by From the Crane Lake Blog | Jul 15, 2018 | Arts & Culture, Friendships, Traditions
Fight Song 2018 was a battle for the ages and all units came prepared with songs that made the Rec Hall rumble. This year our videographers took a different approach while filming our annual Fight Song clips. In fact, we’d like to point out how they captured the...
by From the Crane Lake Blog | Jul 15, 2018 | Israel, Leadership, Marketing & Communications, URJ Camps Spotlight Topics
CLC alumnus Seth Mahler is headed to Netanya, Israel to compete in this years Lacrosse World Championship! From a camper at Crane Lake to an all-star lacrosse player, Seth has quite an interesting connection with Jewish life and sports. Since Seth is currently...
by From the Crane Lake Blog | Jul 13, 2018 | Values
by Arnie Rotenberg, faculty In recent years, neuroscientists have discovered that feelings of generosity activate our neo-cortex, the front of the brain with our ‘higher thinking’ and more recently evolved capabilities. Therefore, feelings of being generous are done...
by From the Crane Lake Blog | Jul 11, 2018 | Leadership, Values, Why Camp
by Sarah Stein, Unit Head Team Leader This past week, I attended an evening program with Crane Lake’s Olim Girls, the rising 10th graders, our oldest campers. Many of them had been my very first campers when they were in Nitzanim, entering 4th grade, as our youngest...
by From the Crane Lake Blog | Jul 10, 2018 | Architecture & Facilities, Camps & NFTY, Summer
Tents, s’mores, outdoors… Teva is a home for all wilderness adventurers at Crane Lake. Not only is it a place for campers to enjoy games of capture the flag and fire building lessons, but Teva campouts also mean an assortment of delicious food. This video...
