Big Bear Lake this Winter; Planning the Trip That Fits Your Travel Style.
Delia duPlessis
January 2, 2026
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Camping
More options for modern Orthodox campers
Jewish Journal
February 27, 2013
Camp Judah West, which has run travel and sports camps in West Los Angeles for the past four years, has procured a rental location near San Diego and is organizing a five-week summer camp session based on the ideals of Jewish camping, Zionism and Torah.
A Jewish food writer explores France
Jewish Journal
December 1, 2010
Author and Jewish food connoisseur Joan Nathan may be best known for her award-winning cookbooks on Jewish cuisine in America and Israel. But long before any of those projects began, there was Paris.
Habonim Dror celebrates 75 years of joyful Jewish camping
Jewish Journal
November 3, 2010
Not every American summer camp can claim to have helped smuggle arms to freedom fighters.
Solar panels, radio station keep Jewish camps current
Nancy Sokoler Steiner
January 25, 2008
It was a given that Benjy Rabin, 9, would spend part of his summers at Camp Ramah as soon as he was old enough. His father is a Ramah alum, and so are his older brother and sister.
Labor Zionist ideals live on at Gilboa
Julie Gruenbaum Fax
December 14, 2007
In real life, Leo Goldberg doesn\’t dance and sing.
But at Camp Gilboa, where he\’s spent summers for the past 9 years, Leo Goldberg dances. And he sings. A lot — and loudly.
A summertime find — future Jewish leaders
Zachary Lasker
December 14, 2007
As a camper, Max Kates was full of energy, soaking up everything Camp Ramah in Ojai offered. He loved sports, singing, his friends and Shabbat. When the summer arrived for him to join the staff, he immediately applied to participate in Ramah\’s counselor leadership-training program. In his first year as a counselor, Max was placed in a unit I supervised, and I watched with pride as he developed valuable skills in problem solving, public speaking, teamwork, program design and assessment.
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