Camp Rocks!

by Elena Messinger, Crane Lake Camper. The following article originally appeared in New York Family 2012 Ultimate Summer Camp Guide. Since the first day I started camp at URJ Crane Lake in the Berkshires in the summer of 2009, it has become my home away from home....
Reflections on Our First Shabbat

Reflections on Our First Shabbat

by Rabbi Devorah Marcus Rabbi Marcus is the Associate Rabbi at Temple Beth El of Great Neck, NY and a faculty member this summer at Crane Lake Camp. After days of packing, arriving, unpacking, name-gaming, group-mixing, swim-testing, program writing, and community...