by From the Crane Lake Blog | Feb 8, 2012 | Arts & Culture, Camping and Youth Engagement, Education, Greening Reform Judaism, Israel, Off Season 2011 2012, Social Action, URJ Camps Spotlight Topics, URJ Communications Themes
by Greg Kellner, Senior Assistant Director, URJ Crane Lake Camp During the wintertime, I try to drive up to the Berkshires as much as possible. As an assistant director, you don’t get so much time to enjoy all that the Berkshires has to offer during the summer, so I...
by From the Crane Lake Blog | Dec 12, 2011 | Camping and Youth Engagement, Friendships, Greening Reform Judaism, Social Action, URJ Communications Themes, Volunteerism
Written by Greg Kellner, Senior Assistant Director, Crane Lake Camp Over the last few months I have seen my favorite Berkshire ice cream appearing all over the place: Whole Foods, Fairway, Wild By Nature, and other stores. I began to wonder, what’s the secret...
by From the Crane Lake Blog | Dec 9, 2011 | Off Season 2011 2012, Summer 2011
Written by James Gelsey, Associate Director, URJ Eisner and Crane Lake Camps Over eighty dads and sons (and one grandpa!) converged on Eisner Camp in December for our first-ever “Father Son Weekend,” part of the Heller Wexler Family Retreat Series. They came from the...
by From the Crane Lake Blog | Nov 16, 2011 | Arts & Culture, Camping and Youth Engagement, Friendships, Summer 2011, URJ Camps Spotlight Topics, URJ Communications Themes
What a great day for the Faculty of Eisner and Crane Lake Camps! This morning, we were joined by more than 30 Rabbis, Cantors and Educators, wearing their camp shirts, for our annual Education Summit. Synagogue professionals from across the northeast gathered to...
by From the Crane Lake Blog | Oct 14, 2011 | New Campers
It’s Friday night at 10:30, and all is quiet in Eisner Camp. Sixty-six new campers are tucked in their bunks under the watchful eyes of twenty outstanding Crane Lake and Eisner counselors. Just a few hours earlier they rolled into camp with their parents, brother,...
