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Praying With Our Feet
Sara Beth Berman is a Nadiv Educator working at URJ Camp Coleman in Cleveland, GA in the summer and The Davis Academy in Atlanta, Georgia during the school year. I have been to the mountaintop....
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The iPod Service: Camp, School and Tech
Sara Beth Berman is a Nadiv Educator working at URJ Camp Coleman in Cleveland, GA in the summer and The Davis Academy in Atlanta, Georgia during the school year. “The Barchu is about being called to...
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After months of anticipation, I arrived in a slightly damp and chilly Israel for the annual training of summer shlichim (Israeli counselors) and the annual training of Union for Reform Judaism Israel...
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The Play
The Davis Academy put on a play, “The Little Mermaid.” It was utterly impressive. The hard work of the kids – and the performing arts staff – was showcased in their acting and singing, the costume...
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What’s In Your Duffel Bag?
As we gear up for camp every year, there is so much work to be done. Schedules to be finalized, outfits to be tagged and folded lovingly into duffel bags, water bottles to be cleaned. I remember how...
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Day School and Camp Program Goals
Several weeks ago, as we were gearing up for camp, I was sitting and having a lot of conversations with people. Our primary concerns were health, safety and security, of course, as we want to welcome...
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Home From Camp & Back to School
Camp ended. I can’t believe it’s over. All of a sudden, I transitioned from the tie-dyed 24/7 magic of camp to the polo shirts, big binders and giant potential of a year of learning and teaching at a...
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It Looks the Same
The Davis Academy 8th Grade Gibush Retreat (A Summer at URJ Camp Coleman) It looks the same. (It looks different.) Two quick days. (Two four-week sessions.) Middle of the school week. (Middle of...
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Tefillahpolooza: 40 Minutes of Spiritual Fulfillment
“Are you ‘Banging on Things’ today?” “No, I’m checking out ‘Ein Kleine Prayermusik’ with the principal.” “I’m going to the slam poetry one!” “I heard that Mr. R’s going to show movie clips!”...
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Mitzvah Meetings, and Meanings
Giant boxes of toothpaste and floss lurk under the marker boards in the dining hall. Huge drums of food overflow in Jewish Studies classrooms at school. A formidable stack of brightly-colored pieces of...
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Bringing 5,000 Voices to my Southern Jewish School
“Always thinking, you. Always thinking.” A friend in graduate school mockingly accused one overachieving friend by telling her she was “always thinking.” Because she was “always thinking,” she came up...
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Interfaith Social Action Day
I am familiar with the phrase “Sara Beth plans, and God/nature/Murphy’s Law laughs.” (I’m paraphrasing.) January 28th was one such day. I live and work in Atlanta during the school year. For months...
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Camp All Day, Every Day
A cookie is just a cookie, but a Newton is fruit and cake. A camp is just a camp, but MY CAMP IS THE BEST THING EVER. It doesn’t have the same ring, but you get the idea. [Colemanites] get together...
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Being a Mitzvah Representative
How can a few classes of kids in Atlanta brighten an entire hospital? The Davis Academy’s 4th grade team, interested in making a wellness-related impact in Atlanta and in Israel, raised a lot of money...
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Yom Partisans 2014
5th grade campers with Ruth Bielski Ehrreich Papers were flying and staples were clamping, stickers were delivered, and DVDs were organized. Another summer, and therefore, another fast day was upon us....
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Hot ShoTz and Tefillahpalooza, Part Deux
Back in October, we tried something new at the day school half of my job: Tefillahpalooza. You can read the post I wrote about it on the Canteen. In conversations about how best to #nadiviate (it’s a...
View ArticleThe OTHER Nadiv Educator
As the summer drew to a close, I took a picture with the other Nadiv Educator at my camp. He’s a 6th grader now, and he spends his whole year with me. He’s a full-summer camper at Coleman, a camp...
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Boker Big Bang – Big Business – Sporty Tefillah
I’ve been involved with the Foundation for Jewish Camp for a long time. I’m a Nadiv educator (working in a shared job between URJ Camp Coleman and The Davis Academy, a day school in Atlanta), I’ve...
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Many-Mitzvah Sukkot Moments!
A colleague recently voiced frustration that “mitzvah” has been mis-translated as “good deed” instead of “commandment.” I agreed, griping in tandem. And then…this happened: In the Davis Academy Middle...
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Learning About Judaism Through The Trinity (Yes, That One!)
A big part of my job is working on the interfaith program between my school, The Davis Academy, and a local Catholic school called Marist. It’s also one of the most interesting and energizing parts of...
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