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From disable to enable: Summer camp shifts focus
Kylie Ora Lobell
February 12, 2014
The positive impact that summer camps have on Jewish identity is no secret, but a report released last year by the Foundation for Jewish Camp (FJC) found that much progress remains in making this a viable opportunity for young people with special needs.
Camp fair pitches many tents
Elyse Glickman
February 12, 2014
If there’s anything the upcoming “Summer Days” camp fair proves, it’s that day camps are as diverse as the kids who attend them.
Camp advice for parents: FAQs
Jewish Journal
February 12, 2014
Every year in the months prior to the beginning of camp, I get numerous phone calls from parents who have a variety of concerns about sending their children to camp for the first time. If you’re one of these parents, allow me to offer some advice.
Springs Fire forces evacuations for Jewish institutions in Ventura County
Ryan Torok
May 3, 2013
Synagogue leaders are reporting that the Springs Fire has affected Jewish institutions in Ventura County, including Malibu camps run by Wilshire Boulevard Temple (WBT) and synagogues Temple Ner Ami, Temple Etz Chaim and Temple Adat Elohim.
Donors struggling to defray the rising costs of Jewish camp
Jewish Journal
January 24, 2013
Spending the summer at Jewish overnight camp once was a spartan affair, often little more than a collection of ramshackle buildings scattered in the woods by a placid lake.
L.A. camp gets unwanted attention in wake of Colorado shooting
Ryan Torok
July 25, 2012
Colorado shooting suspect James Holmes’ reported ties to Camp Max Straus have led to unwanted attention for Jewish Big Brothers Big Sisters of Los Angeles and its camp, its director said.
Jewish summer camps: Director’s cut
Jewish Journal
April 9, 2012
At age 8, when Molly Hott stepped off the bus to complete her first summer of overnight camp, she told her parents she was going to “do this forever.”
Parents find new benefit to Jewish camp: Freedom from themselves
Jewish Journal
March 19, 2012
When she took the stage recently before an audience of 400 Jewish camping enthusiasts, Lenore Skenazy wasted no time in addressing why she is known as “America’s Worst Mom.”
The Bittersweet Meaning of Mud
Natalie Katz
August 3, 2006
There is one program in particular that embodies all of the emotionalism and meaning of machon summer: Tza\’adah. Tza\’adah is a five-day, four-night overnight trip that takes campers far from the boundaries of camp and into the nature of Northern California, where we bond with friends, while experiencing the outdoors.
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