…each day creating rich and meaningful experiences to take home—where they become part of the family’s experience that day, that week, that summer. Day camping is about engagement. Engagement with…
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Day 109: Iron Swords War
…day like today, when everyone’s eyes are teary and sad. There are no words to share the enormous collective pain. On such a day, we all talk more quietly. On…
Three Jewish Community Camps (JCCs) Receive FJC Funding to Launch Innovative Programming
…Jewish Camp—training, family subsidies, capital and staff-capacity funding—will help ensure Camp Mountain Chai can sustain its family camps beyond the start-up period. Jamie Simon, Camp Tawonga’s executive director, said this…
JCC Camps: Sowing and Harvesting for the Jewish Community
…magic. It’s a good thing the days at camp feel so long; there’s a lot to be done. All in a few short weeks. The Jewish holiday of Shavuot is…
#GoAboveAndBeyond This Veteran’s Day – 11/11/2016
Download our Veteran’s Day Programming Guide Download PDF Guide On Veterans Day, 2016 let’s go above and beyond for them. In addition to thanking our troops for their service on…
Day 76: Iron Swords War
…this day, in 588 B.C., Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, laid siege to Jerusalem, a siege that ended in the destruction of the city and of the Temple. This day is…
Day 167: Iron Swords War
…annihilation was reversed and turned to the day the Jews overcame their enemies. And as such, Purim became a day marking the miracle of mourning turned to celebration. The decree…
JCC Association of North America Announces $3 Million Grant to Send 300 Children of Jewish Military Families to Summer Camp
…to four weeks at a camp affiliated with the JCC Movement for up to three consecutive summers. JCC Association is convening members of its camp network so they can learn…
If My Grandfather Could See Me Now | Shabbat Shalom, 1 Av, 5782, שבת שלום
If My Grandfather Could See Me Now The Henry Kaufmann Campgrounds (HKC) are home to the day camps of 15 New York Jewish Community Centers (JCCs). Each year, three sites…
The Talmud and October 7 | Shabbat Shalom 24 Tevet 5784
…another. Day after day. But for them, the calendar never advanced. Every day—October 7. They lived it over and over and over, 18 hours a day, week after week. Slowly…