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Summer Lovin’– Alyia & Max
ALYIA & MAX CUTLER When/how/where at camp did you meet? Max and I met for the first time at Camp Edward Isaacs in 2000; I was a camper and he was a CIT. My girlfriends and I would give him a hard...
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Summer Lovin’– Shira & Noah
SHIRA & NOAH MENCOW HICHENBERG When/how/where at camp did you meet? I arrived at staff training at Camp Ramah in New England my junior counselor summer two days late, having just come back home...
View ArticleJewish Disability Awareness Month
February is Jewish Disability Awareness Month (JDAM), which brings a topic that is very important to us at the Foundation for Jewish Camp to the forefront of conversations all over the Jewish...
View ArticleUsing a Business Model to Make Jewish Summer Camp Affordable
By Rabbi Jason Miller Ask any Jewish family that sends their children to both a private Jewish day school and a Jewish summer camp about the affordability of such endeavors and they’ll use words such...
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Jewish camp trend-spotting: 10 ways a summer ritual is changing
By Julie Wiener Nostalgia about summer traditions notwithstanding, Jewish camps have changed dramatically from a generation ago. Camp’s value for Jewish education and identity-building is now a major...
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Counselor and Camper Costumes & More Purim Fun
Purim’s getting close, so we’re sharing some camp-themed costume ideas for you to enjoy! One of the most delicious memories of camp is s’mores roasting over a fire, so why not dress as one? Your...
View ArticleJewish Funders Network Awards Inaugural Shapiro Prize to Foundation for...
The Jewish Funders Network has named the Foundation for Jewish Camp as the inaugural recipient of the Shapiro Prize for Excellence in Philanthropic Collaboration, for being the first funder...
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The Tech Side of Camp
by Rabbi Jason Miller New Brunswick, NJ – As Jewish camp leaders once again convened at Leaders Assembly, the Foundation for Jewish Camp’s biennial conference here in New Brunswick, there was a lot of...
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Make Your Child One Happy Camper!
Jewish overnight camp is about so much more than campfires and color war. At camp, kids get the chance to explore who they are—and who they want to become—in an active, inspiring, fun-filled...
View ArticleHow to Pay for Jewish Sleepaway Camp
Whether you’re investigating a camp to send your child to in summer 2015 or still figuring out this summer’s plans, you’re definitely thinking about the cost of this experience of a lifetime. It’s on...
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