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Spotlight: Pan American Maccabi Games

Spotlight: Pan American Maccabi Games

This year the Pan American Maccabi Games were in Buenos Aires, Argentina! Campers and alumni alike played and coached in the games. Shani playing basketball and Melanie playing field hockey met up at the games and we LOVE their 6 Points pride!

The Impact of a Value Bracelet

On October 16, 2023, Maccabi Ra'anana played the Cleveland Cavaliers in an exhibition game in Ohio. This game occurred just over a week after the October 7 attack in Israel. Two 6 Points campers and brothers attended: Eli, an Ashkelon Alligator in 2023, and Leo, a...

Mazel Tov Danny Herz

Mazel Tov Danny Herz

Dear 6 Points Sports Academy Community, As you will see by the note below, Danny Herz, Executive Director of 6 Points Sports Academy, 6 Points Creative Arts Academy, and 6 Points Sci-Tech Academy, has shared the bittersweet news of his acceptance of the position as...

A Dream Come True

A Dream Come True

 A Dream Come True. A note from Sydney Rosenberg 6 Points Sports Academy's new Assistant Director If you were to look up ‘camp’ in a thesaurus you would find there is only one true synonym – ‘home’.  Everyone that has gone to...

A Shabbat Letter to my Campers

A Shabbat Letter to my Campers

Shabbat Shalom!  My name is Ayla and while some of you know me as the nighttime golf driver, or last session as Middle & Upper Boys Unit Head, tonight, I’d like to introduce myself as a 2015 and 2016 Haifa counselor.  This is a letter for my campers-  Dear Haifa...

Shabbat Words from Netanya Counselor Margo Kaye

Shabbat Words from Netanya Counselor Margo Kaye

Although a major theme of the Mi Chamocha is freedom, it also encompasses the ideas of change and continuity. The group of Israelites remained together and persisted through a major change and transition in crossing the Red Sea. In my 8 years here, some aspects of...

2022 Session 1 Firefly Speech- Sam Sharp

2022 Session 1 Firefly Speech- Sam Sharp

My 6 points journey began when I was in fourth grade when Danny visited my temple, advertising his camp. I was intrigued by the combination of Judaism and Sports; so much that I went home that night and watched the camp recruitment video. I immediately fell in love. I...

2022 Session 2 Firefly Speech- Danny Stern

In 2015, I came to The Six for the first time. Before I arrived, there was that big process of packing. You know, the checklist, the stress. The closer the day came to leave for camp, the more nervous I became. I mean, it was the first time ever that I was going to be...

2022 Session 1 Firefly Speech- Sam Sharp

2022 Session 1 Firefly Speech- Andrew Buxbaum

After being told I had the honor of giving the Firefly speech, I was very excited; however, I had absolutely no clue what I wanted to talk about. I knew I didn’t want to give the annual cliché speech about how time flies at camp, nor did I have any idea what else to...