by From the Crane Lake Blog | Aug 13, 2018 | Camping and Youth Engagement, Camps & NFTY, Friendships, URJ Camps Spotlight Topics, URJ Communications Themes, Values, Why Camp, Youth & Family
Below is a compilation of pieces from campers in the Storytelling Chugensive: “How Going Tech Free Has Opened My Eyes” By Robin F., Olim I am an Olim camper at Crane Lake and this summer, before camp, I went to the Poconos for a 3-day trip with my...
by From the Crane Lake Blog | Aug 12, 2018 | Camping and Youth Engagement, Fundraising
This blog post was originally read by a representative from Olim 2020 during their Shabbat service this week, the theme of which was “Open hearts, open hands.” Watch our video of Lower Chaverim enjoying their gift to camp! Celebrating our camp friends’ bar...
by From the Crane Lake Blog | Aug 3, 2018 | Arts & Culture, Camping and Youth Engagement, Education, Featured, Marketing & Communications, Newsletter, Uncategorized
Campers are now being offered a chugensive option to improve upon their creative capacities. The storytelling group invites campers with a knack for poetry, journalism, novel writing, and public speaking to strut their stuff with likeminded peers. After the first week...
by From the Crane Lake Blog | Jul 31, 2018 | Camping and Youth Engagement, Camps & NFTY, New Campers, Summer, Why Camp
by Jake Rudolph, Digital Media Director Although we may try to convey all of the energy at Crane Lake with videos, pictures, and other media, those insights into the bubble are limited. In fact, crossing through the red gates holds more meaning than just a summer of...
by From the Crane Lake Blog | Jul 23, 2018 | Camping and Youth Engagement, Camps & NFTY
The most anticipated trip for most campers at Crane Lake is Olim’s four day expedition through Montreal, Canada. Even Nitzanim campers are filled with envy whenever the Olim campers came back wearing their newly bought Ben & Jerry’s or maple leaf...
by From the Crane Lake Blog | Jul 22, 2018 | Camping and Youth Engagement, Camps & NFTY, Leadership, Shabbat, URJ Camps Spotlight Topics, URJ Communications Themes, Values, Why Camp, Worship & Spirituality
by Rabbi Marci Bellows, faculty “You are not obligated to complete the task, but neither are you free to ignore it.” (Pirke Avot, 2:21) No matter one’s particular viewpoints or political leanings, we are undoubtedly living through a time of national division, strife,...