Summer Camp

As the summer approaches and school ends, a world of seemingly limitless possibilities for enrichment, education and entertainment present themselves for our children. Unique among the options, however, are the opportunities afforded by attending a Jewish...

Well, maybe I am too old for camp, but whenever I think of a certain special summer of my childhood, I’m suddenly a kid again . . .

Hodaya, my sixteen-year-old, walked in last night, past midnight, after the first day of camp. She was so exhausted she could hardly speak. But she told me the name of her camper and she said to me, "Ima, this work is a lesson for life..."

It's a situation as sticky as a freshly roasted marshmallow. Your child, who's been looking forward to attending overnight camp since you signed her up this fall, suddenly develops a case of cold feet...

For campers at the Chabad-Lubavitch Camp Gan Israel on South Padre Island, learning about Judaism during sixteen action-packed days on the island was even more meaningful than the bountiful water sports. The camp welcomed kids from across the dry expanse ...

Summer vacation must be utilized to grow in one’s Judaism.

On Oct. 7, 12-year-old Daria Marchevska was huddling with her family in their bomb shelter when they saw terrorists in the garden of their Sderot home. Nine months later, she is frolicking under the warm New England sun and finally experiencing the tradit...

It’s evening at CKids Gan Israel in Lakeworth, Fla., and the sound of children singing songs of Jewish pride can be heard throughout its sprawling campgrounds. There, on a glistening lakefront set among the expanses of nature, 60 Jewish boys from diverse ...

Two camps that my father had contacted that week had already signed on, but everyone assumed that approaching the Hashomer Hatzair camp was an effort in futility.

We don’t have to be anyone special to have a sacred task. And yet, somehow or another, our acts might have consequences that we cannot even begin to imagine.