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...
by From the Crane Lake Blog | Nov 23, 2017 | Arts & Culture, Camping and Youth Engagement, Camps & NFTY, Jewish Arts & Culture, Uncategorized, Worship, Worship & Spirituality
We at Crane Lake are grateful for oh so many things! Over the summer, Nitzanim campers explored gratitude through nature, art, text, movement, and music. The music group worked with Cantor Brad Hyman to create an original song describing all the things they are...
by From the Crane Lake Blog | Sep 10, 2016 | Camping and Youth Engagement, Camps & NFTY, Reform Jewish Living, Shabbat, Worship, Worship & Spirituality
The word “Shoftim” is well known to Crane Lake campers as they sing to Fight Song and Maccabiah judges during our special events at camp. This week’s parasha is also called Shoftim, and holds a wealth of meaning that can be applied to camp. Maya...
by jared | Aug 13, 2016 | Camps & NFTY, Caring Community, Featured, Summer 2016, Worship & Spirituality
When our campers come together for Shabbat each week, one group leads the community in prayer. From Olim to Nitzanim, our campers sing out, pray, and listen to each others thoughts on camp and the Jewish value of the week. On this Shabbat, our last Shabbat of the 2016...
by jared | Jul 1, 2016 | Camping and Youth Engagement, Camps & NFTY, Diversity, Featured, Summer 2016, Worship & Spirituality
It’s almost that time of the week! Shabbat is quickly approaching, and we are so grateful to be at camp. Shabbat is a time for reflection, a time for community, a time of joy. It’s amazing to see how we all have come together here at Crane Lake. We are all...
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...