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Shalom! We are so excited to welcome you to Book It To Shabbat with PJ Library at Ramah Darom. This retreat offers you the opportunity to connect with your family, play in the mountains, meet new friends and experience a magical Ramah Darom Shabbat. This Program Guide has everything you need to know to make the most of this Shabbaton. Please take time to read through it and bring it along with you wherever you go. We strive to make this experience the best it can be for you and your family. Please don’t hesitate to reach out to us – we’re always happy to answer your questions!

Hello! We are so excited to spend this weekend at Book It To Shabbat with you and Ramah Darom! Now in our 6th year, Book It To Shabbat connects old and new friends and

invites families to hang out with your favorite PJ Library stories and characters.

PJ Library Atlanta sends over 5,000 books to Atlanta families, and we are still growing! Plus, books are just the start! We support families’ Jewish journeys through a variety of programming throughout the year. You can find powerful PJ Library programs regularly in Brookhaven, Dunwoody, North Fulton and Smyrna with our PJ Connectors and around the community, in partnership with many of the amazing Jewish organizations in Atlanta.

B’ruchim Habaim, Welcome to Ramah Darom!

Eliana LeaderDirector, Retreat Center

Emily KaimanProgram Manager,Retreat Center

Becca GuttmanGuest Relations & Travel Coordinator

Sarah Bernstein Family Impact Associate

Nathan BrodskyFamily Impact Manager

1. Check-In: All visitors must check in at the Welcome Center upon arrival. At the Welcome Center, visitors will receive a Program Guide and any additional welcome materials.

2. Vehicles: The speed limit on campus is 5mph. Please park only in approved parking locations. Once you have parked near your housing location, we ask you leave your vehicle parked for the duration of the retreat. Guests are not permitted to drive through campus.

3. Valuables: Ramah Darom is not responsible for any missing or lost items. If you are uncomfortable leaving valuables in your room, please leave them locked in your car (at your own risk).

4. Phone & WiFi: Retreats are a great time to disconnect from devices to enhance our connection with others, and we encourage you to “unplug”. Wireless internet service is available throughout the facility via RetreatGuestWIFI.

If you are having any issues connecting to the internet, please call the customer support line at 1.800.257.6290 (no calling card required).

5. Medical & Emergencies: For minor medical issues, first aid kits are available at the Welcome Center reception desk, in the Main Dining Room/Chadar Ochel, the Marcus Lodge Hotel community room (ground floor), the Mountainside Hotel kitchenette (lower level) and the Lakeside Hotel sitting room (bottom floor). In the event of an emergency, call 911 (or 7-911 from any landline on campus). Be prepared to state the nature of the problem and your location: 70 Darom Lane, Clayton, Georgia 30525. Please also dial 9300 internally or 706.782.9300 to reach our receptionist who will help notify a staff member of the situation.

6. Food: We are an AKC-Certified kosher campus. Please help us maintain our kashrut. All your meals, snacks and beverages are provided. Outside food is not allowed in the Dining Room. All special dietary food needs will be served from just inside the prep area of the kitchen.

7. Meal Times: We encourage you to use mealtimes as a way to get to know new friends. Please sit at tables in the Dining Room and wait until we have said a communal blessing before entering the buffet. There are always people around to answer your questions, but here are a few guidelines:

• Washing stations are located at each side of the Main Dining Room/Chadar Ochel

• Bring plates/cups/utensils to the bussing station and help to clear tables after each meal

• The meal concludes with announcements and blessings

• Playroom for ages 2-7 and PJ Our Way Hangout will open 30 minutes after the start of lunch and dinner

8. Candles: We will provide tea lights for Shabbat candle lighting in the Dining Room. Our Program Guide will include candle lighting times. Please DO NOT light candles in your room!

9. T’fillot & Shabbat: During Shabbat t’fillot (prayer services), everyone is encouraged to wear kippot and tallit if it is their practice. Shabbat is a very special time of the week for our community. Out of respect for this value and our community, we ask that guests refrain from using electronics in public spaces during Shabbat. For Shabbat we recommend bringing dressier attire.

10. Smoking, Illegal Substances and Firearms: Firearms, illegal substances and related paraphernalia are not permitted on campus. Smoking is not allowed inside any building. There is a designated smoking area on the back porch outside of the Mountainside Dining Hall and in the Welcome Center parking lot. A fee will be assessed to rooms or areas showing evidence of smoking or smoke damage.

The Book It To Shabbat with PJ Library

Top 10 Things You Need to Know

Friday, March13TIME ACTIVITY LOCATION

3:00 - 5:00pm Registration and Check-In Welcome Center

3:30 - 5:00pmGardening with Amy Price and Garden Stories with PJ Library Join PJ for our story Planting Parsley, then get your hands dirty in the Ramah Darom garden and plant your own parsley to bring home for Passover!

Ramah Garden

4:00 - 5:00pm Challah Decorating and Make Your Own Shabbat-O-Grams Main Dining Room/Chadar Ochel

5:15 - 6:00pm Musical Kabbalat Shabbat with Eliana Light Lakeside Pavilion/Margam

6:00 - 7:15pm Candle Lighting and Shabbat Dinner Main Dining Room/Chadar Ochel

7:30 - 8:30pmPJ Our Way Track: Peulat Erev (Evening Activity) with Counselors Get to know your PJ Our Way friends and our awesome Ramah Darom counselors with fun ice breakers and games.

Meet in the Multipurpose Room/Moadon

9:00 - 11:00pm Night Listening Available Cabins and Hotels

9:15 - 10:45pm Parents Only: Porch Party and Game Night Dining Room Porch

Saturday, March14TIME ACTIVITY LOCATION

8:00 - 9:00am Breakfast (Cereal and milk available from 7:30am) Main Dining Room/Chadar Ochel

9:00 - 9:30am Shabbat Morning Movement with PJ Library Lakeside Dining Room/Chadar Ochel

9:30 - 10:30amRamah Shabbat with Ori Salzberg Join in for this interactive family service that will have you and your kids clapping, stomping and singing. Great for families with kids of all ages.

Synagogue/Beit Knesset

Musical Family Shabbat with Eliana Light Join our musician in residence Eliana Light as she leads us in songs and stories for Shabbat. Great for families with kids 6 and under. (This service uses acoustic instruments.)

Multipurpose Room/Moadon

10:30 - 11:00am Community Kiddush Snack Under the Portico

11:00am - 12: 00pm

PJ Library Story Walk Adventure: Mitzvah Pizza Bring this special story to life with movement and Shabbat-friendly crafts. Meet at the Pizza Patio

PJ Our Way Track Breakout: Book Club and Café Dilemma Delve into a conversation about the PJ Our Way Book, The Adventures of Hershel of Ostropol. Then, it’s your turn to make the hard decisions!

Meet in the Multipurpose Room/Moadon

12:00 - 1:00pm Shabbat Lunch Main Dining Room/Chadar Ochel

1:00 - 1:45pmOptional Family Hike to the Waterfall (This goes outside the Eruv) Meet at the Pizza Patio

Camp Tour with Eliana Leader Meet on the Porch

Daily Schedule

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Sunday, March15TIME ACTIVITY LOCATION

8:00 - 9:00am Breakfast (Cereal and milk available from 7:30am) Main Dining Room/Chadar Ochel

9:00 - 9:30amKids Campfire and Havdallah with Eliana Light Did you know you can say havdallah until Tuesday?? Join us to say goodbye to Shabbat and good morning to the day!

Lakeside Fire Pit/Medura

9:30 - 11:00am

DIY Arts and Crafts with the PJ Connectors Lakeside Dining/Chadar Ochel

Tie-Dye Pillow Cases with Counselors Bring your new Ramah Darom Pillowcase! Kikar

Hike to the Waterfall with Counselors Meet at the Pizza Patio

Open Gardening with Amy Price Come with us to dig in the dirt and help plant! Ramah Garden

Silly Songwriting with Eliana Light Library/Mercaz

11:00 - 11:30am Packout Lunches and Checkout - See You Next Year!

1:00 - 2:30pm Shabbat Menucha (Rest Time) Take a nap, hang with friends, or grab a ball on our fields to play! Cabins and Hotels

2:00 - 2:45pmCounselor Peulat Shabbat (Shabbat Activity): Bagels From Benny Lakeside Dining Room/Chadar Ochel

Family Game Room Library/Mercaz

2:45 - 3:30pm2nd Annual PJ Games! Join Baxter, Chicken Man, Sadie and Ori, Jumping Jenny and more PJ Characters for an afternoon of games and fun!

Kikar

3:30 - 4:00pm Snack Break Main Dining Room/Chadar Ochel

4:00 - 4:45pm

PJ Our Way Track Breakout: Mitzvah Madness Using the stories of Hershel of Ostropol we’ll search out ways we can each be mitzvah makers.

Meet at the Pizza Patio

PJ Family Yoga: One Good Deed Join us as we read and stretch our way through this special story. Multipurpose Room/Moadon

The Magic “ Tree of Life Shtender” with Geoff Menkowitz An interactive tour of this stunning and magical work of Judaic art which also serves as a cabinet containing every ritual object needed for Jewish religious observance throughout the year.

Synagogue/Beit Knesset

5:00 - 5:30pm

Shabbat Shalom Ramah Darom Join Retreat Center Director, Eliana Leader for a fun peulah before dinner!

Multipurpose Room/Moadon

Minute to Win-It Shabbat Games Lakeside Dining Room/Chadar Ochel

5:30 - 6:30pm Seudat Shlishit - Dinner Main Dining Room/Chadar Ochel

6:30 - 7:15pmFamily Peulat Erev: Bedtime Stories with Grandma and Songs with Eliana Light Enjoy some calm books and songs followed by a bedtime snack.

Synagogue/Beit Knesset

7:30 - 8:30pm PJ Our Way Track: Peulat Erev - Charades Showdown An epic game of Hershel of Ostropol Charades Showdown! Multipurpose Room/Moadon

9:00 - 11:00pm Night Listening Available Cabins and Hotels

9:15 - 10:45pm Parents Only: Bonfires, S’mores and Singing with Eliana Light Lakeside Fire Pit/Medura

Safety & Security

MEDICAL EMERGENCYFirst aid kits and AEDs are available at the Welcome Center reception desk, the Concierge Desk, the Marcus Lodge Hotel community room (ground floor), the Mountainside Retreat Hotel kitchenette (lower level), the Lakeside Hotel sitting room (bottom floor) and in the Main Dining Room/Chadar Ochel. In the Event of a Medical Emergency:• IMMEDIATELY DIAL 9300 ON ANY CAMPUS PHONE OR

706.782.9300. Give location, sex and approximate age of victim and if possible, the type of emergency. The office will contact for an ambulance if necessary.

• If a member of the Ramah Darom staff is nearby, please ask them to contact the front desk.

• Stay with the injured person until help arrives. Try to calm, reassure and stabilize the person. Never move an injured person with a suspected neck or back injury.

• When the ambulance arrives at the scene, summarize the situation and answer questions.

SEVERE WEATHERThunder and/or Lightning:• Gather your family/group and move to a safe area

(large indoor facility, bunk porch or common room) until the weather has passed.

Tornado Warning:• Head immediately to one of the following designated

emergency locations: Welcome Center lobby, Marcus Lodge, Mountainside Hotel, Lower level of the Levine Center, Common room of bunks 1, 2, 31, or 32.

• When at location, stay away from windows.• Stay at designated emergency location until the “all clear”

signal has been given over the emergency speakers.

FIREIf You Spot a Fire:• Leave the building and do not re-enter to remove

personal property.• IMMEDIATELY DIAL 9300 ON ANY CAMPUS PHONE OR

706.782.9300. Give location, and if possible, type of fire (grease, electrical, paper, etc.). The office will sound the fire alarm throughout the campus and will call the fire department.

• If a phone is not accessible, sound the closest fire alarm.• If a campus-wide fire alarm is sounded, all guests should

proceed immediately to the Kikar (field in front of the Levine Center/Dining Hall/Chadar Ochel) and remain there until the “all clear” signal has been given over the emergency speakers.

• If the fire occurs on or near the Kikar, all guests should proceed to the Beit Am (covered auditorium/basketball court).

ACTIVE SHOOTER• EVACUATE if at all possible, leaving the area by the quickest

route available. If necessary, leave the campus grounds. Leave your belongings behind.

• Call 911 as soon as it is safe to do so.• If you are not able to evacuate, HIDE OUT in an area out of

the active shooter’s view. Block entry to your hiding place. If possible, lock the door. Silence your cell phone (including vibrate mode) and remain quiet.

• TAKE ACTION only as a last resort and only when your life is in imminent danger. Attempt to incapacitate the shooter. Act with physical aggression and throw items at the active shooter.

• When law enforcement arrives, remain calm and follow the officers’ instructions. Immediately raise hands and spread fingers. Keep your hands visible at all times. Avoid quick movements toward officers whenever possible.

Ramah Darom has developed comprehensive safety and security protocols in consultation with the Rabun County Sheriff’s department and the Department of Homeland Security. Highlighted below are key elements of our protocols. We ask all guests to review this document at the beginning of your stay.

Every building has an emergency exit plan posted and is equipped with fire extinguishers. PLEASE MAKE NOTE OF EMERGENCY EXITS WHENEVER YOU ENTER A BUILDING. Note that the Sheriff’s department has an on-site officer present at our Clayton campus throughout the Retreat.

Here’s What’s Coming Up at Ramah Darom!PROGRAM DATE DESCRIPTION

Passover Retreat Apr. 7-17 A Kosher-for-Pesach, fun and relaxing holiday.

Pardes Beit Midrash B’Darom May 28-31 A meaningful holiday celebration, havruta (paired learning) text study and transformative programming with the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies.

Camp Ramah Darom

Jun. 9 - Aug. 3

4 and 8 week sessions for rising 4th-10th graders.

Taste of Ramah 2 week program for first-time, rising 3rd-5th graders.

Athletic Edge 2 and 4 week Lacrosse, Rowing, Tennis and Fitness intensive sports tracks at Camp Ramah Darom.

Tikvah Support Program Supporting campers with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), Down syndrome, intellectual disabilities, ADHD and anxiety disorders.

Summer Family Camp Jun. 24- 28 Jul. 15-19 A family vacation and a Camp test drive. Best for children ages 3-10.

Camp Yofi Aug. 5-9 For Jewish families with children with ASD between the ages of 6-13.

Keshet LGBTQ & Ally Teen Shabbaton Aug. 28-30 A warm and welcoming weekend of fun, friendship, community and learning

for and by Jewish LGBTQ and ally teens.

LimmudFest Sept. 4-7 A festival of Jewish thought, arts, culture, life, learning and teaching.

Jewish Women’s Getaway Nov. 8-11 A retreat for women to explore their unique Jewish journeys through art, music and other creative mediums, building community and having fun.

Winter Break Family Camp Dec. 29 - Jan. 3 Camp Ramah Darom for the whole family with counselor-led adventures, adult-only time, a meaningful Shabbat and a rockin’ New Year’s Eve!

ramahdarom.orgFor more information about Camp, Retreats and Rentals, please visit us online or call 404.531.0801.

Ramah Darom inspires a lifelong love of Jewish values, tradition and community by bringing people together for exceptional, immersive experiences in Jewish living and learning at every stage of life. Our 185-acre campus is available for rentals from mid-August through May for family celebrations and community and corporate groups.

About Us

A Tennis CourtsB Hockey CourtC Basketball CourtsD FarmE Swimming Pool/BreichaF Sand Volleyball CourtsG Covered Basketball Court/Beit Am

& Ramah GardenH Odyssey CourseI Activity Field/KikarJ Alpine Tower, Climbing Wall

& SwingK Timber Challenge CourseL Lakeside Fire Pit/MeduraM Archery RangeN Arts & Crafts Center/OmanutO GanP Boat Dock & Lake/AgamP P Softball Field

Q Mountaintop PavilionR Old Dining Hall/ Beit Am Katan and Beit EtgarS Beit Am: Amphitheater Covered Stage Covered Basketball CourtT Mountainside Pavilion/ Mirpeset TefillahU Pizza Oven & Fireplace PatioV Levine Center: Dining Hall/Chadar Ochel Mountainside Chadar Ochel Lakeside Chadar Ochel Multipurpose Room/Moadon Spiritual Center/Beit Knesset Library/Mercaz AryehW Lakeside Pavilion/MargamX Treehouse

Y Welcome CenterZ Cottages (Z1 – Z5)AA Marcus LodgeBB Mountainside HotelCC Deluxe CabinDD Mountainside Cabins (1-12)EE Lower Roads Cabins (13-20)FF Lakeside Cabins (21 – 32)GG Lakeside Hotel

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