by From the Crane Lake Blog | Jun 23, 2016 | Camps & NFTY, Caring Community, Featured, Summer, Youth & Family
The puppies are here!! Each summer Crane Lake campers take care of four adorable puppies, and at the end of the summer they are auctioned off to camp families (with parental permission of course). Here’s a window into the life of a Crane Lake puppy after being...
by From the Crane Lake Blog | Jun 20, 2016 | Camps & NFTY, Caring Community, Featured, Leadership, Summer, Uncategorized
We are one week away from Opening Day, and we could not be more excited! Want to learn more about our Leadership Team for this summer? Check out their bios below! Debby Shriber, Camp Director Debby is proud to be the director of Crane Lake Camp. She’s been with...
by From the Crane Lake Blog | Jun 19, 2016 | Camps & NFTY, Caring Community, Featured, Summer, Youth & Family
By Barnett Goldman, Summer Assistant Director There is no better feeling than getting to see the love, joy, and excitement of camp through a child’s eyes, especially when that child is yours. Although this is the first summer at Crane Lake Camp for my family and me,...
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 | Jun 12, 2016 | Arts & Culture, Camping and Youth Engagement, Camps & NFTY, Caring Community, Education, Featured, Jewish Arts & Culture, Reform Blogs, Reform Jewish Living, RJ Blog, Summer, The Jewish World, Uncategorized, URJ Camps Spotlight Topics, URJ Communications Themes, Worship, Worship & Spirituality, Youth & Family
By Lauren Chizner, Limud Director Today is the holiday of Shavuot. It celebrates the moment the Torah was given to the Israelites as they stood together at Mt. Sinai. While the revelation at Sinai happened but once, the receiving of Torah, Jewish teaching, happens all...
by jared | Jul 3, 2014 | Caring Community, RJ Blog, Summer 2014, The Jewish World
By Jenny Rehkugler, Communications Specialist Crane Lake was fortunate to host the Gift of Life Foundation during staff week to hold a cheek swabbing drive to collect cells from counselors and staff. Gift of Life’s mission is to collect and register cells from as...