by From the Crane Lake Blog | Nov 17, 2017 | Camping and Youth Engagement, Camps & NFTY, Caring Community, Diversity
by Tyler, Olim ’17 camper I have been going to Crane Lake Camp for seven summers and for six of these I was in a girls’ bunk. But within the past few years, I went through the process of coming out as transgender from female to male. Every summer I had...
by From the Crane Lake Blog | Aug 19, 2017 | Camping and Youth Engagement, Camps & NFTY, Caring Community
For someone walking on camp for the first time, the lake is beautiful. But for those of us who make Crane Lake our home for two months every summer, it’s a lot more than that. The lake is about meaningful traditions and being together in community during...
by From the Crane Lake Blog | Jul 10, 2017 | Caring Community
by Brenda Mandel, Cornerstone Fellow Camp this summer is focusing on a Culture of Kindness. Chesed, or kindness, was the first Jewish value of the week and it will take us through the entire summer. We’ve learned from our faculty how Judaism discusses kindness,...
by From the Crane Lake Blog | Jul 7, 2017 | Caring Community, Diversity, Leadership
by Rabbi David Freelund, faculty member Think for a moment of the latest piece of news you heard today. Was it about someone acting rudely and outrageously? Was there a mean tweet involved? These are symptoms of what it means to be an American in 2017 as we race to an...
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 | Jan 9, 2017 | Camping and Youth Engagement, Camps & NFTY, Caring Community, Featured, Social Action, Volunteerism
Crane Lake and Eisner have long had a relationship with a special organization called Gift of Life. Gift of Life is a bone marrow registry which collects cells from volunteers through cheek swabs in order to try to find matches for patients needing bone marrow or...
