Block and Hexter Vacation Center

Summer Programs 2008

Costs

Double pp

Superior Double pp

Single

Session 1

$865

 $1,140

$1,150
Session 1A - A Taste of BHVC $485 $615 $620
Session 1B - Pathways $600 $750 $775

Session 2 

$1,085

 $1,385

$1,595
Session 3 $1,085 $1,385 $1,595
Session 4  $1,085 $1,385 $1,595
Session 4A - Klezkamp Roadshow $635 $785 $895
Session 4B - Israel at 60 $635 $785 $895

Session 5

$1,035

 $1,335

$1,365

Our Superior Rooms: Space is extremely limited and reservations will be taken on a first-come-first-serve basis. These rooms are individually air conditioned and heated and  feature mini refrigerators, two double beds, larger walk-in showers and wall-to-wall carpeting. (We are only accepting reservations for double occupancy for these rooms.)

                              

We offer full all-inclusive door-to-door packages for Florida residents.
Please see the Florida application form on this site.

All Guest Rooms Are Now Air Conditioned 

Full Daily Housekeeping For All Programs!

As a part of our already full summer program, we will be featuring a Lifelong Learning Lecture Series throughout the summer. Each week, we will offer two different scholars-in-residence who will teach  full college-level classes. Of course we will still offer many other fine classes and lectures taught by our in-house scholars and instructors.

 

 

 

Session 1 - June 19 - July 2, 2008

 

 

 

June 19 - 25

  • Laura Wetzler - The Great Broadway Showmen

  • Harold Gellis - Untold Stories of World War II

June 25 - July 2

  • Sandy Winters - What's Behind The Words?

  • Dr. Dennis Raverty - Jewish Masters of Modern Art

Session 2 - July 2 – 16, 2008

 

 

 

July 2 - 9

  • Mark Levy - Columbus' Medina: Songs of Immigration

  • Marty Cohen - The Presidential Season

July 9 - 16

  • Dr. Roni Stein - American Composers: Gershwin to Copland

  • Chaim Lauer - Retirement: The Shabbas of Life

Session 3 - July 16 – 30, 2008

 

 

 

July 16 - 23

  • Dr. Richard Macht - 20th Century European Jewish Thinkers: The Struggle Between Spirit and Matter For Supremacy in the Modern World

  • Dr. Kenneth Libo - Six Aspects of Modern Jewish History

July 23 - 30

  • Dr. Ilana Abramovitch - The Jewish Mother In Film

  • Dr. Joel Shatzky - Awake and Sing: Jews In American Drama

 

Session 4 - July 30 - August 13, 2008

 

 

 

July 30 - August 6

  • Henry Sapoznik - History of Klezmer

  • Laura Hochman - 2008: Noted Jewish Authors

August 6 - 13

  • Dr. Abraham Gittelson - Israel at 60

  • Milton Heller - Shaking Your Family Tree: How To Become An Ancestor Detective

Session 5 - August 13 – 27, 2008

 

 

 

August 13 - 20

  • Dr. Abraham Gittelson - Shalom Y'All, Oranges and The Limbo: The History of The Jews of The South, Florida and The Caribbean

  • Laura Wetzler - Songs of the Lost Communities

August 20 - 27

  • David Brown - Protecting Your Assets

  • Joe Boskin - Laughter In America