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jewish camp
When choosing a sleep-away camp, ask (lots of) questions
Jewish Journal
March 16, 2016
Sleep-away camp is a rite of passage.
Academic Decathlon’s winningest coach draws on years at Jewish camp
Eitan Arom
March 9, 2016
In the small and insular world of U.S. Academic Decathlon, Mathew Arnold has led a dynasty comparable to the Los Angeles Lakers.
Vaccines and Jewish camps: What parents need to know
Jewish Journal
March 3, 2016
“All of a sudden, bottles of hand sanitizer appeared all over,” said Rabbi Jason Miller, looking back at 2009, when the swine flu craze reached Camp Maas, a Jewish summer camp in Ortonville, Michigan.
A camp with a big heart
Jewish Journal
March 26, 2015
For the past seven summers, Hilary Kip’s twin boys have attended Camp Chesed, a Reseda-based program for kids with special needs now headed into its 20th year. There’s a very simple reason Kip sends them year after year
Skills-focused camp program takes summer to the ‘Max’
Elyse Glickman
March 26, 2015
Jewish summer camp is full of tradition, but that’s not stopping Kibbutz Max Straus in Glendale from rolling out Kibbutz Explorations, four special core programs designed especially for 21st-century teens and tweens.
With launch of four new camps, specialty sector is booming
Jewish Journal
March 26, 2015
When his new camp opened last summer, Greg Kellner suspected he needed a morning ritual different from the traditional flagpole gathering at many Jewish overnight camps.
A day in the life of Jewish summer camp
Jewish Journal
February 5, 2015
Think summer camp is all fun and games? It is those things, but there’s a lot more to it. Just talk to some of the many veterans — from a camper to a songleader to a yoga instructor — of JCA Shalom’s residential summer camp in the hills of Malibu.
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