Block and Hexter Vacation Center

Pathways

June 25 - July 2, 2008
$600 Double per person 

$750 Superior Double per person

$775 Single occupancy

Spend a fabulous week learning, growing and expanding your knowledge with our exciting scholars and attentive staff. 

 

 

Pathways To Healing - A Life Journey

 

 

Uncover the healing practices of native peoples. Learn the secret to youthfulness through play. Take the power of song to new heights, as you harness the power from within. Open your heart as you learn to nurture the relationships in your life.

 

 

Speaker: Dr. Gail Levine

 

 

Dr. Gail Levine is a Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist and Associate Professor at Kingsborough Community College In Brooklyn in the Program in Sports, Fitness and Therapeutic Recreation. She obtained her Ph.D in Therapeutic Recreation in 1993 from NYU's School of Education and has also taught at Lehman College and NYU. 

 

Dr. Levine has long been involved with complementary approaches such as Yoga, Tai Chi, Breathwork and Relaxation techniques both as an individual and a practitioner and as a teacher.

 

 

Pathways To Survival - The Miracles of Jewish History

 

 

Examine the many events in Jewish history that have threatened the very existence of the Jewish people, and how Jewish leaders and communities have responded to these challenges. 

 

Speaker: Sandy Winters

 

 

Sandy Winters has been in the field of Jewish education since the late 1960’s. She holds two Bachelor of Arts degrees, the first obtained in 1960 from Boston University and the second in 1985 from Baltimore Hebrew University. In 1962 she earned her Master’s from Columbia University’s Teachers’ College.

Between 1968 and 1991, Sandy worked in Jewish education, teaching and administration at Temple Emanuel, Beth Israel, and Beth Tfiloh Community Day School. Additionally, for several years, she taught Bible and Jewish history and directed an Israel tour-study program for Baltimore Hebrew High School. Between 1989 and 1995, Sandy worked as an adjunct faculty member at Baltimore Hebrew University. She is currently an instructor at the Florence Melton Adult Mini-School.

 

Pathways To The Arts & Music

 

 

Jewish Masters of Modern Art

From the Bohemian quarter of Paris in the early 1900’s to America in the mid 20th century, examine the exciting contributions of an international mix of Jewish artists including Modigliani, Lipshitz, Soutine, Chagall, Weber, Rothko, Shahn and others.

Speaker: Dr. Dennis Raverty

Dr. Dennis Raverty has an extensive background as an art history teacher.  He holds degrees from the University of Minnesota (BA) and the University of Iowa (MA) in art history and a Ph.D. from Rutgers University.  His teaching credentials include several years at Rutgers and the University of Iowa, School of Art and Art History where he specialized in Western Art.  He also taught in the Minneapolis Public High Schools, offering classes in history, business, psychology and art.  Mr. Raverty has held numerous administrative positions for various museums and art colleges.  He spent a number of years as the Chairman for Public Exhibitions at Boston Visual Artist’s Union in Boston, MA, and is currently an Administrative Consultant for the Sidney Mishkin Gallery in New York City.  

A Mosaic of Jewish Folk Art: In Song and Crafts

Programs will include examinations of Yiddish song genres, Jewish papercutting and scribal arts, and contemporary Judaica and ritual art. Come surround yourself with the beauty of our culture!

Speaker: Susan Leviton

Internationally known calligrapher and Yiddish song expert Susan Leviton brings an exciting mix of Jewish arts and music to Block and Hexter, guaranteed to spark your interest and allow you to see and hear in new ways. Susan's warm approachable teaching style welcomes everyone into the circle, and her singing voice seems a perfect vehicle for 'mameloshn' (Yiddish!) 

Susan is a regular faculty member at Elderhostel, KlezKamp, Workmen's Circle, and the National Yiddish Book Center, and teaches as scholar in residence at colleges and Jewish communities throughout the US. She has recorded both with the Old World Folk Band, and as a solo performer, and is featured on "Live From KlezKamp - the Staff Concerts."