by From the Crane Lake Blog | Nov 16, 2011 | Arts & Culture, Camping and Youth Engagement, Friendships, Summer 2011, URJ Camps Spotlight Topics, URJ Communications Themes
What a great day for the Faculty of Eisner and Crane Lake Camps! This morning, we were joined by more than 30 Rabbis, Cantors and Educators, wearing their camp shirts, for our annual Education Summit. Synagogue professionals from across the northeast gathered to...
by From the Crane Lake Blog | Oct 31, 2011 | Israel, URJ Camps Spotlight Topics
The following is an excerpt and link to a blog post by Crane Lake Camper, Tzipi Crandell. Tzipi and fellow Crane Lake Camper, Leah Meyers, witnessed history while hiking in northern Israel. I was off to the Kineret. For the next six days, I was hiking from the Kineret...
by From the Crane Lake Blog | Oct 14, 2011 | New Campers
It’s Friday night at 10:30, and all is quiet in Eisner Camp. Sixty-six new campers are tucked in their bunks under the watchful eyes of twenty outstanding Crane Lake and Eisner counselors. Just a few hours earlier they rolled into camp with their parents, brother,...
by From the Crane Lake Blog | Sep 6, 2011 | Camp Chazak, Camping and Youth Engagement, Disabilities, Diversity, Education, Friendships, Leadership, Social Action, Summer 2011, URJ Camps Spotlight Topics, URJ Communications Themes
by Rachel Schein, Camp Chazak Staff Member It is not often that a group of 125 teenagers has the opportunity to spend an extended period of time working closely with and getting to know a group of children with special needs. The relationship between Camp Chazak and...
by From the Crane Lake Blog | Aug 24, 2011 | Camp Chazak, Camping and Youth Engagement, Disabilities, Diversity, Education, Friendships, Summer 2011, URJ Camps Spotlight Topics, URJ Communications Themes
By Hillary Steinberg, Camp Chazak Counselor Hello Chazak parents! What a busy few days we have had! Here in the bubble (or at camp), we often talk about how time works differently. It sometimes goes slower than normal time; it feels like we do a week’s worth of...
