by sstein | Jun 13, 2025 | Uncategorized
Last month, a group of seasoned Crane Lake counselors attended a retreat as part of Foundation for Jewish Camp’s Cornerstone Fellowship. These staff members spent the week with counselors from over 60 other Jewish camps! After having the opportunity to exchange ideas...
by From the Crane Lake Blog | Sep 8, 2020 | Uncategorized
by Aaron Gurvis, Assistant Director, Crane Lake Camp In September of 2000, I experienced my first transition from camp to school. I had just finished two weeks in K’tanim and was getting ready to start second grade. I remember how hard it was to leave camp that first...
by From the Crane Lake Blog | Jul 29, 2019 | Caring Community, Summer, Uncategorized, Why Camp
After an amazing first session, we thought we would have a second! We opened our gates on another Opening Day and our loving community has now grown to 530 members, all with different stories to tell! It could not have gone smoother, how amazing to see old friends...
by From the Crane Lake Blog | Jul 21, 2019 | Uncategorized, Values
Mah Tovu is a beloved piece of liturgy, words that have been set to countless tunes to open tefilah and set the tone of a service. These words are pulled from this week’s Torah portion, Balak, and they are a blessing given to the Israelite people by the diviner...
by From the Crane Lake Blog | Jul 14, 2019 | Camping and Youth Engagement, Jewish Arts & Culture, Traditions, Uncategorized
Fight Song 2019 was a battle for the ages and all units came prepared with songs that made the Rec Hall rumble. With great themes and songs including Old Town Road, Spiderverse, Live Aid, Fiddler on the Roof and so much more the competition was fierce!! However the...
by From the Crane Lake Blog | Jul 14, 2019 | Leadership, Shabbat, The Jewish World, Uncategorized, Values
by Chelsea Feuchs, Assistant Limud Director As a kid, I played softball in the town rec league and my dad helped coach the team. Twice a week we would go out to a local field and he would hit grounders, fly balls, and line drives to the team as we practiced catching....
