by From the Crane Lake Blog | Jun 16, 2016 | Arts & Culture, Camps & NFTY, Featured, Summer, Uncategorized
This is Natalie’s first summer at Crane Lake Camp! She is from Glasgow, Scotland. This summer she will be an Art Instructor. Her specialties are drawing, painting and sculpting, but she loves all kinds of art as well. At home, she is apart of an art society where they...
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 From the Crane Lake Blog | Jun 8, 2016 | Camping and Youth Engagement, Camps & NFTY, Featured, Friendships, New Campers, Uncategorized
Sunday, June 5 we welcomed our newest additions to the Crane Lake family! Read on to hear all about our New Camper Orientation. It was a beautiful morning here at Crane Lake Camp, as the Leadership Team prepped for New Camper Orientation. Impending rain was on our...
by From the Crane Lake Blog | May 11, 2016 | Camping and Youth Engagement, Camps & NFTY, Israel, Uncategorized
This is the third installment of our “My Israel Story” series. All week, we’ll be sharing personal photos and stories from our staff about their connection to Israel in honor of Yom HaZikaron (Memorial Day) and Yom HaAtzmaut (Independence Day) on May 10-12. We look...
by From the Crane Lake Blog | May 10, 2016 | Camping and Youth Engagement, Camps & NFTY, Israel, Uncategorized
This is the second installment of our “My Israel Story” series. All week, we’ll be sharing personal photos and stories from our staff about their connection to Israel in honor of Yom HaZikaron (Memorial Day) and Yom HaAtzmaut (Independence Day) on May 10-12. We look...
by From the Crane Lake Blog | Mar 31, 2016 | Camping and Youth Engagement, Camps & NFTY, College Life, Uncategorized
by Jenna Resnikoff, Olim Fellow 2015-2016 “I miss Olim Fellows already,” I said last week on the bus home to New York from the final Olim Fellowship retreat at camp. My friends surrounding me on the bus agreed. The Olim Fellowship program is more than just a reason to...
