Register for Student Retreat
Experience Shabbat — Melton Style — at our Searching for the Sacred Student Retreat, to be held on Friday, April 16 - Sunday, April 18, 2010, at the beautiful Capital Camps in Waynesboro, PA. Featuring the best of Melton-style learning with renowned faculty, the Retreat is open to all Melton students, graduates, spouses, and interested participants.
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Retreat Schedule — Searching for the Sacred |
| Friday, April 16 |
Welcome to Capital Camps |
| 4-7:00 pm |
Arrival, check-in, wine and cheese
Free time until candle lighting |
| 7:00 pm |
Welcome and Candle lighting
Festive Shabbat Tisch (good food, stories, songs) led by Rav Yonatan and his Hassidim (Avi, Haim, and Sandy |
| 8:30 pm |
Exploring Sacred Space (two groups)
Avi West: Shabbat and the Space-Time Continuum
Haim Aronovitz: Did the Zionist Leadership Turn Their Backs on Jerusalem? |
| 10:00 pm |
Oneg Shabbat |
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Saturday, April 17 |
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| 8:00 am |
8:00 am |
| 8:30 am |
Breakfast |
| 9:30 am |
Where Text Meets Spirit: A New Encounter with the Shacharit Liturgy with Avi West |
| 10:45 am |
D’var Torah on Parshat Tazria/Metzora:
Judy Kupchan and Yonatan Mirvis (two groups) |
| 11:00 am |
Exploring Sacred Time (two groups)
Sandy Winter: What is the Essence of Shabbat?
Haim Aronovitz: Challenges to Holy Time in a Jewish State |
| 12:30 pm |
Shabbat Lunch |
| 1:30 pm |
Free time |
| 3:00 pm |
A Walk in the Woods with Robert Frost, Yehudah Amichai and Haim |
| 4:00 pm |
Text Study of Pirkei Avot in Multiple Voices and Perspectives with Avi, Sandy, Haim and Judy |
| 5:00 pm |
Israel Update withYonatan Mirvis |
| 6:00 pm |
Cocktails and hors d’oeuvres |
| 6:30 pm |
Dinner |
| 8:15 pm |
Havdalah |
| 9:00 pm |
Screening and Discussion: “Yoo Hoo, Mrs.Goldberg” a film by Aviva Kempner |
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Sunday, April 18 |
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8:00 am |
Breakfast |
| 9:00 am |
Exploring Sacred Action (two groups)
Avi West: The Pillars of Judaism: How Do Technology, Public Space, and 21st Century Lifestyles Change the Playing Field?
Haim Aronovitz: “Woe to Them Who Are at Ease in Zion” |
| 11:00 am -12 pm |
Introduction of International Alumni Association and Looking to the Future of the Mini-School with Rose Weitz and Yonatan Mirvis |
| 12:15 pm |
Lunch |
| 1:15 pm |
L’hitraot And Safe Travels! |
Study Series Schedule for 2009-2010
One session remains in the FMAMS International Alumni Association Study Series:
| Date |
Topic |
Scholar |
| May 11, 2010 |
Arab/Israeli Conflict |
Joy Newman |
| For more information, please contact Jody Hyman at jhyman@fmams.org.il or 847-714-9843 x 308. |
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