Shabbat Shalom U’Mevorach
Shabbat at SAC is a day that you don’t want to miss. All day Friday, campers and staff prepare for this illustrious day. Rabbi Hassan, Chacham Aryeh Greenberg, B3, B4 and CIT campers spent time putting up an eruv around camp, so that we can carry important items (water bottles!) Our kitchen crew cooked up […]
Day 5: Rainbows and thunderstorms and mountains, oh my!
Yesterday, I had the privilege of teaching the G1 and G2 girls during shiurim time. As we progress through our #blessed theme, we were learning about the atypical brachot that are said over the course of a year. We discussed the brachot of thunder and lightening, a rainbow, seeing a large mountain and even a […]
Day 4: The ‘Do You Know What That IS?’ Issue
The DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT IS? Issue Laboca and Cocoa: A new tradition at SAC, campers can arrive to the Cheder Ochel (Mess Hall) before tefila starts to drink hot cocoa and learn with one of the staff, Rabbis, or CITs. Some hot topics we have discussed so far are: If you could create […]
Day 3: #blessedtoimpress
Queridos Madres y Padres, What am I #thankful for, might you ask? Smiling kids, caring counselors, thoughtful educators, sunshine, paddle boards, all camp soccer and ridiculously delicious Sephardic food. The common denominator, of course, being all things that make SAC amazing. After learning about Gd’s divide plan for the world on day 1, according to […]
Day 3: mil dan
Queridos Madres y Padres, Our first full day at Sephardic Adventure Camp was a hit! All of our campers woke up like lions, and made their way to the Lodge to say Shacharit (morning prayers) and read Torah overlooking the beautiful Lost Lake. After a wonderful pancake breakfast prepared by our talented kitchen crew, […]
Day 1 – WE HAVE ARRIVED!
Queridos Madres y Padres (“Dear Mom and Dad” for those new to Ladino), As the kids arrived at camp yesterday with smiles on their faces, and danced their kulicus off to Ojo de Hamsa (see staff video on facebook), we sighed a sigh of relief and gave deep thanks for the Jewish summer camp experience. […]
Last Sephardiah of Shelton – April 23, 2015
What a wonderful world we live in; nature is beautiful and there are amazing people all around the world. We are surrounded by so many incredible individuals that have built up our community and constantly work towards a better future for the community and the world. We are all so fortunate to have so many […]
The Last Sephardiah of Shelton – January
Shalom again, my friends! This month, the Last Sephardiah of Shelton writes to you from the Holy Land! That’s right, Israel! Before I talk about how absolutely apropos I think it is that I am writing this SAC blog post here, I first want to mention all things Sephardic Adventure Camp that have been going […]
SAC Campers at Ladino Day at University of Washington
Courtesy of The Daily at University of Washington! UW hosts second International Ladino Day Kids at International Ladino Day -Kids from the Sephardic Adventure Camp in Seattle come together in song to commemorate International Ladino Day. Photo by Shane Solomon / Contributing photographer December 4, 2014 at 11:07 PM | Alexa Teodoro / Contributing writer […]
