Fermish me I’m Jewish!
March 17, 2011 by Herzl Camp Admin, under General Posts.
By Mike Neiman
It has pained me for years that my favorite gentile holiday cannot be combined with my favorite Judaic institution. Sure, as Herzl staff, we were able to uberprogram around such awesome holidays like Tisha B’av and the occasional Shavuot … but we have missed out on a grand opportunity since Jewish Camp’s earliest establishment.
Summer camp is … well, during the summer. Ok, so maybe Herzl rents out its facility to youth groups on the occasional weekend during the year, and that weekend may occasionally overlap on a secular or Christian holiday. I’m no mathematician but, it doesn’t take a former 6th grade math teacher like Yamit Tarragon to know the odds are low that one of these holidays would occur on a Saturday so as to enjoy the whole day’s festivities during a Shabbaton. I guess St. Patrick’s Day was just never meant to be celebrated in true Herzl Camp style.
…UNTIL NOW!
I have started the preparations early because I was bored at work today and DID do the math. Actually, the math was pretty simple: this year St. Pats is on Thursday and next year is a leap year. Therefore, I would like to invite all my fellow Alumni to join me next spring up at Herzl for a Shabbat weekend where we can celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in true Herzl fashion on Saturday March 17th, 2012.
The planning committee is still working out the details, but below is a tentative schedule.
Friday:
Planning in progress by Mark Warren, please email all suggestions to him.
Saturday:
9:00am Aruchat Boker: Brandon Tagg to toast up delicious Green Bagels from Brueggers
09:30am Shabbat Services led by visiting Rabbi Zalman Shimon Lent of the Duplin Hebrew Congregation
11:00pm Morning Rotations: Learn Gaelic with Alan Garelick, Foreign Cussing with Asaf Bitton, Limericks and Laughs with Rachel Javitch. On the waterfront – Loch Ness Monster Watching with Loren Mintz and Tye-Dying Devil’s Lake Green with Jessica Treinish.
1:00pm Aruchat Tzohoraym: Flip Frisch is joined by Saints and Tzadiks to lead a ruach song session complete with “Danny Boy Leonard”, “Whiskey You’re the Devil’s Lake”, “Rocky Road to Kadimahland”, and “Theodore I Hardly Knew Ye”
2:30pm Minucha … need our rest for the night’s festivities
3:30pm Afternoon Rotations: Beer Tasting with Zander Abrams … oh let’s be honest, we are all going to that one.
5:00pm Sadnah with Roni Kornblum Falk
6:00pm Aruchat Erev: Corned Beef and Cabbage, with a Chinuch lesson from Sam Usem on the Judaic-American influence to switch from Bacon to Corned Beef for this traditional Irish meal. (p.s. It’s true).
7:00pm Evening Program: Riverdance with Andrew Zidel
9:00pm Laila Tov and Staff Meeting
Sunday:
Planning in progress by Nicole Rabinowitz, please email all suggestions to her.
Thank you and have a safe and enjoyable St. Patrick’s Day.
Hag Sameach and Shabbat Shalom!