memories

Why I Don’t Send “Nice” Things to Camp

“WHAT is that SMELL?”It’s been almost a year, yet I still can’t quite forget the odor that permeated the car ...

My Favorite Camp Clothes

Here in New York, the temperature is eking up into the 70s, and after continuous blizzards this winter, I couldn’t ...

You and I, We Will Change the World

Tomorrow on Yom Ha’atzmaut, Israel’s Independence Day, I’ll be thinking about Arik Einstein z”l.  Einstein, who passed away at the ...

Surrender

“At fifteen life had taught me undeniably
that surrender, in its place,
was as honorable as resistance,
especially if one had no choice.” ...

Why My Camp Rabbi Might be Sporting a Pixie Cut This Summer: What Camp Rabbis Do in the Off Season

As I think back on the past 20-some-odd summers at camp, there are probably about a dozen programs that I ...

Food-Smuggling Bubbes and Smoking Toilets: Stories From Jewish Summer Camp

Our friends at JTA have rounded up some of their readers’ most amusing camp stores.From New York’s Eden Village Camp:Craziest ...

Give Us Your Camp Stories!

Our friends over at JTA are compiling amusing camp anecdotes for an upcoming special package on Jewish camping. From the strangest ...

Jewish Camp Indoctrination = Immersion

Jewish camp is everywhere, Terry Gross confirmed on NPR the other day. While interviewing filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen, she ...

The Soundtrack of My Youth

Every summer “my camp” posts their Top 10 song session songs. And each year I look at it in great ...

Summer Lovin’ – Shira & Noah

SHIRA & NOAH MENCOW HICHENBERG When/how/where at camp did you meet? I arrived at staff training at Camp Ramah in ...