by jared | Aug 12, 2014 | Uncategorized
Dear Crane Lake Families, This week has been a blast. With trip days, the play, a Tikkun Olam trip and fair, half marathon and Olim ’13 visiting day, there wasn’t any time for a dull moment. While the end of summer is creeping up on us, we are so thankful to have one...
by jared | Aug 11, 2014 | Summer 2014, Uncategorized
By Jenny Rehkugler, Communications Specialist Maccabia 2014 has come to Crane Lake in full force. Blue destruction and White Creation have split our camp in two. Last’s night’s breakout had everyone pumped for the week as past generals returned from a foamy pit in...
by jared | Aug 10, 2014 | Summer 2014
We are so happy to be in the running for a 2nd annual Clippy award! Each year the URJ compiles the 10 best blog posts of the summer from the Clipboard newsletter and now its up to the public to vote on the best one. It’s an honor to be a candidate for the second year...
by jared | Aug 9, 2014 | Uncategorized
This week upper and lower Bonim led Shabbat services on Friday night and Saturday morning. The themes celebrated this week were Tikkun Olam, advocacy and philanthropy. Bonim wrote beautiful writings for the services and we want to share them with you. By Lillian R....
by jared | Aug 8, 2014 | Uncategorized
By Jenny Rehkugler, Communications Specialist This week Crane Lake campers and staff learned and lived the Jewish value of Tikkun Olam, repairing the world. Tikkun Olam is a central part of the Crane Lake mission statement as well as the mission of Jews around the...