SAC Shabbat in Review
Here is a recap of our first Shabbat of the SAC 2019 season. For starters, our campers and staff had a fun pre-Shabbat photo session all dressed in their Shabbat finest. Our SAC communications team was on point to cover the many photo opportunities. Once we received the stamp of approval from Haham Aryeh Greenberg […]
Leading Sephardic Educators at SAC 2019!
We’re excited to announce that Dr. Devin E. Naar, the Isaac Alhadeff Chair of Sephardic Studies at the University of Washington, and Dr. Bryan Kirschen, Assistant Professor of Linguistics Program; Romance Languages and Literatures at the University of Binghamton, will both be joining us for the first time this summer at the Sephardic Adventure Camp! […]
Top 10 Favorite Things about the SAC Family Shabbaton
We polled our participants right after our recent SAC Family Shabbaton in Seattle and this is what they said: 10. All the Fun Kids’ Activities such as the Scavenger Hunt and Coca en la Boca with Haham Greenberg. 9. The Diverse Mix of Participants, of all ages! From campers to alumni, parents to grandparents and community members all […]
An Interview with SAC Parent & Board Member, Esther Avrahamy
Ethan Marcus recently interviewed Esther Avrahamy, SAC Parent and Board Member, about the impact SAC has had on her kids. EM: How did you and your family first get involved with SAC? Esther: My two older girls had gone in the past, and then went back again a couple of years later with my two […]
SAC Interview with Rabbi Benjy Owen by Ethan Marcus – 3 Generations of SAC
Ethan: You are a part of a family that has been involved with SAC for many years, correct? Rabbi Benjy Owen: Yes. My father, Ruben Owen, was the camp director for SAC in the 1970s before Camp Bishop, in Western Washington. And before that, my grandfather, Jack Behar was involved in a lot of youth […]