Ken Toronto (TurducKEN) Update

Last night our lovely rosh machaneh, Emma Sobel, hosted the first of many ken events at her new apartment.
The theme was the "Great Gesher Cook-Off". Chanichim were told to bring ONE ingredient that they thought would be useful for making dinner. We had lots of onions, potatoes, pasta, cheese, tam tam crackers, tomato sauce, mushrooms, snow peas, lettuce and bitter sweet chocolate. Together we decided the best menu for dinner that would use up all the ingredients. We made crackers and cheese dip as an apetizer, followed by a simple salad and for the main course we made homefries and a pasta in a tomato, mushroom and onion sauce and for dessert we had some delicious bitter sweet chocolate. Everyone had a great time making dinner and shmoozing. We had a general check-in about school and played a bit of a 90's trivia game. We're all looking forward to more intimate ken events at Emma's new place.

Update on Ken Toronto

This post is specially dedicated to Eizor Toronto! The information on their Ken Structure and leadership is now updated in the September post about the structure of all of the Kenim, so please scroll down and check that out!

Eizor Toronto held Gesher Fall Seminar at the lovely Niagara Falls in Buffalo New York a couple of weekends ago. The theme of the seminar was Finding the "I" in Israel and they had a great showing of kids and madrichim (including a guest appearance from Merakez Tochniot K-Lo) and it was overall a very successful seminar. They have also had several other successful events, including a BBQ and camp reuion in September, Ken Rikud in early October, a chinuch peula themed "Creating and Debating" in mid October, and just this past week a Rabin Memorial
peula. Eizor Toronto's next peula will be a Tikkun Olam project on November 26th.

Speaking of Tikkun Olam, some of the Bonot in the Ken decided on Halloween to take on a Tikkun Olam project of their own. 6 Bonot (in the picture) took part in a project called "Halloween for the Hungry," where instead of asking for candy on Halloween, they trick-or-treated for non-perishable food items and later donated them to a local food bank. These Bonot set a wonderful example for how you can make a difference while having fun with your kvutzah! For more information on this project, visit www.projectequity.org.

That's all for now. Stay tuned for more Ken news coming soon!

Na'aleh Fall Seminar!

Hey Folks!

Na'aleh will be having our annual Fall Seminar this weekend, November 17-19th, at the one and only Central Office of Habonim! It's going to rock like no seminar has rocked before.
Come hang out with your friends, meet some really awesome madrichim, and prepare yourself for the most fun weekend, ever.

Wanna come? Contact your Rosh Ken, or email me if you have any questions.
See you there!

Eizor Michigan Chotrim Overnight

Michigan's 3 kenim are getting together in Ann Arbor for a Chotrim Overnight, Saturday November 18-Sunday November 19th!


(Perhaps the title "Chotrim Overnight," is a misnomer, since the Amelim are invited too.)


We all know there is nothing better than hanging out with your machaneh friends in distant cities while eating bagels in your PJ's. So, if you're in 4th through 7th grade and you live in Michigan, you're invited to join us! Ma'apilim in the area are also welcome to work/chaperone as tzevet.



Contact your local Rosh Eizor or Rosh Ken in Ann Arbor, Detroit, or Kalamazoo for information and to RSVP. We hope to see you there!