by From the Crane Lake Blog | Feb 4, 2020 | 20s & 30s, Alumni, Camping and Youth Engagement, Camps & NFTY, Caring Community, College Life, Education, Israel, Leadership, Social Action, The Jewish World, Values
by Debby Shriber, Executive Director, URJ Northeast Camps & Youth I’m typing this as I get ready to travel to Israel to meet some of our new shlichim. As you know, each summer an incredible cohort of Israeli Shlichim enriches our summer experience by bringing...
by From the Crane Lake Blog | Aug 13, 2019 | Alumni, Summer
A Series of Recollections by John Bormolini and Friends. This article was originally printed in West Stockbridge’s monthly newsletter, the Local Yokel. Reposted with permission. Until 1954, Crane Lake Camp (CLC), one of the many camps in the Berkshires, was...
by From the Crane Lake Blog | Aug 8, 2019 | Alumni, Caring Community, Education, Featured, Reform Blogs, Values, Worship, Youth & Family
Life is a funny thing, sometimes. We begin completely helpless and dependent on our ability to observe and learn from those who demonstrate how to act, how to think, how to feel. From a very young age, we learn that pathway to being completely “in charge” and...
by From the Crane Lake Blog | Aug 5, 2019 | Alumni, Caring Community, Education, Featured, Friendships, Leadership, Reform Blogs
by Rabbi Jeff “Rabs” Clopper, faculty “I am in my happy place!” For a couple weeks each summer, emails sent to me receive that message in an automatic reply. I want those who communicate with me to know that I am not ignoring them. However, being...
by From the Crane Lake Blog | Aug 4, 2019 | Alumni, Caring Community, Reform Blogs, Summer
This summer at Crane Lake, I have gotten pretty good at differentiating between accents. Even over a crackling walkie talkie, I can make a distinction between the Australian, Scottish, and English members of our AV team in just a few words. As proud as I may feel of...
by From the Crane Lake Blog | Aug 1, 2019 | Alumni, Arts & Culture, Camp Chazak, Caring Community, Greening Reform Judaism, Reform Blogs, Reform Jewish Living, Summer, Values
by Rabbi Erica Asch, faculty As I stood in my faculty shirt, wearing my nametag and welcoming families to Crane Lake on Opening Day, I saw more than a few worried faces. It wasn’t only the campers that were nervous, so were many parents. Seeing their anxious faces, I...
