by jared | Jul 24, 2014 | Summer 2014
By Jenny Rehkugler, Communications Specialist Mini Maccabia has been a Crane Lake tradition for as long as I can remember. It came in different forms, like 4th of July red, white and blue games, or CLC Olympics, but it was always around, and always a camp highlight....
by jared | Jul 24, 2014 | Summer 2014
Who stole the salaad bars at CLC? The 4 mini maccabia teams worked all day to solve this catastrophe. More evidence coming...
by jared | Jul 24, 2014 | Israel, Leadership, Social Action, Summer 2014
For the past 4 weeks, 20 Chaverim campers have been part of the JTFN Kesher course. JTFN is the Jewish Teen Funders Network. We, the JTFN campers, have been given a grant of $1000 along with 37 other camps across the country. First, we established which Jewish values...
by jared | Jul 22, 2014 | Israel, Summer 2014
By Noam Noy, Israeli Counselor I always knew I wanted to be a counselor at a Jewish summer camp in the US. Why? I don’t even remember why. Maybe it had to do with the fact that I was a big fan of “Camp Rock” the movie or maybe because it just sounded like a fun way to...
by jared | Jul 22, 2014 | Summer 2014
Talk about a game changer at Crane Lake! Check out the inside scoop of our brand new Chadar...
by jared | Jul 21, 2014 | Camping and Youth Engagement, Camps & NFTY, Israel, RJ Blog, Summer 2014
Shabbat Shalom from group nine! Time for some more monotonous rhymes. Last week we waved goodbye to the desert sand, Traveling to the heart of the Holy Land. At kibbutz Tzuba we spent our first Israeli Shabbat, At the Jewish quarter we found some great shops. All the...