The Canteen

How could I try to hide in plain sight? Well if I was well camouflaged I might use any combination ...

There always was the honeymoon. Then people started taking babymoons—a trip when they were pregnant, before their world was turned ...

“The world we build tomorrow is born in the experiences we give our children today.”Our Jewish tradition is centered on ...

“WHAT is that SMELL?”It’s been almost a year, yet I still can’t quite forget the odor that permeated the car ...

Here in New York, the temperature is eking up into the 70s, and after continuous blizzards this winter, I couldn’t ...

“Does anyone have any questions?”If you attend a pre-camp orientation session, or meeting with a camp director over the school ...

For the last few days, I’ve been walking around the house singing and dancing more or less in tune and ...

Amazing camps are made by amazing people. Not amenities.There is a list of the 50 Most Amazing Summer Camps in the ...

Whether you’re investigating a camp to send your child to in summer 2015 or still figuring out this summer’s plans, ...

Tomorrow on Yom Ha’atzmaut, Israel’s Independence Day, I’ll be thinking about Arik Einstein z”l.  Einstein, who passed away at the ...

“At fifteen life had taught me undeniably
that surrender, in its place,
was as honorable as resistance,
especially if one had no choice.” ...

There is a cold bite to the air in the Northeast US that’s very much at odds with the blooming ...