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Adventure Class – Colorado

The Adventure Bar Mitzvah & Bat Mitzvah Class – Boulder, Colorado

The Adventure Class is an Expedition Style Bar Mitzvah/ Bat Mitzvah Class Taught by Rabbi Jamie Korngold.

During this one-year adventure, students will climb peaks, learn to make matzah ball soup, camp in the desert, and learn how to change a car tire. They will learn about the planet, Judaism, and themselves. They will learn to be responsible, respectful, and resourceful.

Our goal is to use Jewish wisdom to help make the teen year a bit less turbulent years by instilling in our students compassion, courage, and confidence.

This life-altering adventure is available to a limited number of students.

We can’t wait to welcome you to your adventure!

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Adventure Class Details

Hebrew:

Students should be prepared for rigorous Hebrew studies. Most of our students tutor once a week for 12-18 months and do 30-minutes of homework 5 nights a week. We offer in-house Hebrew in small groups and individual tutoring online.

Most of our students find our Hebrew challenging but enjoyable. (Really! Our tutors make it fun!)

More about our Tutors>>
List of Required Prayers>>

Homework:

In addition to Hebrew studies, our students complete 2 written assignments a month. These should not take more than 30-minutes each. Both are done as google docs and shared with Rabbi Jamie. The assignments enable students to reflect more deeply on their experience and to engage in an individual conversation with Rabbi Jamie.

Shabbat:

Students celebrate Shabbat 8 times during the year. They get to choose how. For example consider a Shabbat hike, reading a book to a younger sibling, calling Grandpa, lighting candles, or baking challah to name a few. The goal is to help the student and their family develop a Shabbat practice that is meaningful, realistic and sustainable.

Ceremonies:

You may add a ceremony in the location of your choosing! We have lots of suggestions, but the choice is yours. The Rabbi will arrive with a sound system, guitar, Torah, and prayer books. The rest is your choice! On a hike? In a fancy hotel? In your backyard? On horseback at a ranch? In Israel at the Wall? On a beach in Hawaii? We’ve done it all.

Students are eligible to have their ceremonies once the class is completed. We officiate at three ceremonies a weekend, Friday at approximately 6 pm and Saturday at approximately 9:30 and 4 pm. You might end up choosing the same weekend as a classmate, in which case, (if you invite your classmates), students often carpool and go from ceremony 1 to party 1 and then to ceremony 2 and party 2.  If you don’t want to be on the same weekend as a classmate, please be sure to ask who is sharing your weekend.

View a sample ceremony>>

Local venue suggestions>>

Schedule and Attendance:

The class meets a little more than once a month, from August to May. Students are allowed to miss and make up 3 classes. Orientation can only be made up by a private class with Rabbi Jamie for $250.

Schedule 2023-2024>>  

Tentative Schedule 2024-2025>>

Admission Requirements:

To be admitted, students need to meet certain criteria:
-Want to be in the class
-Enjoy social settings
-Be willing and able to complete the required homework and assignments
-Not miss (and make up) more than 3 classes (Orientation can only be made up with a $250 private class)
-Be physically active
-Parents must be willing to be on Living Tree App

Your child does not have to love hiking or be a star athlete to succeed in our program. Usually, kids are motivated by being with friends and therefore they don’t mind hiking because they are with friends!

They do not need to know any Hebrew or have any Jewish background. We will teach them everything they need.

Class Tuition:

We accept ACH payments and credit cards and offer monthly payment plans. If you opt to pay with a credit card, there will be a 3.5 % convenience charge.
-$3,600 for members of our congregation in 2024 (student and 1 adult must be members to receive this discount)
-$4,000 for non-members

Fee Includes:
– 15 classes led by Rabbi Jamie Korngold or Rabbi Alan Shavit-Lonstein
– Member’s rate for the student and one adult to August Shabbat Service ($0), Rosh Hashanah Retreat (see current members price>>), Kol Nidre ($0), Yom Kippur closing hike($0), and Passover Retreat (see current member’s price>>.)

Hebrew tuition is not included.

Ceremony Fee:

– $3,600 for a private ceremony in Boulder CO (additional charge if outside of Boulder)

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