Staff at Camp Massad, whose first location was in New York, pose for a photo in 1941. Camp Massad via Wikimedia Commons The experience profoundly affected Itzkowitz, who would later become known as ...

Summer camp experiences can strengthen Jewish identity and create friendships that last a lifetime. Photo credit: Adobestock/Arthur Mansavage Summer camps are an integral part of the Jewish experience ...

Jewish Federation’s Deputy Community Security Director Cortney Vorhees shows a staff member at Camp Kef how to use a tourniquet. Courtesy of Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia As Jewish summer ...

Mention summer camps for children and it likely conjures thoughts of playing outside, but there are many creative options, such as dance, painting or jewelry making, that take place indoors.

Jewish day camps across South Florida are filling kids’ summers with athletics, creativity and Judaism. Programs like those at Camp Nefesh in Fort Lauderdale and The Mandel JCC’s Camp Shalom in Palm ...

It’s well known that Jewish summer camps of all denominations have been instrumental in nurturing Jewish identity for new generations of American Jewry. Here in Los Angeles, one of the leading lights ...

The Jewish summer camp movement emerged in the late 19 th century to provide Jewish children respite from cramped urban areas, a chance to enjoy being a kid, and a place to live as Jews. In the wake ...

(JTA) — This article was produced as part of JTA’s Teen Journalism Fellowship, a program that works with Jewish teens around the world to report on issues that affect their lives. When Guy, a ...

(The Conversation) — The first Jewish summer camps were founded at the turn of the 20th century and have become cherished traditions. But many face tough questions about how to discuss Israel and ...

Jonathan Krasner's research on Jewish summer camps was funded in part by the Consortium for Applied Studies in Jewish Education and the Mandel Center for Studies in Jewish Education. The experience ...