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Five Things that Happened at Jewish Camp this Week

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The Canteen is a tribute to all things Jewish sleepaway camp. Hosted by the Foundation for Jewish Camp (FJC), this blog is written by campers, alumni, parents, and camp professionals and is a place to talk about parenting, camp fun, projects, crafts, recipes, and more – all tied back to Jewish holidays, traditions and, of course, camp!

from Camp Young Judaea Midwest
from Camp Young Judaea Midwest

1. Capital Camps wanted to make sure that their CEO was ready to be the camp director this year and knew how to have fun.

2. Camp JCA Shalom has started a camper-led radio show and have already posts their first few recordings.

3. URJ Jacobs Camp alumnus, Nate Hausman, a young author & illustrator with autism spent time spent time at camp sharing his book ABC Animals /אבג  החיים בעלי.

4. Camp Young Judaea Midwest took some truly incredible photos around camp.

5. Camp Tel Yehudah’s staff learned a new Israeli dance from Erica Goldman, a member of our Cornerstone faculty and part of the Goodman Camping Initiative for Modern Israel History.

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