1 Camp Sababa: Where a Thriving Jewish Community Comes to Life Jeffrey Lasday- Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit
Presented by Jeffrey Lasday, Chief Operating Officer Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit jlasday@jccdet.org
Sababa הָבָֽבַֽס Hebrew slang for terrific, wonderful, great, amazing, cool! How am I doing? “Sababa!”
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OUR CAMP SETTING
THE CAMP SABABA CONCEPT Camp Sababa is a new Jewish day camp experience for first through fourth graders that was piloted this past summer as part of the JCC of Metropolitan Detroit day camp offerings. The program was a unique collaborative effort by the Jewish Community Center, Tamarack Camps, Temple Beth El, Temple Israel, Temple Kol Ami, and Temple Shir Shalom and supported through a Berman Family Jewish Education grant from Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit. It was a place where children and their families came together to learn, celebrate and enjoy Jewish life.
CHALLENGE Shrinking Time for Jewish Learning • Children attend fewer hours per week • Fewer days per year • Fewer total number of years
SNAPSHOT OF METROPOLITAN DETROIT JEWISH EDUCATION 2019 – 20 TOTAL SCHOOL ENROLLMENT : 5,140 EARLY CHILDHOOD 10 Schools with 1,123 children CONGREGATIONAL SCHOOLS 12 Schools with 1,904 children DAY SCHOOLS 6 Schools with 2,113 children
SNAPSHOT OF METROPOLITAN DETROIT JEWISH EDUCATION Enrollment Comparisons Over 20 Years Total Cong School Enrollment K-12 Total Day School Enrollment K-12 Total Early Childhood Enrollment Total Enrollment 9000 8133 7249 6988 6750 6690 6404 6330 6251 5851 5655 5575 5468 5269 5238 5140 4919 4500 3924 3819 3631 3409 3218 3119 2760 2566 2387 2352 2250 2120 2100 2113 2061 2066 2070 2080 2035 2029 1984 1963 1980 1932 1926 1908 1902 1904 1259 1180 1187 1189 1153 1134 1133 1148 1128 1118 1123 1087 1087 1038 0 2001-2002 2007-2008 2008-2009 2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015 2015-2016 2016-2017 2017-2018 2018-2019 2019-2020
Congregational Enrollment by Grades 411 397 391 379 358 327 294 # of students 228 220 219 218 205 174 175 154 149 145 137 130 128 126 125 119 95 92 65 K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Grade Levels 2010-2011 2019-2020 1,904 Total 3,419 Total
CAMP SABABA GUIDING PRINCIPLES Expanding time for Jewish Learning
CAMP SABABA GUIDING PRINCIPLES Power of Collaboration
CAMP SABABA GUIDING PRINCIPLES Power of Jewish Community
CAMP SABABA GUIDING PRINCIPLES Power of Jewish Family • Michigan Jewish Food Festival sponsored by Hazon • Friday Evening Kabbalat Shabbat and Dinner
CAMP SABABA GUIDING PRINCIPLES Power of Experiential Jewish Learning
THE PROGRAM • Theme: Me and My Jewish World • Prayer and Singing • Shabbat Preparations • Hebrew • Excursions • Swimming, Games, Arts & Crafts
WHAT MOTIVATED CONGREGATIONS? “Partnering with the JCC and other congregational educational leaders provided a think-tank where we could supplement the learning our students engaged in during the school year, combining the best of education with the best of camp.” Gail Greenberg, Educational Director, Temple Kol Ami
WHAT MOTIVATED CONGREGATIONS? “Providing a camp program with Jewish content was the perfect extension of our educational program and we were thrilled to partner with the JCC, Tamarack camps and the other synagogues who were part of the planning partnership. We were excited that our families would be able to join with like-minded families and benefit from strong programming with both new and familiar faces who would bring excitement and joy to this summer experience.” Rabbi Daniel Schwartz, Temple Shir Shalom
WHAT MOTIVATED CONGREGATIONS? “Our Beth El students had an amazing experience at Camp Sababa. They loved being immersed in Jewish themes while doing all the best camp activities like swimming, sports, arts and more. We are hoping this one week experience will lead to our families being more likely to choose Jewish overnight camps as their children grow older.” Deborah Morosohk, Director of Education at Temple Beth El
WHAT MOTIVATED CONGREGATIONS? “Temple Israel was excited to partner with the JCC on Camp Sababa this summer in order to provide additional informal Jewish engagement opportunities for our families. Our campers had an amazing week—they loved getting to know other Jewish kids in the community, learning new songs and cheers, and exploring themselves and their Jewish world!” Rabbi Arianna Gordon, Director of Education and Lifelong Learning at Temple Israel
WHAT’S NEXT?
Q&A So, maybe you have a question? Presented by Jeffrey Lasday, Chief Operating Officer Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit jlasday@jccdet.org
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