Tuesday, October 09, 2007

[EizorGalil] Eizor Galil Newsletter 10/9/07

Dear Eizor Galil,

Shalom, Shalom!

The whirlwind of Jewish Holidays has finally come and gone- Rosh Hashana, Yom Kuppur, Sukkot, Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah- we hope you celebrated well!

We wanted to clear a few things up for Fall Seminar- the BUSES from JCC Kaiserman on the mainline and Adath Jeshrun synagogue in Elkins Park locations will be leaving at 5:00 pm in order to make it to Camp Galil before Shabbat begins. 5:00 pm is the absolute earliest the bus companies can provide service for us.

Again: the bus in Elkins Park is leaving from ADATH JESHRUN SYNAGOGUE not Knesset Israel.


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You will find in this newsletter:

1. Na'aleh joins Galil for Fall Seminar!
2. New information about Fall Seminar October 12- 14
3. Ken Rikud
4. Mark your calendar- First GJC Peulah Sunday October 28 !
5. Welcome Packets

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1. This year, Camp Na'aleh is joining Galil for our annual Fall Seminar!

As many of you know, Camp Galil is part of an international youth organization, Habonim Dror, which has seven machanot (camps) around the US and Canada. Our sister camp of the New York and New England area, Na'aleh, will be joining us for the first time in years at our upcoming Fall Seminar. We are very excited to join forces with the Na'aleh Rashei Eizor Jessie Karsif and Dara Silbermann for fun, excitement and a summer reunion! We will run some peulot (activities) separately, L'fi eizor, but some, like Rikud, Havdalah, and Kef peulah, will be together!

This means that there will be a large contingency of chanichim coming from the New York area this year, and there will be a full-fledged bus to boot.

The bus leaves on Friday at 4:30 pm and arrives on Sunday at around 12:45 pm.

The bus will leave from/ arrive at:

Habonim Dror Central Office
114 West 26th St., Suite 1004
New York, NY 10001

(between 6th and 7th avenues)

For emergencies regarding the bus, you can contact Jessie Karsif, Na'aleh Rosh Eizor at 203.736.3446

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2. Fall Seminar October 12-14!!!
Registration online has closed, but If you would still like to sign up for Fall Seminar, you can do so by emailing Rosheizor@gmail.com. Note that there is a $10 late fee.

You may bring checks and permission forms with you to Fall Seminar.

Bus Location and Pickup/Dropoff Times

Location Address Pick-up (Oct. 12) Drop-off (Oct. 14)
JCC Kaiserman Haverford & City Line Ave. 5:00 PM 11:30 AM
Adath Jeshurun 7763 Old York Rd. 5:00 PM 10:30 AM
Self Service Galil, Ottsville, PA 7:00 PM 9:30 AM


From where is the Elkins Park bus leaving? Adath Jeshrun. I can't hear you! Adath Jeshrun! At what time? 5:00 pm!

For those interested in transportation from New York or New Jersey please get in contact with Adam Mayer and Shira Laurence (Email: rosheizor@gmail.com).

What to bring? A sleeping bag (pillow, etc), toiletries, appropriate medications and warm clothing! It gets very cold at seminars!

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2. Ken Rikud!!!

We are officially designating every last Thursday of the month as Ken Rikud.
Join us in dancing evenings away with the same old Eizor Galil energy.
With a good Galil crowd, Dan will make sure to play some of our favorites - as well as teach new ones. While we're be there, dances will be primarily lines and circles.

Here are the details:
WHO: Parents and chanichim
WHEN: Every last Thursday of the month from 7-9 PM
WHERE: Adath Israel- 250 N. Highland Ave., Merion, PA 19066

Our first Ken Rikud will be held on Thursday, October 25. GET PUMPED!

For more information: http://www.rakdan.com/

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4. Save the date ! First Peulat Shichvah at the Germantown Jewish Centre on October 28!

As you may remember from last year, every shichvah (age goup) has a group of madrichim (counselors) who will plan and run peulot for them at the Germantown Jewish Centre. Chanichim will find out who their madrichim are for this year at Fall Seminar!

All of the schavot will be having peulot around the same time in the afternoon and everything should finish around 5:00 PM.

The GJC is located at 400 West Ellet St., Philadelphia, PA 19119

We will give you more information about times when we get closer to the date of the peula. They will most likely be sometime between 2-5 PM.

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5. Welcome Packets
The Rashei Eizor sent out welcome packets to bring in the new season of Eizor Galil.
They include in them: A welcome letter, directories, the official Eizor Galil calendar, HDNA Membership Cards, and Fall Seminar Flyer. If you are missing the HDNA Membership Cards in your packet, we will be bringing them to Fall Seminar and subsequent Peulot Shichva (activities by age group).
If you did not receive a packet at all and would like to, please email Rosheizor@gmail.com

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Eizor Galil has a blog you can check on a regular basis for more information: our newsletters are posted weekly as well as things that happen in between. You can also find links to important sites and ways to contact us. Please visit us at www.eizorgalil.blogspot.com .
Habonim Dror North America also has a blog with updates on Ken activities through North America. Check it out at: www.kenim.blogspot.com .

Our listserv is our main method of communication with you, so if you know other people who should be on this listserv but aren't, pass this on to them and have them to sign up today!
Just follow the link: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EizorGalil/