Talking about Israel-Palestine with children is hard. Jewish camps are doing their best
There's a vast landscape of ways that camps choose to address the complicated realities of conflict in the Middle East
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Opinion Dear Jewish summer camps: It’s time to tell our children the truth about Israel and Palestine
In this time of devastating war, it's essential that American Jewish camps present a more nuanced portrait of the Middle East
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News Push for ceasefire puts Jewish summer camp on unfamiliar ground
Camp Tawonga 'seems to be a microcosm of the divide we are hearing about in Jewish communities all over,' says camp director Aaron Mandel
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Fast Forward 8 years after he was accused of sexual abuse, a once-beloved Orthodox rabbi will face a Maryland jury
Rabbi Steven Krawatsky — and his former campers — will have their day in court
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News ‘Very much a family thing’: US Jewish summer camps mourn Israeli alumni killed in Hamas war
Four Israelis who spent time at Camp Tel Yehudah died on Oct. 7.
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Yiddish World A summer reunion in the country, Jewish socialist style
Camp Hemshekh, which closed in 1978, was the summer home for hundreds of campers, many of them children of Holocaust survivors
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Fast Forward Man allegedly brandishes machete while driving by Jewish camp funded by Kars4Kids
Two staffers at the Jewish camp are challenging New York state’s concealed carry law in court, claiming that its restrictions leave staff and children vulnerable to antisemitic attacks
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News Camp Ramah returns to Ukraine after a war-induced exile — now with a bomb shelter
The camp filled up in less than a week as families sought normalcy for their children a year into Russia’s war on Ukraine
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