More Pasechet Pictures

More pictures from the Passover day camps, this time from the Rishon kvutza!

Celia and Jacob all dressed up.

Eli cooking "pita b'tarboon."

Building with Zach.

Tossing water balloons.

Avivit Pictures from Kiyum Meshutaf

Tzevet Kiyum Meshutaf (Acco kvutza) also organized and ran day camps, although not themed around Passover. Instead, they are called "Avivit" (spring) camps. This year's was Lion King themed.

Kvutza Seder

On Sunday evening, before chofesh began, the Workshoppers held two seders. The Acco kvutza had a seder in their house, and the Rishon kvutza went to Ashkelon to share seder with their sister chava. Each kvutza created and ran their own seder. Below are some pictures from the joint Rishon-Ashkelon seder.

The Workshoppers are now on a break until April 22nd. When they return, they have the May Day Seminar, May Day Rally, and then their final tiyul (hiking trip) of the year. It'll be a busy month until the end!

Pasechet in Haifa

This week, the workshoppers were all busy running "Pasechot," the day camps that take place in afterschool centers during the Passover holidays. We posted pictures a few weeks ago from the preparation day, and the workshoppers have been busy since then preparing their own Pasechot. It takes place over a few days, around a central theme. The Haifa tzevet, who do messima at Beit Hatzeirim in Haifa, based theirs off of the Disney movie Frozen. The educational theme was Freedom, and the story centered around a young prince and princess who did not want the responsibility for their kingdom and rebel against the king and queen to find freedom, until they discover that they must also be responsible to their kingdom within their freedom.

Chief building the egg drop.

Decorations!

Naomi and a chanich getting into costume. 

The chanichim participating in the egg-drop, after building their egg parachutes.

Volunteering in Acco

Yesterday, the mayor of Acco called to request some assistance from the Acco kvutza. Israeli volunteers were packing up food boxes for families in need and they needed some extra help. A few of the chanichim who had time to spare went to help out.

A Photo-Scavenger Hunt

The Holon Tzevet (Zack, Toby, Aaron, Rafi, Zoe and Hannah F) did a photography scavenger hunt with their chanichim. Check out some of the photos they took with their chanichim.

MASA Seminar: Mind the Gap

The Workshoppers attended the MASA sponsored "Mind the Gap" Seminar, held at the Neve Ilan Hotel outside of Jerusalem. The seminar is designed to help with the transition back to college life, answer questions they might have and give them tools to engage in Jewish life on campus. The Workshoppers were mixed in with other MASA program participants and divided into groups based on where they will be attending college. The groups were facilitated by Hillel professionals from their college campuses. It was definitely an interesting and challenging experience to be mixed in with participants from very different programs, but it was a good opportunity to bring their experiences and thoughts into the wider Jewish community. The seminar opened with guest speaker Avraham Infeld, the president of Hillel, discussing what Judaism and Jewish peoplehood (I recommend checking some of his videos on youtube). The seminar continued with a mix of workshops, panels, guest speakers and activities in college-track groups. There was a speaker discussing Open Hillel, a discussion of Israel engagement in the digital age, panels about Jewish campus life, Israel activism, academic issues, a zumba activity, a theater performance, and plenty of other interesting activities. On Wednesday evening, after the seminar had concluded, we received a message from the educational director of MASA, sharing with us what a valuable contribution the Workshoppers made to the seminar and complimenting them on their leadership skills!

Rachel and Jacob H, clearly enthralled with their activity.

Liat and Bekah.

Berman, representing Habonim to the British group.

Getting to know other participants.

The Habonim group started each morning together, here playing a game with Nora.

Hannah and Micah, playing "four corners" with different statements: each corner represents a different level of agreement/disagreement with a given statement. Here, Micah is giving his opinion on "Being in Israel has changed my perspective on the conflict." Other statements: It would be better to have a peaceful Jewish state somewhere else. Am Yisrael is more important than Eretz Yisrael. It is my obligation to respond to anti-Israel statements by professors.