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 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 | 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 20, 2018 | Alumni, Featured, Friendships, Outreach, Parenting, Shabbat, The Jewish World, URJ Camps Spotlight Topics, Why Camp, Youth & Family
Our Camp History By Meredith and Josh Clarin It’s hard to describe the excitement and great sense of pure and unwavering love that goes into the remarkable fact that just a few weeks ago, we drove through the red gates of Crane Lake. Taking our oldest daughter,...
by From the Crane Lake Blog | Jul 17, 2018 | Education, Featured, Outreach, Summer, Worship & Spirituality
Tranquility: a cool breeze, shady tent, and Kripalu yoga. What better to ease the tension from a long day at Crane Lake than attending a lesson with Mary Hannah Parkman: Crane Lake’s yoga specialist. Campers learn how to master their mind and strengthen their...
