$50/person (transportation included) Come join your friends for a full day of chocolatey fun at Hershey Park! This event is open to all students in grades 6–12.

B’nai Israel clergy teach our 6th grade students about the mitzvah of tefillin, including how to properly wear them. Tefillin will be available for purchase at a generous discount thanks to the generosity of the Dollye and I. Wolford Berman Educational Initiative Grant. These workshops are open to all B’nai Israel 6th graders.

Jamie will share her story navigating grief, and how creating beautiful art helped her to heal. She will then lead us in an art workshop, where each participant will design an original piece on paper with ink employing Jamie’s creative method of using sterile IVF needles to create the art. JAMIE BLICHER is a self-taught artist who began her creative journey in high school and continued at New York City’s Fashion Institute of Technology. Her primary medium is ink on paper, which she applies using sterile IVF needles—tools often associated with hope for families. This innovative technique allows her to create vibrant, abstract pieces. Since 2016, Jamie has focused on supporting those navigating infertility, using her art to bring comfort and joy. Her work was featured in the 2017 exhibition by The ART of Infertility. She lives in Bethesda, MD, with her husband, twin boys, and their playful labradoodle, Gem. This program is made possible by the generosity of the Dr. Wayne I. Bernstein Minyan and Healing Endowment, which is dedicated to creating initiatives and enhancing opportunities for healing and support services.

Wolf Loew, the last of his family, survived the Holocaust, first at Auschwitz then at the Flossenburg concentration camp. After liberation he made his way to the United States and eventually started a meadery in Mt. Airy, Maryland. His family started wine mead (also known as honey wine) production in 1870. We honor his life today with a visit to the meadery.

There was a housefire in 2011. The contents of a box that survived became the catalyst for a quest whose seeds were planted in 1983—the day Linda Ambrus Broenniman learned that her Catholic father was Jewish and what little family history she knew was a lie. Searching for truth, Linda pieces together the astonishing story of her Jewish ancestors—the Politzer family—their remarkable lives lost to her father’s secrets. Finding her roots brings Linda a new sense of who she is and a peace that now she can honor the memories of her family. Illuminating the destructive power of hatred, dehumanization, and injustice, this powerful story encompasses issues that still echo today. LINDA AMBRUS BROENNIMAN grew up in Buffalo, New York as the middle of seven children. Her parents were Hungarian physicians who survived World War II. A graduate of Swarthmore College, Linda went on to earn an MBA from Carnegie Mellon. She left mainstream corporate America to follow her own path as an entrepreneur, letting her passion for uncovering hidden potential in unexpected places guide her. It was this passion that fueled her search for her hidden family following an untimely incident that led to a stunning revelation. Linda lives in Great Falls, Virginia with Ed, her husband of 28 years, and their dog, Juno.