by From the Crane Lake Blog | Jul 10, 2017 | Arts & Culture, Camping and Youth Engagement, Camps & NFTY
Fight Song Night 2017 was a huge success! The ruach in the room was palpable as each unit took their places in the Rec Hall. Campers’ creativity and spirit impressed the judges and in the end the Nitzanim girls won the honor of their plaque on the wall! Watch...
by From the Crane Lake Blog | Jul 3, 2017 | Camping and Youth Engagement
by Val Fisher, Camper Care Specialist As a staff member at Crane Lake, we have the privilege of entering the bubble up to a month before the campers do. It is no less exciting to come to camp as a staff member than it is to come as a camper. During this time before...
by From the Crane Lake Blog | Jun 24, 2017 | Camping and Youth Engagement, Camps & NFTY, Caring Community, New Campers, Youth & Family
by Rose Levenson, Nitzanim Unit Head As a long-time counselor and unit head for our Nitzanim campers who are the youngest on camp, I have had the pleasure of being able to carry around many toys, stickers, and fun things with me when walking around. I am known for...
by From the Crane Lake Blog | Jun 14, 2017 | Camping and Youth Engagement, Camps & NFTY, Education
by Jake Rudolph, Baseball Coach Whenever friends, family members, or acquaintances ask me why I have gone back to the same sleep away camp every summer for ten years straight, I always respond with “because it’s a part of me”. Without camp I would never have made...
by From the Crane Lake Blog | May 31, 2017 | Camping and Youth Engagement, Camps & NFTY, Reform Jewish Living
by Sarah Lauing, Associate Director On Shavuot, we read the Book of Ruth, about a young non-Jewish woman who ties her fate to her mother-in-law. Ruth famously states, “Where you go I will go, your home will be my home, your people my people, and your God my...
