by From the Crane Lake Blog | Jul 13, 2016 | Alumni, Camps & NFTY, Summer 2016
by Rachel Landman, faculty We arrive at camp, unpack our bags, meet new friends, prepare tirelessly for Fight Song, go on Trip Day, celebrate Shabbat, do daily activities, compete in Mini-Maccabiah, go to Banquet and then go home. The summer at Crane Lake Camp is...
by From the Crane Lake Blog | Jul 12, 2016 | 20s & 30s, Alumni, Camping and Youth Engagement, Camps & NFTY, Leadership, Summer 2016
by Ari Matz, Crane Lake alumna Crane Lake Camp is a magical place. I don’t think I fully understood this idea until I was away from it. This is my first summer since I began my CLC adventures in Nitzanim that I have not returned to the bubble. While closing this...
by From the Crane Lake Blog | Jun 15, 2016 | Alumni, Camping and Youth Engagement, Camps & NFTY, Caring Community, Featured, Leadership, URJ Communications Themes
Up today for our Specialist Week Highlights is Jake! This is Jake’s 10th summer at Crane Lake Camp, and he is stoked to be our Baseball Coach. He is from Trumbull, CT, and during the year he studies Communications and Sociology at the University of Connecticut and...
by From the Crane Lake Blog | Mar 2, 2016 | Alumni, Camping and Youth Engagement, Camps & NFTY, Education, Shabbat, Uncategorized, Worship & Spirituality, Youth & Family
Shabbat Shalom! We are thrilled that so many Crane Lakers are celebrating Shabbat Across America this Friday night by inviting members of our community into their homes for Shabbat dinner! No matter where or how you are enjoying Shabbat this week, we want to offer you...
by From the Crane Lake Blog | Nov 24, 2015 | Alumni, Camps & NFTY, Leadership
URJ Crane Lake Camp is filled with so many wonderful people. Our community is full of love and happiness, and we are lucky to have incredible people in our Kehillah Kedoshah. Rose Levenson is one of those role models at Crane Lake. Rose has been working at camp for...
by From the Crane Lake Blog | Mar 30, 2015 | Alumni
Camp is special. But, you already know that! We already know that camp changes lives, but it is always framed in the big picture. We love getting together, reminiscing, looking at old photographs, taking new ones, and remembering the impact that camp had on us. At...