American University’s Jewish Student Association started off the spring semester with a board retreat.
The newly elected executive and general board (of which I am Website chair) enjoyed bonding time at their board retreat on Saturday, January 21st to Sunday, January 22nd. The retreat started off with dinner and snacks at an apartment in the Berks near campus. After lots of games and stories to get to know each other better, the group started thinking of things such as what qualities make for a good leader and what kind of groups on campus they would like to reach out to more this semester. To go along with the theme of the weekend, the night ended with a movie everyone enjoyed, Keeping the Faith.
Sunday afternoon, the group reconvened, despite the first snow of the season and a desire to build a “snow Jew”. After hours of discussion with each other, learning and discussion of history with Rabbi Ken Cohen and former board members, and sharing ideas, the retreat ended with dinner in Tenleytown.
Members of JSA reunited for the first time since winter break at Monday’s welcome back pizza party. The new board members introduced themselves and promoted future events like the next night’s “Happy Hour” at Guapo’s.