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Fee: $20 per tent. Please send your check to the Temple, 11715 SW 87 Avenue, 33176, marked "JITW 2013". If you just come for the day or for dinner, please make a $15.00 contribution to the Temple. You must register by February 1st to guarantee a tent spot.

There is a separate $10.00 per car entrance fee for the park, payable at the front gate. This is good for a week in all parts of the park.

Park activities are also available for a separate fee, such as bike rentals, canoe rentals, boat trips, etc.

Activities

• Saturday morning, 10:00, very short Sabbath service
• Saturday and Sunday during the day: potential activities include a mangrove adventure canoe trip, a bird walk, a swamp tromp, a bayside treasure hunt, plaster casting animal footprints, a sunset boat cruise. We will make each decision based on weather and wind conditions during the day, and there will be a bulletin board at our campsite with details for those who wish to join us for a few hours or a day.
• Saturday evening, 6:00 pm, Havdallah Under the Stars. Your pot-luck contribution will be shared at this time. We will also have a patriotic flag burning ceremony just before bed and after the s'mores! 

Registration: Email Ellen Siegel,

Graduating high school seniors now have one more option for next year.  BBYO has launched Beyond, a pre-college gap-year program in Israel.

The program aims to provide Jewish teens with meaningful Jewish experiences, while weaving together academic study, leadership development, community service, and educational travel. 

BBYO is the leading worldwide, pluralistic Jewish youth movement, currently spanning 39 regions and reaching close to 40,000 teens annually. For nearly ninety years, BBYO has been providing opportunities for Jewish teens to develop their leadership potential and a positive Jewish identity.  "Knowing the impact of a gap-year experience in Israel, we feel compelled to leverage our expertise and experience in providing powerful Israel experiences to increase the number of young Jews engaging in long-term study in Israel," said BBYO executive director Matthew Grossman. "Our teens have requested a gap-year experience, Israeli and North American Jewish leaders have called for more of these programs, and we feel uniquely capable of delivering something scalable and life-changing." 

Beyond is open to all Jewish students, who have not yet begun their college courses.  Applicants can choose between a five-month and nine-month experience.  The nine-month program includes two months of community service, in Jerusalem or Ethiopia, as well as two months of immersive Israeli experience. 

"Programs like Beyond prepare students to thrive in a competitive university setting and shape their worldview in a way that gives meaningful context to their academic studies" said Larry Moneta, vice-president of student affairs at Duke University.

Tel Aviv University serves as the program's home base, and participants have the opportunity to earn academic credit, get a taste for campus life, and explore the many assets of the modern Israeli city. Pnina Gadai Agenyahu, Director of Hillel at Tel Aviv University, said  

"Being in Israel and Tel Aviv specifically offers the unique learning experiences of an environment that is both ancient and modern - where biblical archeology and microchip development are part of the fabric of daily life." 

During the course of Beyond, there is also opportunity for a participant to travel to Europe, and develop new skills such as scuba diving and cooking.

For more information about the gap year program, visit