Camp Directors

Closing Time

As the Semisonic song goes, “Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.” And as we wrap up our ...

Walking the Walk: On Welcoming a Transgender Bunk Counselor

This summer, Habonim Dror Camp Na’aleh did something unprecedented at Jewish camp – we had a transgender bunk counselor. At ...

Sisters and Brothers, Brothers and Sisters

A colleague who I trust and admire recently shared with me a New York Times piece she wrote about sending ...

Jewish Peoplehood at Camp

The Jewish values of Klal Yisrael and Am Yisrael speak to an idea of Jewish peoplehood and Jewish communal unity ...

What Capture The Flag Has to Do With the Torah

We have just begun our third and final session for the summer here at Ranch Camp. With just shy of ...

Standing Up to Bullying

Watch this moving short video about Eisner and Crane Lake Camps’ work educating students about bullying: This was a day ...

Can We Really Unplug?

There was recently an article about how camps can help kids unplug from their everyday lives. We read it (online, ...

The Summer of Living Jewishly

This summer my plan is to start writing a book with the working title God Laughs: How Judaism Ruined My ...

Evacuation

This month, my husband and co-director, Gilad, and I are grateful for our wonderful camp kehillah (community) and for life ...

The “Nervited” Camp Director

T-minus three days until my camp staff arrive.  Ten days until our teens arrive. Nine months ago I was shrugging ...