Berkshire Hills Emanuel Adult Vacation Center

Copake NY   646-588-2324   Info@BHECamps.com
Retreat Experience for Active Jewish Adults 55+



Activities, Programs & Trips

  Click here for 2011 Lecture and Entertainment Highlights

Whether you are interested in relaxing your mind and body, or seeking a physically rigorous and intellectually stimulating program, BHE-AVC has it all!

  • Dance
  • Computer & Internet
  • Bridge (from beginners to duplicate, with highly sought after instructors)
  • Arts & Crafts
  • Health & Well-Being
  • Inter-generational Workshops
  • Swimming
  • Aerobics
  • Yoga
  • Tai Chi
  • Boating
  • Fishing
  • Shuffleboard
  • Tennis
  • Ping Pong
  • Golf
  • Shabat Services & Friday Oneg Shabat

Entertain or Be Entertained...

  • Cocktail Parties
  • Talent Shows
  • Internationally Renowned Singers & Performers
  • Movies
  • Theater
  • Israeli Lecures & Dancing
  • Magician
  • Comedian
  • Square & Social Dancing
  • Bridge Tournaments
  • Bingo, Horse Racing & Casino

Guest Lecturers Discuss...

  • History
  • Middle East Current Affairs
  • Russian Jewish History, Culture, Humor
  • Jewish History in America & Europe, Jewish Saga, Jewish Humour, Jewish Heroes
  • Music - Classical, World Folklore, Klezmer, Broadway Hits, Jazz, Ballet, Opera
  • American Moguls in the World of Trade
  • Health & Nutrition
  • The Arts & Philosophy
  • Literature
  • Current Events

Daily Trips & Special Events...

  • Tanglewood
  • Mac-Haydn Summer Stock Theatre
  • Shakespeare & Company
  • Jacob's Pillow
  • Norman Rockwell Museum
  • The Clark Museum
  • Outlet Shopping
  • New York & Massachusetts Historical Sites
  • Lenox, Great Barrington & Stockbridge
  • Bash Bish Falls and other local hikes

A Sample Daily Schedule...

7:15-7:45 AM: Morning Walk
7:45-8:15 AM: Exercise (Kramer Pavilion),
Fishing or Morning Swim
8:30 AM: Breakfast
9:30-10:30 AM: Dance (Kramer Pavilion)
9:45-10:45 AM: Trip to Copake
9:40-10:40 AM: Lectures (choices)
9:45-10:45 AM: Beginner Bridge (Lakeside Pavilion)
10:00-11:50 AM: Computers (Dining Room)
10:00-11:50 AM: Pool open/Lake open
10:00-11:50 AM: Arts & Crafts
10:45-11:30 AM: Lectures on Jewish Humor, Jazz
10:50-11:50 AM: Advanced Bridge (Lakeside Pavilion)
10:50-11:50 AM: Lecture
12:00 PM: Lunch
12:40 PM: Buses leave for Tanglewood
1:45-2:45 PM: Lecture (Under the tree)
2:00-3:00 PM: Water Aerobics (Pool)
2:00-4:00 PM: Arts & Crafts
2:00-5:00 PM: Computers (Dining Room)
2:00-5:30 PM: Pool open/Lake open
3:00-4:00 PM: Writing Workshop Seminar
4:00 PM: Buttermilk (Dining Room)
4:00-5:00 PM: Yoga
5:00-6:00 PM: Movie Discussion
6:15 PM: Dinner
8:40 PM: Duplcate Bridge (Kramer Pavilion)
9:00 PM: Tea & Cookies (Dining Room)

Also available are our tennis courts, gym, movie theater and beautiful lakeside pavilion with television.










"The BHE-AVC lecture series are outstanding, and the entertainment was really out of this world." - Z.P.

Note: additional fee charged for the nearby golf course and out-of-camp trips


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