September 25, 12:30-3:30Corn Maze we all had a great time on the hayride and maze at Sam Mazza's Farm.
December
10-11th, Hanukkah
overnight at Temple Sinai. What a great time we had at the overnight, looking for stars, havdallah, lighting the menorah, latkes, draidle, PJ fashion show and Hanukkah stories. All our favorite holiday traditions. It was great! Thanks so much to all the parents who helped out for this event.
February 19th, Sunday, Annual Hamantaschen Baking event at OZ We
all had a wonderful time at the annual Young Judaea Purim Hamantaschen
Baking Event. We'll made and baked Hamantaschen and made Mishloach
Manot (purim gift
bags) that were delivered to home bound adults in our community and even got to take some
home for ourselves as well. * Thank you everyone for the great community support! We couldn't have done it without you.
2010-2011
August 29th, We had a great time socializing and getting to know each other and the beautiful grounds and animals at Shelburne Farms. We had a picnic lunch and had fun with Ofarim!
Sept 26th, We had a delicious Israeli lunch in the Jacob's Sukkah and had a chance to hold and shake the lulav and etrog and play Apples to Apples.
October 24th, Sunday, 1:30-3:30, We enjoyed a special tour of the Lake Champlain Chocolate factory on Pine Street! We learned all about the kosher ingredients used in this yummy chocolate and got to sample all different types of chocolate too while we were there! A HUGE thanks to Gary Coffey and Barrie Silver for giving us such a fun day at the chocolate factory!
November 13th, Saturday evening, 5-9:30pm, Boy did we have fun as we get psyched and prepared for Harry Potter 7 ! by watching Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. We had some great wizard treats, pizza for dinner and learned about and discussed how Harry Potter relates to Judaism. It was great fun!
December 4th-5th - We celebrated Hanukkah with our annual Hanukkah overnight at Temple Sinai. We played Spin the dreidle, had some yummy latkes and a fun pajama fashion show.
February 13th, Sunday, 1-3:30 pm - Sledding Adventure! at Sleepy Hollow
March 13, Sunday. We made over 1,600 hamantaschen at our annual
Hamantaschen making event this year and had a lot of fun doing it. It
was great to have so many participants from 2nd grade up working and
having fun together. A great big thank you to all our parent and
community volunteers who helped make this a spectacular event. I think
there were 60 or so of us busily at work making, baking and
creating mishloach manot
(Purim gift bags) that Bogrim and community volunteers delivered to
home bound adults in our community and their families and friends. A
great big thank you to Kathy Guevara for all her help making 11 batches
of dough for us, running the ovens and all her work in the kitchen!
April 10th, 12:30- 3:30 We had a great time
celebrating Passover at Chabad and helping raise funds and awareness
for Kids4Peace camp at the annual WALK4PEACE!
2009-2010
September 13th, Sunday, 12:45 until 6pm -We had a great time at Northern Lights Rock and Ice Ropes Course. Click here to view pictures.
There was both low and high ropes courses for the group to work at
and have fun on, a 450 ft zip line for those of us that were feeling
adventurous.
October
18th, Corn Maze and Pumpkin Picking at Sam
Mazza's Farm in Colchester We escaped on this
three mile maze and worked as a team to make our
way through! and a hay ride! Pumpkin picking!
November
8th, Sunday, 12:45-2:45 -We had a great time at Pizza Put! eating and playing mini-golf.
December 12th-13th, - Hanukkah overnight!
We'll had Havdallah,
lit the menorah, had arts and crafts activities, played dreidel, made
menorahs, had a pajama fashion show, and lots of Hanukkah foods.
January 24th, Sunday -We had a beautiful, sunny afternoon sledding at Calahan Park. Many thanks to the Moskowitz family for hosting us afterward while we talked about Tu B'Shevat, had some fruits form the Seder, snacks, hot chocolate and watched "The Lorax". We talked about the movie after in terms of the holiday and we discussed what kinds of things the Lorax and Onceller could have done differently.
February 14th, Sunday 12:30-3:00 PM Our annual
event Hamentashen event and always lots of fun. We'll made Hamentashen
and created and distributed mishloach manot (Purim gift bags)
to home bound adults in our community. We got to take some home to
our
valentines too.
March 21st, Sunday 12:45-2:45pm - We donned some skates and glided our
way around the rink at Cairns Arena in south Burlington.
April 4th, Sunday 12:30-2:30 - We remembered the Holocaust this year by
watching the movie ?Paperclips? which features a Middle School in rural
Tennessee. In efforts to fully understand the events of the Holocaust
and the impact it had on the Jewish people, the schoolchildren engage in
a project that will help them grasp the magnitude of this historical
event.
May 23, Sunday, 12:30-2:30 we had fun at the beach
at Oakledge Park.
Sharon, a recent graduate of Penn State University is thrilled to be the New Young Judaea leader. Although fairly new to the Burlington area, Sharon has been very active in the Jewish community. She is the Engagement and Leadership Coordinator for UVM Hillel as well as a Hebrew School teacher at Temple Sinai. In her spare time Sharon loves to sing, make people laugh, watch movies, hang out with friends, and eat! Sharon looks forward to strengthening her connection to the Jewish community and connecting with Jewish youth.
