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 […]
SAC Interview with Raphael Alcabes
SAC Interview with Raphael Alcabes 12/26/18 This month, we spoke with Raphael Alcabes, a lifelong SAC camper, about his special Bar Mitzvah experience while at SAC. Not only has Raph attended camp for over a decade, but he’s also come back as a counselor, head staffer, and most recently, Special Events and Night Activities Director […]
SAC Israel Day 2018
Yesterday was one of my favorite days of camp, Israel Day! It’s so beautiful and unifying to have everybody dressed up in blue and white, waving around Israeli flags, and dancing and singing to Hebrew songs all day long. Breakfast was amazing, with our chef Shuli’s authentic Shakshuka. After our daily cabin clean up time, […]
Sephardic Baking (and Cooking) at SAC
SAC wouldn’t be SAC without the Sephardic Baking activities that bring out the delicious part of our unique heritage and culture. Again this year we were lucky enough to have Nona Jeanne Maimon join us to teach a Yapraka making chug! Our campers and staff just LOVE to bake (and eat) our traditional Sephardic delicacies! […]
Un Anyo Mas, Un Sehel Mas – Another year, Another Piece of Wisdom by Ethan Marcus
This year at SAC, we’ve brought Sephardic pride and education into our camp program like never before! Our Camp theme, “From Spain to SAC”, is giving us the incredible chance to teach our campers from around the world about the beauty of our shared Sephardic identity, culture, and values. Each bunk is named after a Sephardic city […]
The Many Faces of SAC by Beth Jacoby
The term “putting a name to a face” has never rung so true for me until this summer here at SAC! Out of our 113 campers this year, about one third are brand new to our camp! Our first time campers are always surprised when, after telling me their first name, I instantly tell […]
