“In our typical ‘mom’ way, we looked at all the challenges and made a spreadsheet to divide and conquer,” she joked. Ranging in age from 40 to 60, the Mamas are a little older than most Expedition Nai participants - but Chizner said they had a long history crushing opponents at Crane Lake Camp dodgeball tournaments. It was just a few weeks after Chizner learned that Crane Lake Camp, where she’s led Jewish education for fourteen years, was cancelled for the summer.Ĭhizner banded together with four other Crane Lake staffers, all mothers, who named themselves the Red Hot Mamas.
Lauren Chizner, Long Island-based Jewish educator, recently found herself at one such flagpole meeting, “passing” a spoon between frames of a Zoom call in a quarantine-era take on a conventional relay race. When they’re not trying outdo their rivals, participants can meet them through virtual flagpole meetings or “playshops” (absolutely no work involved, Klig stressed) that teach improv comedy, the history of laughter in the Talmud, and meditation. “We put out our positive energy, and the knowledge that will be great, no matter what it looks like,” she said.
The quarantine-era adaptation of a traditional ritual gave her a sense of peace. The couple a video of themselves practicing their wedding dance in their living room. To complete the challenge, Shapiro and her husband had to celebrate the holiday in an “unusual” way. “Little did I know, this would totally change my perception of quarantine,” she said. What she learned - that the holiday marks a transition from spiritual darkness to light, and is typically marked with bonfires and weddings - resonated strongly, since Shapiro is currently planning a wedding in the midst of a pandemic that renders all events uncertain. A recent challenge asked her to learn about a holiday she didn’t know much about, Lag B’Omer. One of those people is Talia Shapiro, a Los Angeles-based crisis counselor competing in Expedition Nai with her fiancé and another couple. A survey of participants that because of the competition, half had tried out a Jewish ritual they’d never done before.
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Now the free contest boasts teams from 28 countries, with members up to 75 years old. Previously, summer retreats attracted young North Americans, many with a long history of involvement in Jewish institutions. While the decision to cancel camp was a rough one, Klig tried to view the shift online as a way to reach more people. For one challenge, participants had to recreate a famous painting.
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