The Canteen
Time to End the Hate Song
We find ourselves living at an interesting time on a couple of levels. Having just participated in two wonderful Seders ...
Our Very Best Friends the Torahs
It was my first Shabbat at a new camp – Camp Interlaken JCC – and I was still feeling out ...
Jewish Teens, Summer Camp and Liberation
As we approach Pesach, I have been thinking about one of the names of this holiday – z’man heiruteinu – the time ...
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, ...
Boom. Torah. Boom. Midrash. Boom. #Nadiviating
Today was about Torah and today was about midrash.I have been teaching our 3rd graders about the Torah readings we’ve ...
Fifty Shades of Anti-Semitism
When my children were in Kindergarten they learned about the story of Esther in preparation for Purim. Five years ago, ...
Different
Difference is part of life. This is true for everyone, but particularly the case when disability is part of our ...
Success at Camp
Inclusion…mainstreaming …general education…. One on one/shadow…these are words that fly through my mind almost daily, and are a regular part ...
Open Hearts/Open Doors
More years ago than I care to admit, I was a camper at the JCC Camps at Medford in Medford, ...