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camping
Finding the Goldbergs: A Catskills mystery unraveled
The moment I kicked in the door of the abandoned house in the heart of the Catskills, I felt like I was in an episode of “The Twilight Zone: Borscht Belt edition.”
Jump start Summer at Winter Expo; More help picking a Jewish summer camp
Jewish camping, particularly overnight camping, has been documented to be one of the most effective ways to build a lasting and active connection to Jewish living.
I’ll try it!
The thing about reaching \”I\’ll try it\” is that you are daring to imagine that things can work out for the best, and that you can add another activity to the list of common likes.
God Was With Us That Night in the Negev
This was by far the most spiritual moment in my life. I gazed up at the stars as I chanted the V\’Ahavta prayer with amazing new friends, standing around the same rocks that our people had wandered past thousands of years before. My eyes couldn\’t help but tear up as we moved on to the Mi Chamocha, the song of freedom. At that moment I felt as though God truly was with us.
Siblings of Fallen Israeli Soldiers Take a Camp Break
Living with the trauma and sorrow of losing a brother or sister in the Israel Defense Forces has scarred all of the 30 12- and 13-year-olds who spent 10 days at Camp Ramah in Ojai earlier this month. The Legacy/Moreshet program, sponsored by Friends of the IDF (FIDF), gave kids who lost a sibling or parent in combat a bar or bat mitzvah present that allowed them to have an American-style summer blast — if not to forget, then at least to enjoy a respite from the sadness that follows them at home.
Levelers Make for Moving Havurah
It was 1974, and gas had soared to $1.29 a gallon. Tens of thousands of educated, white-collar Americans imagined that they were truckers, squawking \”breaker, breaker\” and \”10-4\” into their CB radios, adopting handles like \”Rubber Duck.\”
Not Just Summer Scholars
Many youngsters begin taking Judaism seriously as a result of their summer-camp experiences.