Foundation for Jewish Camp
Climbing a rock wall, getting up on water skis, singing around a campfire – camp is bliss. Jewish camp is all of this…with a soul. What does that mean? While campers are having a blast, they are gaining independence, learning new skills, and making best friends plus they are living Jewish values like tikkun olam (repairing the world) and experiencing the importance of community. Judaism is weaved into everyday activities providing a connection that stays with campers long after they eat their last s’more. The Foundation for Jewish Camp (FJC) works with over 150 nonprofit Jewish overnight camps of all denominations across North America to increase the number of campers, inspire camp leaders, and develop programs to strengthen camps. Read more about Jewish camp, FJC, & our research on the power of Jewish camp at www.JewishCamp.org
Articles by Foundation for Jewish Camp
Five Things that Happened at Jewish Camp this Week
1. Camp JCA Shalom unrolled their entire Torah, one of 1,564 scrolls recovered in Prague after the Holocaust, for the camp community to ...
Five Things that Happened at Jewish Camp this Week
1. Capital Camps wanted to make sure that their CEO was ready to be the camp director this year and knew ...
10 Things You Learn During Your First Summer as a Camp Counselor
1. Camp is for campers. If you did not realize it before, you will as a staff member. Yes, staff ...
Five Things that Happened at Jewish Camp this Week
1. The camp season has officially started with several camps opening their gates! We wish each of them a safe ...
Matzoh & Mitzvot
Passover is about so much more than just a seder, and with time off from work and school, we want ...
ProcrastiNation
Why do we eat Matzah on Passover? As we read in the Haggadah:Because the dough of our fathers did not have ...
Create Your Best, and Most Personal, Passover Seder
Looking to change-up your seder this year? Archie Gottesman, FJC board member and self-proclaimed Marketing Jewru has spent the past ...
15 Ways You Know You Went to Jewish Summer Camp
Get some wacky Jewish fun in your inbox! Sign up for the daily Jewniverse email. 1. Havdalah makes you emotional. Something about a campfire, ...
It’s Jewish Disability Awareness Month!
February is Jewish Disability Awareness Month (JDAM)! JDAM is “a unified initiative to raise awareness and support efforts to foster ...
Jewish Summer Camp: The Questions You Should Be Asking
This blog post was reprinted with permission from InterfaithFamily.Thinking of sending your kids to Jewish summer camp (this year or ...