by jared | Jul 30, 2015 | Summer 2015
“Kesher has become something we love!” three Olim campers told me at the end of first session. Kesher are the electives taught by our faculty—the rabbis, cantors, and educators who spend a week or two with us at camp and help to make Judaism come alive for our...
by jared | Jul 29, 2015 | Summer 2015
Forty years ago this summer, I went to Israel for the first time on the NFTY Archeological Seminar. That summer was a transforming experience for me. I fell in love with the land as we traversed the Sinai desert (which was then part of Israel). The following summer, I...
by jared | Jul 28, 2015 | Summer 2015
My favorite camp experience would have to have been fight song 2014. The build up to fight song is always intense, but even more so when it’s the campers last year (and last chance) to be named fight song champions! The girls in my bunk had been writing things...
by jared | Jul 28, 2015 | Summer 2015
Every time we play an icebreaker at camp, we are asked to say our name and where we are from. For some reason, there are bigger reactions when I say I am from Los Angeles, California than those from England or Israel. I think this is because people think that by being...
by jared | Jul 27, 2015 | Summer 2015
We made our goal! On both opening days as well as first session closing day and visiting day, we collected over 300 cans to feed the hungry in our local community. The Birkat Hamazon, the blessing we say after every meal at camp, states, Baruch Atah Adonai, Hazan et...
