Summer camp experiences can strengthen Jewish identity and create friendships that last a lifetime. Photo credit: Adobestock/Arthur Mansavage Summer camps are an integral part of the Jewish experience ...
Nostalgic for color wars and friendship bracelets, some Jewish adults are putting aside the nine-to-five routine for a few days to return to their summer camp days of yore. They’re looking for Jewish ...
While working as a camp director for Camp Tawonga in San Francisco, Jamie Simon went on a walk around the camp with a 17-year ...
What happens when a cabin full of excited children is trusted to navigate its own routines for a week? According to local ...
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Amid deep challenges at home and abroad — from the heartbreaking recent floods in Texas to the Israel-Iran war — Jewish camps are stepping up and building community. On June 13th, with hundreds of ...
It’s well known that Jewish summer camps of all denominations have been instrumental in nurturing Jewish identity for new generations of American Jewry. Here in Los Angeles, one of the leading lights ...
For the hundreds of Israeli counselors who flock to U.S. Jewish camps in the summertime, travel cancellations are imperiling their plans. As one of the largest Jewish camp operators in the United ...
In the early 1990s, Joshua Goldstein's parents sent him and his sisters to Camp Young Judaea Midwest in Waupaca, Wisc. They came from a small town in Michigan where they were among the only Jews.