Upper Chaverim NYC Trip Day

Upper Chaverim NYC Trip Day

Upper Chaverim campers went to New York City for trip day. They visited the Statue of Liberty, the Bronx Zoo, volunteered at a New Jersey food bank,  saw Matilda on Broadway and watched Back to the Future as the sun set over the Hudson. Here’s a video recap of...
A Personal Insight into Mini Maccabia

A Personal Insight into Mini Maccabia

By Jenny Rehkugler, Communications Specialist Mini Maccabia has been a Crane Lake tradition for as long as I can remember. It came in different forms, like 4th of July red, white and blue games, or CLC Olympics, but it was always around, and always a camp highlight....
Crane Lake JTFN

Crane Lake JTFN

For the past 4 weeks, 20 Chaverim campers have been part of the JTFN Kesher course. JTFN is the Jewish Teen Funders Network. We, the JTFN campers, have been given a grant of $1000 along with 37 other camps across the country. First, we established which Jewish values...
Israel at Crane Lake

Israel at Crane Lake

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...