by From the Crane Lake Blog | Jun 23, 2016 | Camps & NFTY, Caring Community, Featured, Summer, Youth & Family
The puppies are here!! Each summer Crane Lake campers take care of four adorable puppies, and at the end of the summer they are auctioned off to camp families (with parental permission of course). Here’s a window into the life of a Crane Lake puppy after being...
by From the Crane Lake Blog | Jun 19, 2016 | Camps & NFTY, Caring Community, Featured, Summer, Youth & Family
By Barnett Goldman, Summer Assistant Director There is no better feeling than getting to see the love, joy, and excitement of camp through a child’s eyes, especially when that child is yours. Although this is the first summer at Crane Lake Camp for my family and me,...
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 | Mar 2, 2016 | Alumni, Camping and Youth Engagement, Camps & NFTY, Education, Shabbat, Uncategorized, Worship & Spirituality, Youth & Family
Shabbat Shalom! We are thrilled that so many Crane Lakers are celebrating Shabbat Across America this Friday night by inviting members of our community into their homes for Shabbat dinner! No matter where or how you are enjoying Shabbat this week, we want to offer you...
by From the Crane Lake Blog | Dec 11, 2015 | Camping and Youth Engagement, Camps & NFTY, Education, Israel, Leadership, The Jewish World, Youth & Family
Shahar Peled is Crane Lake’s year-round shaliach, working in partnership with Temple Israel in New York City. This post is excerpted from an article originally published in the Chronicle, Temple Israel’s monthly bulletin. Shahar Peled was born and raised...
by jared | Jun 22, 2013 | 20s & 30s, Camping and Youth Engagement, Camps & NFTY, Caring Community, Disabilities, Education, Leadership, Marketing & Communications, Social Action, Summer 2013, Uncategorized, URJ Camps Spotlight Topics, URJ Communications Themes, Volunteerism, Youth & Family
By Jeffrey Schwartz. During Summer 2013, Jeff will be serving as the Head Songleader at Crane Lake Camp. Jeff was a camper, Machonik and counselor at Crane Lake Camp as well. During the Spring of 2013 Jeff was called upon by Gift of Life to become a bone marrow donor...