by From the Crane Lake Blog | Dec 12, 2011 | Arts & Culture, Off Season 2011 2012, Summer 2011
Want to bring a little camp music into your Chanukah meal? Here are five suggestions: 1. Print out your own Camp Chanukah Songsheet. 2 Sing the Birkat Hamazon after eating latkes. Download a Birkat Hamazon Card. 3. Teach your family the camp melody for Shehecheyanu....
by From the Crane Lake Blog | Dec 11, 2011 | Summer 2011
We know you have eagerly been awaiting the arrival of the Crane Lake Album. Since the summer, Rebecca and Josh (who recorded the album) have been hard at work listening to every song, over and over, to make sure every second of each song is perfect! It’s almost...
by From the Crane Lake Blog | Dec 9, 2011 | Off Season 2011 2012, Summer 2011
Written by James Gelsey, Associate Director, URJ Eisner and Crane Lake Camps Over eighty dads and sons (and one grandpa!) converged on Eisner Camp in December for our first-ever “Father Son Weekend,” part of the Heller Wexler Family Retreat Series. They came from the...
by From the Crane Lake Blog | Dec 1, 2011 | Summer 2011
What has approximately 6000 prayer books, 2373 chicken dinners, 200+ NFTY teens, 800 volunteers, 541 congregations, 55 states and provinces and President Barack Obama? Yes, it’s the URJ Biennial in Washington, DC! Debby, Greg and 5,998 other Reform Jews are all headed...
by From the Crane Lake Blog | Nov 17, 2011 | Summer 2011
**Updated with contributions from our campers** Because of Camp I… Take a moment to complete this sentence… What has camp done for you? How are you a better person for having been at Crane Lake? What skills have you learned? Who did you meet along the way?...
