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Community We asked our readers about camp photos. Many say: ‘Enough already!’
The onslaught of online photos posted by camps has led some parents to wax nostalgic about their own summer days
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Looking Forward My generation of parents is ruining sleep-away camp
Hopeless helicopters insist on optimizing their offspring's every experience, anathema to the essence of camp
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News COVID came to Jewish camps this summer, sending staff and parents scrambling
'I don't think any of us were prepared,' said Jeremy Fingerman, head of the Foundation for Jewish Camp
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News As camp begins, the Reform movement strengthens ties with Jewish security group
The Union for Reform Judaism is formalizing its relationship with the Secure Community Network, which provides trainings for synagogues across the country
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Opinion Unless we teach our teens about consent, sexual assault at Jewish summer camps will continue
While educators have developed tools that can help teen boys develop healthier sexualities, very few camps are using them.
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Books An oral history of the most epic Jewish summer camp prank ever
The summer before 10th grade, some friends of mine pulled off what I have long thought had to be the most outrageous prank of all time: spoiling the biggest twist in the Harry Potter series for an entire sleepaway camp. It happened at Camp Ramah in Ojai, Calif., on July 18, 2005, two days after…
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Opinion Dropping my kids off at Jewish summer camp taught me how to let go
For many, our slow-motion exodus from the pandemic has yielded a harvest of mundane yet miraculous firsts — handshakes, hugs, houseguests, days back in the office, unmasked cappuccinos at our favorite cafes and many more. I have savored these reunions with life as I once knew it, yet none of them prepared me for dropping…
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