This week, the Jewish Released Time program arranged winter camps for Jewish children learning in New York City during their winter vacation.
Over 50 children attended the Brooklyn and Queens camps under the auspices of the National Committee for the Furtherance of Jewish Education (NCFJE).
The Brooklyn camp was hosted by United Lubavitch Yeshiva Ocean Parkway and Ohel Moshe Chevrah Tehillim, Lubavitch. The Queens camp hosted by Anshei Shalom Chabad.
The children were taken daily on afternoon trips, which was preceded by a morning program filled with activities to promote Jewish knowledge and pride.
They were treated to nourishing hot breakfasts and lunches, learning and arts and crafts activities such as sand art and decorating yarmulkas.
Trips to bowling, zoo and kids in action were a definite hit. The children also spent a day in Crown Heights visiting the matzah bakery, eating kosher pizza and having a rally in 770.
The halls of the Yeshiva and Chabad center echoed with the famous “I’m a Jew and I’m proud,” and “Torah Tziva Lanu Moshe.” There were Torah contests and quizzes as well. All in all the children were inspired and educated in our Jewish Heritage with utmost talent.
A special thanks to the dedicated staff and to Rabbi Dechter, Rabbi Kornblatt and Rabbi Mordechai Hecht for helping make the camps the success they were.
beautiful.such ibergegebenkeit. true shluchim and shluchos
great way to get not frum kids to spend their winter vacation!!!