Kishroniyah Takes Creativity to New Heights!

A group of teens sits and stands around a table outdoors, using microphones, headphones, a sound mixer, and notebooks, appearing to record a podcast or radio show under a pavilion near a barn-like building.

At Ramah New England, 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, 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. Kishroniyah runs over four days for Machon and Nivonim campers, and over three days for Magshimim and Bogrim campers.

This year, chanichim chose from these workshop offerings: A cappella, Basketball, Ultimate Frisbee, Steampunkinetics, Jewelry, Film-making, Robotics, Stained-glass, Make-Your-Own Musical, Lifeguard certification, Pickleball, Podcasting and Mural-making.

Check out these incredible performances by the Machon/Nivonim Kishroniyah a cappella group! These kids worked so hard all week with visiting specialist Amichai Margolis, and it shows!

Please enjoy this completed short film, created by the Machon/Nivonim chanichim/ot (campers) in our Kishroniyah filmmaking group! The kids created this completely from scratch — they came up with the idea, wrote the script, created a shot list, filmed all the footage, and helped to assemble the complete edit. The result is this very funny short film! Filmmaking Kishroniyah is overseen by writer/director Arnon Shorr.

We are certain that you will enjoy the amazing musical that was written and performed by our Machon/Nivonim chanichim (campers) in our Make Your Own Musical Kishroniyah group! Led by Landon Braverman, these kids created a complete production entirely from scratch!! They came up with the idea, wrote the script, wrote the songs and music, and then performed their extraordinary creation in front of the rest of their edot!

Check our recent blogposts to learn more about the other fantastic workshops offered this week!

A basketball coach holds a ball and instructs a group of young players on an indoor court. Three boys stand near him, listening attentively. Other players and equipment are visible in the background. Four teenagers, three girls and one boy, stand on an outdoor court playing pickleball. They are holding paddles and smiling, with trees and buildings visible in the background. Four teenagers work on a colorful, homemade science project with tubes and wires outdoors under a tent, with wooden cabins, tables, and a parked truck in the background. One boy focuses on assembling parts. A smiling person with curly hair holds up a piece of stained glass art featuring blue, green, and white geometric shapes. They are wearing a blue shirt and several bracelets, and standing indoors near a wooden wall. A boy wearing a cap and red shoes stands under a basketball hoop with his arms raised, while a man holding a basketball and another man with arms up stand nearby in a gym. Two people on the right watch and gesture. Several people play ultimate frisbee on a grassy field. A girl in a red vest prepares to throw a frisbee while two boys in athletic wear run nearby. Other players and basketball hoops are visible in the background. A group of ten young lifeguards in swimsuits and holding rescue tubes stand in a line on a sandy lakeshore with trees, docks, and a blue sky in the background. A mannequin stands among them.

Categories: Kishroniyah, Tzad Bet
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