Kishroniyah 2024: Part One!

Kishroniyah is one of our centerpiece programs for our Tzad Bet (B-Side) chanichim/ot (campers)!

It’s important to us that the camp experience grows and changes with our chanichim (campers) as they grow up at camp. We also strive to give kids opportunities for high-level, specialized experiences at camp, in which they can dig deeply into areas in which they have interest. Kishroniyah comes from the Hebrew word kisharon, which means “skill” or “talent”. For a week during our second session, we invite specialists in a wide variety of fields to join us at camp to run intensive multi-day programs for our older Tzad Bet (B-side) campers. These programs are high-level offerings that give our chanichim a chance to engage in an intensive way with the program that best fits their personal interests and skills. Machon and Nivonim have 12 hours of Kishroniyah from Sunday-to-Wednesday, and Magshimim and Bogrim have 8 hours of Kishroniyah from Wednesday-to-Friday.

A Cappella: Working with premiere song-leader Ami Margolis, participants in this group form an a cappella group!  They learn arrangements for multiple songs, which they perform in front of Tzad Bet at the end of their program, in addition to working with Ami to create a professional recording of each piece they’ve learned & performed!  Click here to watch a performance by the Machon/Nivonim participants, and check back here soon to see the performances of the Magshimim/Bogrim participants.

Basketball: Four coaches from the Basketball Stars of New York lead our participants in an intensive basketball training program.  They teach and hone the kids’ skills, and the program culminates in an intense, competitive tournament!

Filmmaking: Writer/director Arnon Shorr guides partipants in creating, entirely from scratch, a complete short-film!  The participants come up with the idea, write the script, create a shot list, film all the footage, and help to assemble the complete edit.  Click here to watch the incredible short horror film created by the Machon/Nivonim participants, and check back here soon to see the documentary short created by the Magshimim/Bogrim participants.

Glass-Fusing: Incredible artist Abby Maier works with participants to create gorgeous works of art in glass. This year, each camper in her program created a gorgeous mezuzah made of glass.

Jewelry: Sandra Ostroff has been with Kishroniyah ever since the beginning of this program! The focus of this program is on beading, featuring a variety of different (and complicated!) stitches. The chanichim (campers) make gorgeous bracelets, rings, and other jewelry in a variety of different beautiful color combinations.

Make Your Own Play/Musical: Landon Braverman guides participants in creating and performing a complete short musical, with multiple songs and scenes, completely from scratch!  We’ll be posting the recording of their amazing performances here soon.

Mosaic: Talented artist Cecilia Kramer has worked with our participants to create another breathtaking beautiful piece of installation artwork, that will soon be displayed in a public space at camp. This year’s mosaic focuses on the words of Shir Ramah, and depicts butterflies (a butterfly is mentioned in the first line of Shir Ramah) flying among flowers.

 

We’ve only covered seven of our FOURTEEN 2024 Kishroniyah groups!

Click here to read PART TWO and learn about our other seven groups!