Summer Camp Tradition Gets Reinvented
In 2017, Moishe House started Camp Nai Nai Nai, an abbreviated re-creation of overnight camp for Jewish 20- and 30-somethings. The four-day sessions sell...
Coronavirus Cloud Overhangs Summer Camp Openings
Over the next several weeks, it seems, we’ll continue to go without — without the human touch and without the physical presence of friends...
Jewish Summer Camps Prepare for Coronavirus
By Ben Sales / JTA
As swine flu swept through the United States in the late spring of 2009, Jewish summer camps took some drastic...
Three PA Camps Win Mental Health Grants
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Pinemere Camp, Camp Havaya and URJ Camp Harlam, all in Pennsylvania, were...
Tiffany Haddish’s Celebrity-Filled Bat Mitzvah, in Photos
By Gabe Friedman / JTA
Tiffany Haddish celebrated her bat mitzvah Tuesday night surrounded by an array of Jewish celebrity friends, including Billy Crystal, Chelsea...
Why Hebrew School Students Choose Confirmation
Mia Schwartzberg grew up looking up at a photo of her father on a wall at Main Line Reform Temple.
That wall was filled with...
The Do’s and Don’ts of Jewish Baby Naming
Baby naming can be one of the hardest tasks expectant parents undertake, but Jewish tradition can help.
Some practices for selecting a newborn’s kinnui, or...
Ten Miles From Gaza, Kids Make the Most of Summer
By Noa Amouyal
It was supposed to be the first sight that greeted them as they entered the camp and embarked on their first day...
Joint Bar Mitzvah Project Aids African Villages
Like many other teens preparing for their Bar or Bat Mitzvah, Jack Ufberg, 12, of Penn Valley is raising money for the less fortunate.
The...
Camp Stories | Color War Remains a Camp Tradition
“Guys in the back, you’re going to make us lose points!”
That warning, delivered by a general for the blue team at Camp Kef’s color...