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July 18, 2012

I attended a secular summer camp as a child, and never expected to set foot in a Jewish summer camp. However, my rabbi invited me to ” title=”The Jewish Sectors Workforce: Report of a Six-Community Study” target=”_blank”>The Jewish Sector’s Workforce: Report of a Six-Community Study as reporting that “7 out of 10 young Jewish leaders in their 20s and 30s attended Jewish summer camp.” Watching the teens singing, dancing, and throwing their arms around each other’s shoulders at the dance party at the end of the evening, I couldn’t help but think, if I had gone to a camp like this when I was a kid, I’d likely be a rabbi now. Whether that would have been good or bad for the Jews, there is no way to know.


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