Jewish Fest, a family oriented Jewish outdoor fair, will be held Sunday and Monday September 5th and 6th in Litchfield, CT, an easy two hour drive from New York. The fair will include: musical performances; arts and crafts projects for kids and artist and artisan vendors, including decorative jewelry, ceramics, glassworks, painting, whimsical one-of-a-kind originals, mixed-media designs, unique children's gifts and other distinctive creations for grown-ups; and kosher food. The fair, which will be handicapped accessible, might be a good way to get kids ready for High Holiday children's services.
The music performance schedule is:
Sunday, September 5, 2010:
12:45 pm: Sandy Shmueli - Israeli Music
2:00 pm: Sandy Shmueli - Israeli Music
3:15 pm: Torah Tots - Jewish Disney Style
4:30 pm: The Klezmer's
5:15 pm: The Klezmer's
6:15 pm: Torah Tots - Jewish Disney Style
Monday, September 6, 2010:
10:45 am: Torah Tots - Jewish Disney Style
12:00 pm: Y-Love - Jewish Hip-Hop
1: 00-3: 30 pm: Clownville kids entertainment
4:00 pm: Y-Love - Jewish Hip-Hop
Craft projects will include:
Shabbat Factory
Each participant receives a piece of dough which is braided into a loaf and taken home for baking into Challah (traditional braided bread) for Shabbat.
Each participant receives a candle holder and decorates it using his/her own creativity. The candle holder is taken home and can be used to light Shabbat candles on Friday night.
Jewish Sand Art
Sand art using various Jewish themes or symbols.
Yarmulke Factory
Each participant receives a bland yarmulke or kippa. Materials are supplied and he/she may decorate the yarmulke any which way.
Shofar Factory
Participants receive a ram's horn and transform it into a kosher shofar by sanding, cleaning and painting it.
Havdallah Factory
Participants dip candle string into hot bees' wax and weave together the thin waxed strings to create a traditional Havdallah candle.
Participants make a fragrance holder for use in the Havdallah ceremony by pressing bits of clove spice into foam balls.
Menorah Factory
Wood, bullets, hammer and nails: these tools are used to make a long lasting sturdy Menorah.
Matzah Bakery
A model of an actual Matzah bakery will be on premises so participants can see how Matzah is made from the forming of the dough until the Matzah is baked. And...
Transformation Station - become a new version of yourself with face painting.
The venue is 80 Whitehall Rd, Litchfield, CT in the heart of 4000-acre White Memorial Foundation in the hills of Northwestern Connecticut. An alternate and more direct route from NYC is to take I95 north to Exit 27A and there switch to Route 8 north; take Route 8 north to Exit 42 and from there follow the directions on Jewish Fest's website.
Tickets are $5.00 Individual & $18.00 Family
For NY Jewish Culture news and events see my recent articles.
For more info: David Cooper
Comments
"Litchfield, CT, an easy drive from New York"
But not from L.A. Too bad, I always wanted to make my own shofar.
Great program, go there annually, worth the Schlep from anywhere!
This is great, all the activities...terrific festival!
Winona Cooking Examiner / Winona Home and Living Examiner
great program
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