by jared | Jun 14, 2014 | Shabbat
By Jenny Rehkugler, communications specialist The Crane Lake Camp community is growing by the minute. On Thursday and Friday we welcomed all of our international staff, coaches and instructors. People traveled from far away places like Poland, Israel, Mexico,...
by From the Crane Lake Blog | Feb 4, 2013 | Uncategorized
by Emily Singer. Emily is a counselor at Crane Lake Camp and grew up in Newington, CT involved in many aspects of Jewish life including the Temple Sinai Youth Group. This past summer I had the pleasure of working with beautiful young children in a loving and...
by From the Crane Lake Blog | Aug 24, 2012 | Camping and Youth Engagement, Education, Friendships, Leadership, Social Action, Summer 2012, URJ Camps Spotlight Topics, URJ Communications Themes
by Rabbi Melissa Buyer. Rabbi Buyer is currently the Director of Lifelong Learning at Temple Israel of New York City. Rabbi Buyer served as a faculty member for URJ Eisner and Crane Lake Camps in Summer 2012 and is a proud Crane Lake Parent. Everything depends on the...
by From the Crane Lake Blog | Jul 3, 2012 | Uncategorized
by Rabbi Devorah Marcus Rabbi Marcus is the Associate Rabbi at Temple Beth El of Great Neck, NY and a faculty member this summer at Crane Lake Camp. After days of packing, arriving, unpacking, name-gaming, group-mixing, swim-testing, program writing, and community...
by From the Crane Lake Blog | Jun 23, 2012 | 20s & 30s, Camping and Youth Engagement, Camps & NFTY, College Life, Education, Leadership, Reform Blogs, RJ Blog, Uncategorized, URJ Communications Themes, Youth & Family
The following post was written as a Shabbat reading during staff orientation by Nick Peacock-Smith, Crane Lake Camp Athletics Director. Nick is a third year staff member, originally from Australia and now living in New York City. Over the course of the spring while I...