RHONJ – Time To Go Manzo

By Ilana Angel
Published on August 27, 2012

Real Housewives of New Jersey Double Blog

By Ilana Angel
Published on August 20, 2012

Harold Camping calls his end-of-world predictions ‘incorrect and sinful’

By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on March 9, 2012

Summer activities push camps to offer variety

By Celia Soudry
Published on December 13, 2007

Ruth Berkowitz, mother of five, has two manila folders stuffed with camp brochures, schedules and a pencil-drawn spreadsheet compiled of summer activities for her five children, including a column for each week.

Jump start Summer at Winter Expo; More help picking a Jewish summer camp

Published on December 28, 2006

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!

By Caroline Cobrin
Published on October 5, 2006

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

By Daniella Kaufman
Published on August 31, 2006

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

By Julie G Fax
Published on August 17, 2006

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

By Barry Zwick
Published on October 20, 2005

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

By Beverly Gray
Published on May 24, 2001

Many youngsters begin taking Judaism seriously as a result of their summer-camp experiences.