Before the start of the festival (please see schedule below), we unveiled a mockup of the Mishnah Garden Sign, the Biblical Mosaic, and a photo of our new solar panels.
| Time |
Workshop |
Description |
Lead |
| 4:00-4:45 | Session 1 | ||
| Lag B’omer songs and stories | Stories and songs for young people | Chaya Silver Alford, Mark and David Malamud | |
| Breaking Bread | Let’s discuss our agrarian roots, alchemy, and Jewish traditions while we engage all of our senses in the art of bread making. | Cheryl Kollin | |
| Agreeing to Disagree | Lessons From the Mishnah and Talmud.” | David Sieradzki | |
| Bows and Arrows | Test your shooting skills: elementary school and up | Jay Marks | |
| Solar Energy for the home | We have panels for our shul, now get them for your own home! | Gerry Ehrenstein and Beth Kaufman | |
| Pirke Avot: Ethics of the Ancestors | The top hits of ethical behavior according to our Mishnaic (ca. 200 CE) rabbinic ancestors | Cantor Rachel | |
| 5:00-5:45 | Session 2 | ||
| Let’s Count Out Ways to Reduce Stress | Educated people are very conscious of stresses that are beyond our control. Learn ways to keep stress at bay for holidays, Shabbat and daily life. | Sharon Baranson | |
| Lag Ba’omer v’Gvura | Israeli vs American perception of heroism | Haya Laufer and Professor Gideon Samid | |
| Bows and Arrows | Test your shooting skills: elementary school and up | Jay Marks | |
| Eating the Harvest | Ethical, Kosher, Healthy: Motivation for leaning into a plant-based diet | Michelle Berkovitz | |
| Walk the Torah with Rabbi Fred | Walk the talk (all ages welcome) | Rabbi Fred | |
| Lag B’Omer and the Courage to Study in Spite of Adversity: The Power of Environmental Study in the Middle East | How the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies results in environmental activism and human connections among “the others” regardless of the historical narratives which traditionally divide them. | Karen and Barry Fierst | |
