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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

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Jeffrey Lasday- Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit

Camp Sababa: Where a Thriving Jewish Community Comes to Life

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Presented by Jeffrey Lasday, Chief Operating Officer Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit jlasday@jccdet.org

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Sababa הָבָֽבַֽס

Hebrew slang for terrific, wonderful, great, amazing, cool! How am I doing? “Sababa!”

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What do you think of when you hear the word… innovation? List your answers in the Chat Box.

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OUR CAMP SETTING

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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.

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CHALLENGE
 


Shrinking Time for Jewish Learning

  • Children attend fewer hours per week
  • Fewer days per year
  • Fewer total number of years
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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

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SNAPSHOT OF METROPOLITAN DETROIT JEWISH EDUCATION

Enrollment Comparisons Over 20 Years

2250 4500 6750 9000 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 8133 7249 6988 6690 6404 6330 6251 5851 5655 5468 5575 5238 5269 5140 1153 1259 1134 1133 1087 1180 1148 1128 1187 1087 1118 1038 1189 1123 2061 2066 2035 1926 1908 1932 1984 1963 1902 2029 2070 2080 2100 2113 4919 3924 3819 3631 3409 3218 3119 2760 2566 2352 2387 2120 1980 1904 Total Cong School Enrollment K-12 Total Day School Enrollment K-12 Total Early Childhood Enrollment Total Enrollment

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Congregational Enrollment by Grades

# of students Grade Levels

K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 95 126 128 154 175 205 220 219 130 119 125 92 65 174 327 294 379 391 397 411 358 228 218 137 145 149 2010-2011 2019-2020

1,904 Total 3,419 Total

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CAMP SABABA GUIDING PRINCIPLES

Expanding time for Jewish Learning

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Power of Collaboration

CAMP SABABA GUIDING PRINCIPLES

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Power of Jewish Community

CAMP SABABA GUIDING PRINCIPLES

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Power of Jewish Family

  • Michigan Jewish Food Festival sponsored by Hazon
  • Friday Evening Kabbalat Shabbat and Dinner

CAMP SABABA GUIDING PRINCIPLES

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Power of Experiential Jewish Learning

CAMP SABABA GUIDING PRINCIPLES

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THE PROGRAM

  • Theme: Me and My Jewish World
  • Prayer and Singing
  • Shabbat Preparations
  • Hebrew
  • Excursions
  • Swimming, Games, Arts & Crafts
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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

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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

  • ur 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

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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

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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

  • pportunities 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

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WHAT’S NEXT?

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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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