Objectives: Participants will... Identify strategies for fostering an inclusive environment by recognizing diverse needs and opportunities for support. Understand how language shapes inclusion and belonging, and then practice using language that encourages a sense of community. Learn how small, intentional changes in practices can create a more supportive and accessible space for all campers.
Objectives: Participants will . . . Reflect on their own experiences of antisemitism. Identify and understand common antisemitic tropes, examining how antisemitism sometimes functions differently compared to other forms of prejudice. Identify camp’s role in providing education around, or relief from, antisemitism.
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Participants will . . .
Understand that gender diversity has existed for centuries across different cultures around the world.
Engage with Jewish wisdom about gender diversity.
Learn strategies to support trans and non-binary peers.
Objectives: Participants will . . . Describe what antisemitism is and how it manifests; Articulate how antisemitism and racism function and overlap; Be familiar with a way to approach situations where there is confusion or lack of agreement on whether something is antisemitic
Objectives: Participants will... Explore the history and origins of Zionism as a Jewish national movement, recognizing the diverse visions within it. Gain foundational knowledge about political Zionism's history. Articulate their own vision for Israel’s future and consider how they can contribute to its actualization.
Objectives: Participants will . . . Further develop community with other Jewish parents of teens. Understand the 3-step Tikkun (repair or mend) Middot (character traits) process, the Jewish practice that involves developing positive character traits. Use strategies to better support themselves and their teen(s) through teen development.
Objectives: Participants will . . . Understand more about their teens’ emotional stability. Consider their own needs for personal support. Consider how their own worries affect their parenting. Learn to implement and model self-regulation skills to achieve greater calm and less worry for themselves and their teens.
Objectives: Participants will . . . Understand impulsivity and decision making in teen development. Recognize their own anger triggers and those of their teens, with a focus on feelings of being disrespected. Explore self-regulation, communication, and repair skills, to decrease anger, resentment, and stress, while increasing their capacity to…
Objectives: Participants will . . . Recognize the importance of secure limits and boundaries in teen life. Use skills to create a calm atmosphere in the home. Understand the value of predictability in the emotional, practical, and time management spheres of home and social and school life. Use communication…
Objectives: Participants will . . . Understand the benefits of gratitude. Understand the importance of building connection and enjoying the journey of parenting. Create a vision or blessing for the next part of their parenting journey. Review the six middot they have have studied this year.
