26 | DECEMBER 5 • 2019 

(Really, do you think that a 
horse can actually pray?)

POWER OF COLLABORATION
Congregations, the JCC and 
Camp Tamarack each possess 
unique strengths, abilities and 
resources that, when combined, 
have the power to create a 
stronger, richer learning experi-
ence than any of the entities can 
provide on their own.
In describing Camp Sababa, 
JCC CEO Brian Siegel says, 
“Our reimagined JCC places 
a high value on innovation, 
collaboration, entrepreneurship 
and community. This summer’
s 
Camp Sababa was designed and 
implemented with these values 
in mind. 
“The power of collabora-
tion, the power of like-minded 
organizations coming together 
and creating something special, 
something powerful that would 
not have happened if each 
organization had worked on its 
own,
” he added.

POWER OF JEWISH 
COMMUNITY
One of the major goals of 
Jewish communal organiza-
tions is the building of Jewish 
community, creating a sense 
within individuals of belonging 
to something bigger than just 
themselves. 
 Camp Sababa provided 
Jewish community building 
learning experiences that creat-
ed a sense of community within 
the campers as well as within 
the camp families, linking 
them together and to the larger 
Jewish community as well. 

POWER OF FAMILY
One of the common sayings 
of family Jewish education is 
“Educating a child without 
educating the parents is like 
heating a house and leaving 
all of the doors and windows 
wide open.” 
 Recognizing the impor-
tance of involving families 
in a child’
s Jewish learning, 
Camp Sababa provided oppor-
tunities for whole families to 
be involved in the learning, 
the celebrations and the fun 
through a Hazon Michigan 
Jewish Food Festival family 
scavenger hunt, the creation 
of family heritage books and 
celebrating together over a 
Kabbalat Shabbat dinner for 
campers and their families.

POWER OF EXPERIENTIAL 
JEWISH LEARNING
For some time now there has 
been a recognition of the power 
of hands-on experiential learn-
ing. Learning through games, 
singing, dancing, doing, group 
experiences, creating, commu-
nity building and other engag-
ing informal learning oppor-
tunities creates lasting learning 
and indelible memories. 

WHY SYNAGOGUES LIKED IT 
As the director of Lifelong 
Learning at Temple Kol Ami, 
Gail Greenberg was excited by 
the opportunity to connect with 
her students during the summer 
and in a camp setting. 
 “Partnering with the JCC and 
other congregational education-
al leaders provided a think-tank 
where we could supplement 

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