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New and improved Jewish camps for our gilded age
At the oldest Jewish summer camp in New England, you can hike, swim, sail — and now fly through the air with the greatest of ease.
New grant program will extend Jewish camp outreach
For some children, attending Jewish summer camp is a quintessential part of growing up Jewish.
From disable to enable: Summer camp shifts focus
The positive impact that summer camps have on Jewish identity is no secret, but a report released last year by the Foundation for Jewish Camp (FJC) found that much progress remains in making this a viable opportunity for young people with special needs.
BunkConnect program offering bargains for first-time campers
The Foundation for Jewish Camp announced Monday that it is piloting a new program this summer offering first-time campers from middle- and lower-income families camp sessions at prices that are 40-80 percent below the camps’ standard rates.
Study: Jewish summer camps increasingly attune to special needs kids
A study released by the Foundation for Jewish Camp showed overnight camps are growing increasingly aware of the needs of children with disabilities.
More options for modern Orthodox campers
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.
Donors struggling to defray the rising costs of Jewish camp
Spending the summer at Jewish overnight camp once was a spartan affair, often little more than a collection of ramshackle buildings scattered in the woods by a placid lake.
Parents find new benefit to Jewish camp: Freedom from themselves
When she took the stage recently before an audience of 400 Jewish camping enthusiasts, Lenore Skenazy wasted no time in addressing why she is known as “America’s Worst Mom.”