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The History of American Jewish Summer Camp

Hosted By: The Museum of Jewish Heritage-- A Living Memorial to the Holocaust

Explore the history of Jewish summer camps with Rabbi Rick Jacobs, President of the Union for Reform Judaism, and Dr. Gary P. Zola, the Executive Director of The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives and editor of the 2006 anthology A Place of Our Own: The Rise of Reform Jewish Camping (co-edited by Michael M. Lorge); and Dr. Jenna Weissman Joselit, the Charles E. Smith Professor of Judaic Studies & Professor of History at George Washington University and curator of the 1994 exhibition A Worthy Use of Summer: Jewish Summer Camping in America.

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