Why I’m Choosing to Form a Partnership With My Child’s Teachers
Why I’m Choosing to Form a Partnership With My Child’s Teachers
As I sit here and wonder how the summer could have possibly flown by so quickly, I begin to anxiously anticipate the upcoming school year and what is in store for my 3 children- Levi (8 ½ ), Sawyer (6), and Alexa (3). For the first time ever, they will be in 3 different places, […] Learn More ›
Celebrating Jewish Traditions at College: A Guide for Parents
Raising four kids, the years are marked by the predictable cycle of new school shoes, report cards and packing for summer camp. With my first beginning college this week, I’m learning about a new set of dates that rule the calendar. Decision Day. Summer Orientation. Move-in Day. When we turned the car around a few […] Learn More ›
Here’s How to Make Camp Last a Little Bit Longer
Camp is finished. Kids are either back in school, about to start school or telling you that they are bored at home. Everyone misses camp. The good news is that we have five ways to keep the warm fuzzies from Apachi J Camp going for a few more weeks. Cheer on the Home Team […] Learn More ›
Building Friends For Life: A Journey To Cuba
Thank you JCC 20s & 30s for helping me connect with so many interesting individuals with unique points of view. As we sat in a paradiso, toasting each other and having dinner where the Obamas ate, I was struck with a profound sense of purpose to help each individual present at that table— and the […] Learn More ›
Reflections from Maccabi: The Experience of a Lifetime
Written By: Sydney Ignoffo and Becca Goldman 16U Girls basketball participants Landing in Miami this year we had our minds set on a team gold medal. As we approached the Miami Alper JCC, we began to see all the other team delegations and host families. You could feel and hear the excitement in the air […] Learn More ›
How ‘The Goonies’ Inspired Me to Become a Camp Director
That’s right, the 1985 action/comedy The Goonies is (one of) the reasons I am a camp director today. It started a few summers after this classic movie’s release, at the Oakland Piedmont Jewish Community Center in California. I had grown up in the OPJCC summer camp, and now I was a first-year unit head. The […] Learn More ›