MOSH MADNESS!

Last Sunday we gathered together at the Leland Community Center for an afternoon of fun Purim festivities. Campers from every age group and their parents celebrate by playing classic Purim games, baking hamentashen, enjoying a Purim carnival and strutting their stuff in a costume parade. Thank you to everybody who came out! We hope all the new folks enjoyed the taste of Mosh.

For more photos from the event visit our facebook page: Habonim Dror Camp Moshava

Happy Purim from Eizor Moshava!

March Newsletter

Hello Mosh Families,

With February come and gone here are our events for the rest of the year, some fun Purim ideas, and an interesting article!

Upcoming Events:

MOSH MADNESS: This Sunday March 4th from 2 to 4 come join us at the Lawton Community Center 4301 Willow Lane

Chevy Chase, Maryland 20815 for our second anual Mosh Madness Purim Carnival!! Parents and campers are welcome!! This is the perfect opportunity to show off Mosh to your friends that might be interested in coming to camp this summer! Please wear a costume! If you have not signed up already you can go to http://tinyurl.com/moshmadness! You don't want to miss out on all the fun!

East Coast Mifgash: March 30th through April 1st. For campers in 10th grade through 12th grade this is the opportunity to get together with friends your ages from the other Habonim Dror Camps on the East Coast!! Sign up here!!

Save the Dates:

Hunger Sedar: April 15th, more information to come!

Shicvat Shabbat Dinners: May 4th, This is our last opportunity to get together by age group before camp starts. If you would like to host a dinner please let us know!

The Spring Overnight: May 18th -May 20th!

Fun Purim Thoughts:

The Parternship for Jewish Learning ideas to celebrate Purim

Click here for a fun Purim song by the popular Maccabeats! 

Some Food for Thought:

Read this article about calling off the Labor Strikes in Israel and think about these questions. 

 What would happen if our communities if the entire public sector went on strike?

 Is striking an effective method of achieving change in a society?

 What are the pros and cons of what is happening in Israel? 

If you have any questions feel free to contact us! We hope to see you at our events!

Sicerely,

The Mazkirut Eizor (Area Directors)

Shabbat Dinners by Shicvat

This past Friday we gathered at houses around Maryland for a little taste of camp. We had Shabbat dinner and every shicvat (age group) had a different activity run for them. It was nice to reconnect after so long without any events! We really appreciate all the families who offered their houses for our meals. Hope to see you at our next event...MOSH MADNESS! We will be sending out more details shortly. 

(Some of our younger campers with counselor Netta at Shabbat dinner)

Connecting to Israel

In January we received a special visit from Brianna who works in the central office for Habonim Dror North America. She spoke with the high school parents about the two Israel programs Habonim Dror offers. Good conversation was had at both! Thanks to the Hollander family for hosting us!!

January E-Newsletter

Hello Mosh Families....and Happy New Year! 

In this newsletter check out our upcoming ken events, cool Jewish events in the D.C. area, resources and ideas for Tubishvat and a video from the Hannuakah sleepover!

UPCOMING EVENTS:

MBI and Workshop Information Session Sunday, January 29th
If your child is considering going on MBI (the 4 Week Habonim Dror summer program in Israel for pre--11th graders) or Workshop (the 9-month gap year program for post-high schoolers) come hear about these programs from the Habonim Dror Programs Director, Brianna Fowler, who will be giving a presentation and answering questions. Parents and campers are both encouraged to come!

The MBI information session will take place from 2-3pm and the Workshop information session will take place from 3-4pm at the Hollander household, 1241 Cresthaven Dr. Silver Spring MD, 20903. Refreshments will be served. 

Anaf Hanafa

This Sunday, Anaf Hanafa, the Mosh Ken's new service-learning group, had an exciting MLK kick-off event! Chanichim in grades 8-11 critically examined Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and discussed their roles in the continuing struggle for civil rights and racial and socio-economic equality in the United States. Afterward, they assembled about 100 servings of baked ziti for Martha's Table--a non-profit organization in D.C. that provides hundreds of homeless and low-income people with meals every day. Some of them also chose to participate in a letter writing campaign through Amnesty International asking the Governor of Missouri to pardon Reggie Clemens, a prisoner on death row, as a way to fight against injustice in the criminal justice system.

Mark your calendars for our next event coming the first week of February-- more details to follow soon! 

Be sure to join the Anaf Hanafa facebook group if you are in grades 8-12!! 

Schichvah Shabbat Dinners, Friday February 10th. 
Interested in hosting the dinner for your child's schichvah?! Please send us an email at eizormoshava@gmail.com

COMMUNITY EVENTS:

Israeli Film Festival, Tuesday January 21st

The Israeli Film Festival at Tikvat Israel Congregation is showing "Galilee Eskimos" on January 21st at 7:45 pm. For more information check out their website! 

2012 Hafla Delegation, January 21st, 22nd, 26th, 29th

The Jewish Federation is proud to present the 2012 Hafla delegation!! This is a series of parties dedicated to celebrating Israeli culture, food, music and tradition. Check out their website to find out the dates and times for the location nearest you!! 

FOOD FOR THOUGHT:

With Tu B'shvat around the corner (February 8th) here are some ideas put out by our partner the PJLL for how to celebrate: http://www.pjll.org/content/tu-bshvat-resources

And lastly, here is an awesome video of some of our Bogrot (oldest campers) performing an original song at the  Hanukkah Sleepover!!

Lehitraot,
Mazkirut Eizor

Tis the Season to be Sleepin

As dusk fell over Tiferith Israel Congregation last Saturday we gathered together for our last event before the holidays. Chanichim (campers) from every kvutzah (age group) came together to celebrate Havdallah, perform acts for a musicale, and take part in a camp wide Hanukkah Trivia game!! Everyone filled the basement of Tiferith Israel with such high energy, making the event so much fun! Thank you to all the madrichim (counselors) and chanichim that came out to celebrate with us!