The First Wave Has Arrived

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,...

Camp Counselors: Textpeople and Inspirations

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...
Reflections on Our First Shabbat

Reflections on Our First Shabbat

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...

Something to be Thankful for… Summers at CLC

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...