Trips and Retreats

Current research on the Jewish community indicates that informal Jewish experiences such as Shabbaton weekends and trips have a significant impact on Jewish identity. Temple Beth Sholom values the importance of informal Jewish education and highly subsidizes many of these experiences for our students. We highly encourage all students in 3^rd-12^th grades to participate in a Jewish camping/traveling experience each school year. Many of our students participate in the following experiences each year.

Orange County Bureau of Jewish Education’s 3^rd-8^th Grade Shabbaton (link)

7^th Grade B’nei Mitzvah Retreat at Camp Hess Kramer

8^th Grade Day Trip to Jewish Los Angeles *New* for the 2011-2012 school year!

10^th Grade Confirmation Retreat in the desert

11^th & 12^th Grade Post Confirmation Trips to New York City and Washington D.C.

Orange County Bureau of Jewish Education’s TALIT Nation program (9^th-12^th grades)

Orange County Bureau of Jewish Education’s TIES Trip to Israel (10^th-12^th grades)

NFTY Socal Weekends (9^th-12^th grades)