. Our daily benching, davening and just overall ruach will plant seeds for many generations
to come.
Shabbat Shalom to all!
Rabbi Rich

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FUN & GAMES
Magic
Moon
Robe
Spell
Stars
Wand
Witch
Wizard

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