Jewish camp cancels summer session after court denies religious exemption to zoning rules
'Who is the municipality to say it is not Jewish enough?' said David Black, the executive director of the Sid Jacobson JCC, which runs the Long Island camp
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The Chalutzim program at Wisconsin’s Olin-Sang-Ruby Union Institute, the Reform summer camp known as OSRUI, is famous for its Israeli counselors, two hours of daily Hebrew class, and a “British Haganah” reenactment of emigrating to the land of Israel. This summer, Chalutzim will do Israeli dancing on Friday nights as always, but other aspects of…
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