by From the Crane Lake Blog | Jul 26, 2018 | Uncategorized
What’s the color of Crane Lake? Blue, yellow, green, and red! These are the characteristic colors of Mini Maccabiah, one of first session’s special events. Past “Mini Mac”s were modeled after themes like Summer Olympics, Harry Potter, Star...
by jared | Jul 22, 2014 | Israel, Summer 2014
By Noam Noy, Israeli Counselor I always knew I wanted to be a counselor at a Jewish summer camp in the US. Why? I don’t even remember why. Maybe it had to do with the fact that I was a big fan of “Camp Rock” the movie or maybe because it just sounded like a fun way to...
by jared | Jun 15, 2014 | Caring Community, Outreach, RJ Blog, Social Action, Volunteerism
By Sarah Lauing, Director of Jewish Life Food insecurity in West Stockbridge is higher than you’d think. Sustainable Berkshires reported this February that 11.4% of the Berkshires population is living in poverty, and 14,550 residents of Berkshire County residents are...
by From the Crane Lake Blog | Jul 2, 2013 | Camping and Youth Engagement, Education, Friendships, Summer 2011, Summer 2013, URJ Communications Themes
If you thought the Daily Bubble was great, check out the Crane Lake News, featuring our campers!
by jared | Aug 17, 2012 | Uncategorized
CLC’s live blog of Maccabia 2012 was a huge success. We thought it would be exciting to share how it all happened behind the scenes! A couple of days before Maccabia break out, Senior Assistant Director Greg Kellner approached the programming team with a wild...