TheRetreat 2017
Registration is now open for our 71st annual TheRetreat, America's first and oldest weekend getwaway for Jewish men.
Click on the "Register Now!" button below to safely and easily sign up for TheRetreat and pay using PayPal, a credit card or a check.
Our annual long weekend at TheRetreat up can be summed up in three words: FUN * SPIRIT * LEARNING.
YOU'LL NEVER KNOW UNLESS YOU GO!
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We are pleased to announce that our Scholar in residence for 2017 will be Rabbi Danny Nevins, the Dean of the Rabbinical School and of the Division of Religious Leadership of the Jewish Theological Seminary. Rabbi Nevins will be speaking on The Six Day War:Fifty Years Later; on Torah and Technology; and on Keeping it Real: Judaism's Relevance for the Modern World. To learn more about Rabbi Nevins and his reponsa, go to his web site.
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We will also be joined by the President of the Massachusetts State Senate, Stan Rosenberg, the first Jewish Senate President. Among his many accomplishments are helping working families, education, and getting the unemployed into a stable work situation.
For more information about our speakers and other activities at TheRetreat of 2017, go to the NER-FJMC web site. For a short video about TheRetreat and why you'll never know unless you go, click here.
Of course, planning and running this event is a big undertaking and we are always looking for guys to help out with some of the many bite-sized tasks that are part of putting together a world class retreat every year.
Please consider volunteering a bit either before or during TheRetreat by contacting our retreat co-chairs below. For example, maybe you could...
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So please click on the "Register Now!" button below to safely and easily sign up for TheRetreat. Also, please consider sponsoring TheRetreat and/or the Kiddush on Shabbat when you register to help us keep the cost as low as possible. Thank you.
To download and print out a paper registration form to fill out and send in by mail, click HERE.
The cost (same as last year) for TheRetreat (including all meals and lodging in a bunk) is $265 for first time attendees and $330 for returning campers. A very limited number of double rooms in the Guest House are available for an extra fee. Also, please consider supporting TheRetreat with sponsorships offered on the Registration Page.
To confidentially request financial aid for TheRetreat contact Elliot Feldman at 781-784-2064 or by email.
Contact one of the Chairs if you have any questions. See you at Camp!
Steve Broder & Rick Kramer
Chairmen, TheRetreat 2017