The Canteen
Falling in Love with Myself
He was bubbling over with excitement. He had heard so much about this place. This was his first time away ...
“Stuff” Doesn’t Equal “Love”
This year, the proverbial “holiday season” comes earlier than usual, with the much-ballyhooed convergence of Hannukah and Thanksgiving. This means ...
New Ways of Looking at the Same Old Foods
One of the most amazing lessons kids can learn at camp is how to look at the world with a ...
#timeismeaningless
A camp professional in my adult life, I have always been a camper at heart. I have the deepest, most ...
Teaching Our Children How to Swim
In addition to beginning to plan for the upcoming 2014 camping season, Gilad and I find ourselves also busy preparing ...
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 ...
Sleepaway Camp and the Future of Jewish Life
Jeremy J. Fingerman is the CEO of the Foundation for Jewish Camp. Last week, I had the distinct privilege of ...
Being Part of the Whole
I learned recently that groups of animals have the most interesting names. Some are well known, like a school of ...
October Blues
It’s only been a month and a half since my son Jonah returned from sleep-away camp and I’m already feeling ...
Camp and the “Real World”
Campers and staff often state at the end of a camp session or summer that they wish camp could last ...
It Looks the Same
The Davis Academy 8th Grade Gibush Retreat (A Summer at URJ Camp Coleman) It looks the same. (It looks different.)Two ...
Old Enough
Why does it sometimes feel almost counter-cultural to pack your kids off to camp? Maybe because we’re living in a ...