Camper-written posts

Reflections by a Camper with Down Syndrome

This post is part of our series dedicated to Jewish Disability Awareness Month. In the fall of 2013, the Foundation ...

The Importance of Going to a Jewish Camp

This post is part of our series dedicated to Jewish Disability Awareness Month. When I was seven years old, I ...

Diversity and Pride at My Jewish Summer Camp

Aviva Davis shares how both Camp Be’chol Lashon and Camp Ramah in California have shaped her Jewish identity on the Jewish& blog. Judaism has ...

The Cell Phone Controversy

As a camper for many years, I’m a regular to knowing the most basic and common camp rules. For instance, ...

Why I Hate the Photographer at Camp

I hate when my parents ask me on visiting day or after camp “why weren’t you in any of pictures ...

Finding My Camp

My first summer home was Camp Edward Isaacs (aka Eddie I) in Holmes, NY.  I started going there because my ...

Epic Memories of Camp

Noam Slomovic is 13 years old, lives in New York City, and has been attending Camp Moshava in Honesdale, PA ...

I’m Going to Be Alright

Qwynn Landfield is 15 years old, lives in Yorktown Heights, NY and has been attending Camp Laurelwood in North Madison, ...