Kids Really Do Like Their Veggies!
By Greg Kellner, Senior Assistant Director Summer 2012 began for me at the end of May. I've spent the past two months pouring over every inch of camp, preparing for the summer and then ensuring that everything continues to flow smoothly. One of the first things I...
CLC Family Members Welcomed at Alumni Day!
By Cory Hermann, Alum 1984-1988, former faculty member, and current Machon Director Yesterday was Crane Lake's annual alumni day! Approximately 100 alumni, spanning four decades of CLC history, spent the day playing basketball, relaxing at the lake, catching up with...
CLC’s T’filah Goes Visual
By Sarah Lauing, Director of Jewish Life Sarah is a member of our year-round team, and our Nadiv Educator will spend summers with CLC and work throughout the year with both Eisner and Crane Lake Camps as well as with Temple Shaarey Tefila of New York City as the...
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood… Boston, Philly, Zoar and Six Flags
Yesterday’s Trip Day was a huge success! Every camper at Crane Lake took part in an exciting one day or overnight off-camp excursion! Our youngest campers, Nitzanim, spent the day at Six Flags Great Escape in Lake George, New York, and enjoyed roller coasters, water...
The Daily Bubble: A Publication of Crane Lake Camp
The Daily Bubble is Crane Lake Camp's daily news update! Each morning the daily bubble is placed on the tables in our chadar ochel (dining hall) so everyone knows what's in store for the day... tournaments, birthdays, Kol Tov's (people spotted doing good things), and...
Celebrating Freedom at CLC
Enjoy a few July 4th preview photos and video of a great day at camp! These are just a few videos and photos straight from the action of the day. A more in depth video is coming soon and photos will be available for parents on Bunk 1. View a quick slideshow on Picasa...
Reflections on Our First Shabbat
by Rabbi Devorah Marcus Rabbi Marcus is the Associate Rabbi at Temple Beth El of Great Neck, NY and a faculty member this summer at Crane Lake Camp. After days of packing, arriving, unpacking, name-gaming, group-mixing, swim-testing, program writing, and community...
Opening Day! A Day of Celebration and Creating Strong Community
by Debby Shriber, Director, Crane Lake Camp There was true excitement in the air on Wednesday morning, as a sea of blue shirted counselors filed into the dining hall for breakfast. The weather was perfect and there were cheers of excitement and even Greg Kellner's mom...
Something to be Thankful for… Summers at CLC
The following post was written as a Shabbat reading during staff orientation by Nick Peacock-Smith, Crane Lake Camp Athletics Director. Nick is a third year staff member, originally from Australia and now living in New York City. Over the course of the spring while I...
The Waterfront Comes Alive
We are just wrapping up our specialist training and we thought we would share with you a video of the setup of our waterfront! It takes a lot to get the lake up and running each summer. Raking the weeds, installing the dock, moving the boats out of storage and our...