Survivor: Malibu
Michael Aushenker
February 14, 2002
Forget the South Pacific, the Australian Outback and Africa — if you want to see a real survivor, look no further than in your own backyard.
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Together in Nature
Charlotte Hildebrand
September 6, 2001
For the eight Israeli and nine American teens in the Tel Aviv-Los Angeles Partnership program, Project Hevrei Teva, the scene was right out of the movie \”Deliverance,\” only this scene, a campground in Sequoia National Park, was real life, and a real bear was standing before them.
None of the Israelis had ever seen one before. Project leader Josh Lake, head of the Shalom Nature Institute, which helped develop the month-long program, calmly directed the teens to stand together and start waving their arms high in the air. Suddenly, the absent-minded bear stopped slobbering over the teens\’ backpacks and looked around; something had spooked him. The next thing they knew, the bear was hightailing it for the woods.
Art of Summer
Beverly Gray
July 5, 2001
Camp Ruach, also known as the Los Angeles Jewish Camp for Music and the Arts, debuted this summer on the grounds of Yeshivath Ohr Eliyahu Day School in Culver City.
Community Builders
Michael Aushenker
June 21, 2001
On any given Sunday, there are more community-bonding events going on than you can shake a lulav at. Take June 10, when The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles and Anti-Defamation League (ADL) buzzed with activity.
‘Gathering’
Naomi Pfefferman
February 1, 2001
\nPlaywright Arje Shaw\’s first memory was crawling across the floor, finding a piece of black, moldy bread and dipping the crust in water in order to chew it. He was 18 months old. \”I looked like a Biafran baby,\” he says.
A Man for All Seasons
Wendy J. Madnick
November 23, 2000
Arthur Pinchev\’s retirement came as something of a shock to the vast yet close-knit network of \”BBI\’ers,\” many of whom grew up spending summers with Pinchev as their counselor and now send their children to benefit from his wisdom.
Survivor, Shmurvivor
Debra Askuvich
August 24, 2000
I\’ve been going to Jewish camps since 1985 and can lay bare my heart with the best of them. But I\’ve never attended a camp as intense as BCI, and my expectations for an epiphany are high, perhaps ridiculously so.
A Miracle Reawakened
Magnus Bennett
June 15, 2000
The fading Hebrew inscriptions that adorn the walls of a small storeroom in the town of Terezin can be seen in virtually any synagogue around the globe.But thousands of Jews have been flocking to the recently discovered room because of its unique role in history – as a makeshift synagogue during the former Czech ghetto\’s darkest days.
Memories of Summer Camp
Gene Lichtenstein
June 1, 2000
Deep down I knew that I had begun, quite consciously, the difficult task of becoming my own person, and wanted time and space in which to sort things out. At camp, without much effort, I had that chance.
Working Together
Beverly Gray
May 25, 2000
When Mark Miller arrived in Los Angeles to become the associate director of Wilshire Boulevard Temple\’s camps and conference center, he expected to find fierce competition among Southern California\’s Jewish summer camps. Instead, he\’s been pleasantly surprised by the spirit of cooperation that exists within the local camping community.
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