by From the Crane Lake Blog | Feb 4, 2020 | 20s & 30s, Alumni, Camping and Youth Engagement, Camps & NFTY, Caring Community, College Life, Education, Israel, Leadership, Social Action, The Jewish World, Values
by Debby Shriber, Executive Director, URJ Northeast Camps & Youth I’m typing this as I get ready to travel to Israel to meet some of our new shlichim. As you know, each summer an incredible cohort of Israeli Shlichim enriches our summer experience by bringing...
by From the Crane Lake Blog | Aug 8, 2019 | Alumni, Caring Community, Education, Featured, Reform Blogs, Values, Worship, Youth & Family
Life is a funny thing, sometimes. We begin completely helpless and dependent on our ability to observe and learn from those who demonstrate how to act, how to think, how to feel. From a very young age, we learn that pathway to being completely “in charge” and...
by From the Crane Lake Blog | Aug 7, 2019 | Caring Community, Education, Leadership
by Lucia “Lulu” Carson, Machon Media Specialist The Machon leadership program is a once in a lifetime opportunity that I have been fortunate enough to take part in this summer. It is a tradition where past campers can come back after their unit has...
by From the Crane Lake Blog | Aug 5, 2019 | Alumni, Caring Community, Education, Featured, Friendships, Leadership, Reform Blogs
by Rabbi Jeff “Rabs” Clopper, faculty “I am in my happy place!” For a couple weeks each summer, emails sent to me receive that message in an automatic reply. I want those who communicate with me to know that I am not ignoring them. However, being...
by From the Crane Lake Blog | Jul 31, 2019 | Alumni, Caring Community, Education, Friendships, Worship, Worship & Spirituality
Crane Lake is a magical place where campers can journey all the way from Lower Nitzanim (9-10) to Olim (15-16). Then they have the option to go beyond to Israel with one another, and, eventually, to become Machon – our counselors in training – where they...
by From the Crane Lake Blog | Jul 23, 2019 | Education, Greening Reform Judaism, Social Action, Values, Volunteerism
by Shaina Morrel, Limud Specialist This week’s Jewish value is Ga’avah, or pride. At camp we feel pride in a lot of ways every single day, but this summer the word has taken on an entirely new meaning for me. On the first day of camp, I informed my campers of my new...