The Canteen

After my son, Jonah, was born, our family – Jonah, my wife, Cynthia, and I – became a self-sufficient little ...

This third in a series of four blog entries, “Why Camp?” will examine some of the benefits that Jewish residential ...

I have been fortunate to be on faculty for something called The Cornerstone Fellowship for the Foundation for Jewish Camp.  ...

After months of anticipation, I arrived in a slightly damp and chilly Israel for the annual training of summer shlichim ...

According to Jewish Law it’s the practice to refrain from getting married between Passover and Shavuot – until Lag B’Omer (Shulchan Aruch 493:1). ...

Hi Readers! Modern-day life keeps replacing playing time with “teaching time,” as if the two are at odds. But in ...

One of the most life-changing lessons a child can learn at camp is how to overcome fears.  Whether your camper ...

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

Rebecca Leibowitz works at the Foundation for Jewish Camp.It is my first summer at camp. I am 5 inches taller, ...

Rabbi Avi Katz Orlow is the Director of Jewish Education at the Foundation for Jewish Camp. Unlike many parents who ...

Camp and summer romances go hand in hand, and once in a while those early relationships actually go the distance.  ...

Rabbi Isaac Saposnik is the director of Camp JRF in South Sterling, PA.When I tell people that I’m a camp ...