Camp Stories | Camps Embrace Training in #MeToo Era
Summer camp has always been an opportunity for teens to have an impactful experience during a formative period of their lives. And in the...
Camp Stories | How Should You Define a Counselor’s Value?
All across the country, Jewish summer camps are in full swing. Friendships are being made, color war plans are being laid and mosquitoes are...
Camp Stories | After Two Synagogue Shootings, a Look at Camp Security
Safety is a top priority for many Jewish organizations, and Jewish summer camps are no exception in 2019.
Staying sharp, unfortunately, is more vital than...
Teens Gain Leadership Skills, Foster Jewish Identity Through Diller Program
For both 16-year-old Ariel Mandel Weinbaum and her 18-year-old sister, Rose, learning about Jewish communities from different countries and ethnic backgrounds — communities different...
The Joys and Struggles of Planning an Interfaith Wedding
By Samantha Cooper
These days, when a Jew gets married, it’s likely to be to a non-Jewish partner. The famous Pew study of 2013 found...
‘The Tsar’s Drummer’ Traces Anti-Semitism Across Generations Through Smukler Family History
“Do you remember having a toy drum?”
There was a moment of quiet between Joe Smukler and Aleksander “Sasha” Shmukler, then Smukler began to cry.
The...
Managing Maccabi: Rain, Thousands of Spectators and a Torch Made From a V8 Can
It was around 7:50 a.m. on May 5 when Amy Krulik walked through the doors of the gymnasium.
Wearing a light green poncho, the CEO...
Unexpected Moments From the Bar/Bat Mitzvah Chronicles
Bar and Bat Mitzvahs often are positioned as a highlight of childhood (and a bridge to adulthood), but they just as often have some...
Unaffiliated Jews Get Creative for Bar and Bat Mitzvahs
There was no question that the Danskys of Livingston, New Jersey, were going to have their children Bar and Bat Mitzvahed. There was also...
Second (or Third) Time Around, the Wedding’s Different
Cynthia Silber didn’t marry Eric Key back in the 1970s — when they were college kids in love —because he wasn’t Jewish and her...