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Return of the fiffingfrapese
The high tightrope, the trampoline, the jugglers,
the camper performed shows, and the high trapeze,
these were the highlights for many campers,
experiences all the campers at Maas enjoyed during
the summer of '93. They told you about it when
they came home, and they weren't exaggerating.
The summer of '93 brought the circus to Tamarack,
and by popular demand it will be back for the
summer of '94. So, rest up during the winter
because soon you will be "Soaring through the air
with the greatest of ease", as we all learn what it's
like to be a part of the greatest show on earth.
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:Harvey Finkelberg at 661-0600
Michigan's only kosher conference center, the Butzel Conference Center in Ortonville, hosts Michigan's largest
Elderhostel program, with a total of 438 participants, and the largest Jewish family camp program in the country, serving
over six hundred parents and children.
The Butzel Conference Center, overlooking a scenic lake, with individual rooms with private bath, provides a perfect
setting for anyone. The Rabbi Morris B. Adler Pavilion includes four meeting rooms, chapel, and dining room with picture
windows. The kosher food service is supervised by the Council of Orthodox Rabbis. Along with programs the Fresh Air
Society/Tamarack Camps runs at Butzel, the facility is available for rental to outside groups and family reunions.
Health Reform 1994; King and Prophet;
Late Style; Assimilation and the East
European Jewish Experience; Sport and
the American Experience; Sages and
Seers/Schlemiels and Shlimazels; Arthur
Miller, A Jewish American Playwright;
The Clinton Administration, an Update;
and Daughters of Miriam: Contemporary
Jewish Women Writers.
As Frieda and Charles Lauer wrote from
Lyndhurst, Ohio, "Such rooms, such
food, such lectures...there are not
enough words of praise for the staff, for
the way we were treated, and the
program selection."
For further information about the
Midrasha/Fresh Air Society Elderhostel,
please call the Fresh Air Society office
(810-661-0600) or Elderhostel, Inc. (617-
426-8056.)
Wondering what to do during school vaca-
tions? Come join the fun at Camp Maas as
we make use of all our great facilities. Enjoy
nature, hay rides, pioneer skills, sports, along
with arts & crafts as you look forward to the
summer through a taste of camp in the
Winter and Spring. Programs are open to
new and previous campers, so tell your
friends to come out and join us!
Winter Classic
2/14 - 2/15 (Overnight)
2/17 Day Program
4/4 - 4/5 (Overnight)
4/7 Day Program
Butzel at its Best
Elderhostel
Winter Classic & Spring
Break Camps
Spring Break
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Elderhostel offers programs worldwide,
intended for people sixty years or over
who seek a week long residential
academic program. Generally there are
three topics during a week program, and
there are close to 200,000 participants in
U.S. programs alone.
The Elderhostel at Butzel is co-spon-
sored by the Midrasha Center for Adult
Jewish Learning and the Fresh Air
Society. The overall theme is Jewish,
with many courses on Jewish topics.
Evening entertainment runs the gamut
from Jewish Storytelling to Israeli dance.
The mostly Jewish participants come
from as far away as California and
Connecticut.
Ten weeks will be offered in the coming
year, hosted by veteran Elderhostelers,
who have experienced Elderhostel
around the world.
With presenters hired mostly through
recommendations of the Midrasha
Center for Adult Jewish Learning, the
Midrasha/Fresh Air Society Elderhostel
draws expert faculty from the University
of Michigan, Michigan State, Eastern
Michigan, Lawrence Tech University,
along with the Midrasha and Akiva Day
School.
The Spring and Summer sessions begin
in April, and continue through August.
Upcoming topics include: Twentieth
Century Religions; People and Family in
the Bible; Jewish History Since Napo-
leon; Primo Levi and the New Bible;
New for 94:
For more information, call Harvey Finkelberg at
661-0600.
Rollerskating Attracts
Hundreds of Campers
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Tamarack Camps has added
another tradition to the Thanksgiving
weekend: the annual rollerskating
party at Bonaventure Roller Rink.
This year attracting over 900
campers and staff, everyone had a
great time talking to old friends, and
taking a few laps around the rink.
Since the entrance fees included
skate rental, long lines were elimi-
nated, allowing more skate time for
everyone. Rollerskating, along with
Winter Camp, Jamboree, Winter
Classic and Spring Break Camp
(Strategically placed during school
vacations), allow new and returning
campers to get together and have a
great time.
Skills activities, and talent shows with
special theme activities for each season
of the year.
As one grandparent wrote, "We just
spent a wonderful week-end at Bubbie-
Zadie Camp. Everything was wonderful,
the surroundings, the food, the company.
But what made it extra special was Andy
and her staff. They were so caring and
thoughtful, and took time and effort with
each child. We all came away feeling
great."
Six programs are co-sponsored with
Jewish Experiences for Families and the
congregations of B'nai Moshe, Kol Ami,
Beth Abraham Hillel Moses, Beth El,
Temple Israel, and Shaarey Zedek.
Planned in tandem with congregation
professionals, these weekends enhance
The last program at Maas in 1993 will
the customs and values of the individual
go down in history as one of the best.
congregations, while offering families an
Family Camp
The
hundreds of campers may have
excellent opportunity to get to know each
For nineteen years, Tamarack Camps
been bundled up to fight off the cold, but
other.
family camp programs continue to delight
A seventh weekend experience involving a warm feeling was evident in every
everyone in the family. Four basic
child's face. Activities were non-stop as
the participants in Stepping Stones will
weekends are offered over the course of
be offered by J.E.F.F. for the first time this new campers experienced a taste of
the year to the general community:
Maas for the first time and returning
year.
Summer Family Camp, Fall Colors
campers participated in nature, pioneer
In addition, the Ann Arbor J.C.C. and the
Family Camp, New Years Family Camp,
skills, outdoor sports, and hay rides.
Toledo Jewish Community are initiating
and Bubbie Zadie and Kinder Camp
Family Camp programs in cooperation
(held two weekends in early June.)
with the Fresh Air Society this coming
A highlight for everyone was the new
Selected staff from the summer pack in a winter.
wintertime dining facility at the Audito-
tremendous amount of programming in a For additional information about Family
rium, where we ate hot, delicious meals
concentrated weekend, including a
Camp, please call the Tamarack Camps
and
had the chance to sing great camp
wonderful Shabbat meal, Oneg Shabbat, office, 810-661-0600.
songs
together as one big happy family.
outdoor sports, nature walks, Pioneer
It was a Winter Camp to remember!
Winter Camp '93
"More fun than
anyone imagined"
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