Description
Adventure Class
Tuition Includes:
1. 15 Adventure Class sessions with Rabbi Alan Shavit-Lonstein
2. 5 private sessions with Shavit-Lonstein to learn about the class, write speeches, plan the service, and rehearse the service
3. Member’s Rate Admission to the following events for the student and one adult:
Shabbat Service/ Friday on Flagstaff Aug
Rosh Hashanah Retreat
Kol Nidre
Closing Hike on Yom Kippur
Passover Retreat
Note: If the student and parent are members at the start of the course, we will give you a tuition discount so you are not double paying. That member must use the free admission.
Hebrew Tutoring and Ceremony are not included
Ceremony Fee:
$3,600 (extra fees for locations outside of Boulder, CO)
Discounts:
– Member Discount: For the Online and Colorado-based programs, if the student and parent are members of the Adventure Judaism Congregation in the year when the class begins, the student’s tuition is discounted by 10%. Members will also receive a discount for their Hebrew lessons.
Extra Fees:
– Fees increase if the ceremony is 30 minutes or more outside of Boulder, Colorado.
– Add a second or third student to the same service for $1,500 per additional
– Please be aware that once you confirm your date and time with the Rabbi, there is a $250/fee for changing the date or time.
– There is a $35 fee for returned checks or failed payments plus any fees the bank charges.
Refunds:
If you pay in full, 50% is non-refundable. Five months later, the entire amount becomes non-refundable.
If you use the monthly payment plan, each payment is non-refundable.
Requirements:
For the Adventure class: This is an active, adventure program. Bar and Bat Mitzvah students must be reasonably physically fit to participate in this group. You do not have to be an incredible athlete, but you shouldn’t be a couch potato who hates hiking.
Bar and Bat mitzvah students must be willing to meet seven requirements to be accepted to this program:
1. Be in excellent physical health and willing to engage in strenuous activities, such as a 6.2-mile hike, 3.1 miles uphill, and 3.1 miles downhill. A good test for yourself is to be sure that you can hike uphill without stopping for 30 minutes and that you can engage in continuous physical activity for 2 hours. (We will be out much longer than that.) If you struggle with uncontrolled asthma or other breathing challenges, let’s talk before you sign up.
2. Enjoy social situations with peers and be willing and able to work with a group. Be willing to bring in any student who feels left out.
3. Students may make up two classes by reading assigned chapters of Rabbi Jamie Korngold’s book God in the Wilderness and writing about them. Orientation may only be made up by a private class with Rabbi Shavit-Lonstein for $250. After two missed classes, the third missed class is made up by private study with Rabbi Shavit-Lonstein for $250/hour.
4. Be ready to learn! There are no Hebrew or Religious school prerequisites for this class, but you must be ready to learn. Students are expected to be respectful of the Rabbi, other staff, and each other. Although this program is fun, it is still academically rigorous, and school rules apply.
5. Complete all homework (Google Doc) assignments and share them with the Rabbi. They generally take 30 minutes to write up.
6. Parents must be willing to join our class Bloomz group, where we post important information.
7. Students must complete the required Hebrew prayers, 6 Torah verses, and speeches before the ceremony. (Students must learn to read in Hebrew, not transliteration.)
Online B’nai Mitzvah Class
Tuition Includes:
1. Eight classes with the Educator or Rabbi
2. Two hours of speech writing coaching
3. One-hour ceremony planning session with the officiant
4. 1.5 hours ceremony rehearsal with the officiant
Ceremony and Hebrew Lessons may be added for an additional fee
You will be responsible for the following expenses:
1. Class Tuition
2. Ceremony Fee
3. All fees associated with site rental, if applicable
4. Hebrew tutoring fees (different than coaching, which is included)
