Camp Ramah settles lawsuit alleging mishandled sexual assault complaint
Berkshires summer camp, former director and national commission accused of 'deliberate indifference' after one camper allegedly assaulted another in 2018
View ArticlePodcast: ‘Just like in the movies,’ say Israeli counselors of US sleepaway camp
Two shlichim -- emissaries -- working at Camp Ramah talk about their two months in this very Jewish American experience
View ArticleDid American Jews create historic summer camps – or was it vice versa?
In her new book 'The Jews of Summer,' Sandra Fox explores the changing values and dynamics of US Jewry based on an institution that for many is synonymous with coming of age
View Article7 Ukrainian teens to get a break from war at a US Jewish sports camp this summer
The campers will spend four weeks at Ramah Sports Academy in California as the Maccabi athletic organization seeks ways to help the bombarded Jewish community The post 7 Ukrainian teens to get a break...
View ArticleJewish camp alums cheer ‘Theater Camp,’ Ben Platt movie shot at former Kutz Camp
Now playing, the mockumentary centers on a fictional upstate secular musical arts camp, but was filmed at the historic Reform summer camp and is peppered with Jewish references The post Jewish camp...
View ArticleUS Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff to visit his Jewish summer camp
Will attend visiting day at Cedar Lake in Pennsylvania, where he attended for four years as a teen, and speak to campers about Jewish life and antisemitism The post US Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff to...
View ArticlePickleball is a hit at US Jewish camps and sports tournaments
Widely considered the fastest-growing sport in America, the tennis and ping-pong hybrid has attracted millions of new fanatics since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic The post Pickleball is a hit...
View ArticleMan said to threaten US Jewish summer camp staffer with machete
Kars4Kids charity, which runs The Zone camp, says staff should be armed to deal with potential antisemitic attacks The post Man said to threaten US Jewish summer camp staffer with machete appeared...
View ArticleIn California, a summer camp serves as a haven for Jews of color
Be’chol Lashon becomes an extended family for campers who back home are treated more as a curiosity than a full-fledged member of Jewish or Black communities The post In California, a summer camp...
View ArticleCamp Ramah returns to Ukraine after a war-induced exile — now with a bomb...
After the Russian invasion forced it to move to Romania, the 31-year-old camp returns to its home in the Chernivtsi region where over 120 kids see a summer respite from the war The post Camp Ramah...
View ArticleSuper Bowl champ Leonard Fournette visits Jewish summer camp for children...
Running back emerges from under fake tiger head to cheering campers at New York's Camp Simcha before running football drills, signing autographs and dancing with them The post Super Bowl champ Leonard...
View ArticleAt this Jewish surf camp in Virginia, the beach is a sanctuary
Sababa Beachaway focuses on surfing, sailing, scuba diving and ocean education through a Jewish lens with a curriculum that includes Judaic programming and prayer The post At this Jewish surf camp in...
View ArticleWhat Matters Now to counselor Yishai Mogilner: Being an Israeli at a US...
Picking up from last summer's podcast with two Israeli counselors at Camp Ramah in the Poconos, first-time staffer Yishai Mogilner talks about returning to his family's camp The post What Matters Now...
View Article‘They were family’: US Jewish summer camps mourn Israeli alumni killed in...
American campers and staff for whom connection to Israel has long been a paramount value are receiving devastating news of colleagues and friends murdered in the Oct. 7 massacre The post ‘They were...
View ArticleBaltimore rabbi found liable for sexually abusing 2 boys at summer camp
Maryland state court awards damages of $8,001 to two of three accusers in countersuit to defamation claim by Rabbi Shmuel Krawatsky, who was never criminally charged The post Baltimore rabbi found...
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