Jewish camp

A summer sanctuary at Camp Kimama-Halfmoon

This haven fosters growth, connection, and lifelong memories through leadership programs and diverse traditions.

Theatre group at Camp Kimama-Halfmoon.
 A bereaved soldier saluting at the FIDF Camp.

Beyond the battlefield: How a summer camp is mending broken hearts

 Camp Nah Jee Wah campers enjoying summer.

Camp Nah-Jee-Wah celebrates 100th anniversary of keeping Jews in touch with their heritage

 BEDOUIN AND Jewish teenage girls relax at the One Team joint summer camp initiated by the Azrieli Foundation.

A space for healing: NJY Jewish summer camps to host Israeli evacuee children


Some Jewish summer camps are facing pressure to rethink their Israel programs

The bottom line, he said, is that when a camp chooses to hire Israeli staff, that itself is a statement — one that he said is worth the possible discontent.

 PRO-PALESTINIAN demonstrators take part in ‘Shut it down for Palestine’ protests in New York City in December. We must stop pretending that when people spew anti-Zionist hatred, this is anything other than a very thinly veiled attack on Jews, the writer asserts.

Jewish Agency, Mosaic United to bring 1,500 Israeli teens to US summer camps

Campers2Gether allows both Israeli youth and diaspora Jews to grow solidarity amongst one another and remember that the Jewish nation is united as one.

 The "Tzofim"- young Israeli scouts, play at    a summer camp in the Haruvit forest near Kfar Menahem on July 7 2009. (Illustrative of American Jewish summer camps.)

Camp brings Jewish youth together in Poland from across the world

The Yael Foundation's camp held its third year in Poland with both a boys' camp and a girls' camp.

 Girls from all over the world come together in Poland for Yael Foundation's summer camp.

For this Jewish surf camp in Virginia, the beach is their sanctuary

The camp’s approach to spirituality enhances campers’ connection to both their Judaism and to the ocean.

 Dog sitting on the beach near the water

Super Bowl champion Leonard Fournette visits Jewish summer camp for children with cancer

Camp Simcha and a sister camp, Camp Simcha Special, are operated by Chai Lifeline, a Jewish nonprofit serving families with children who have serious diseases.

The Vince Lombardi trophy at the Super Bowl LVII Experience at the Phoenix Convention Center, Phoenix, Arizona, United States, February 8, 2023

When campers’ luggage got stranded, a Ramah alum’s new trucking company stepped in

Just days out from their campers’ return home, the company hired to transport all of their belongings home had announced its sudden closure.

 Semi-trucks on the side of the road.

US summer camps should stick to Judaism, not gender - opinion

The current implementation of rules involving mixed-biological gender housing is causing Jewish camps from varying ideological persuasions to take a position on the issue. 

YOUNG ISRAELI scouts play at a summer camp in the Haruvit forest. (Illustrative of Zionist American summer camps.

Police see possible arson in fires at a Jewish camp near Ottawa

A police statement said the damage rant to about $450,000 in US dollars. It said the fire “was of an arson nature.”

 National Flag of Canada (Queen's Park, Toronto).

Tikkun Olam: The American Israeli Summer School Set to Open in the Heart of Angola

  Jewish teachers from Israel and  the U.S will travel to Angola to teach English as part of a collaboration between TALMA, The Israel Program for Excellence in English and the Menomadin Foundation.

 The American Israeli Summer School in the Heart of Angola

Jewish camp reassures families amid ‘social media offensive’ over inclusion of trans kids

The identity of the person behind “Libs of Tiktok,” Chaya Raichik, an Orthodox Jewish woman based in Los Angeles, was discovered by Washington Post reporter Taylor Lorenz in April.

 TikTok app is seen on a smartphone in this illustration taken, July 13, 2021.

The author of ‘The Matzah Ball’ wants Jews to read more romance

A Q&A with writer Jean Meltzer about the power of romance novels to shape Jewish identity.

ADRABA BOOKSTORE: High-brow, yet fun.