by urjeisnercamp | Aug 7, 2017 | Uncategorized
By Felicia Park-Rogers, Eisner Camp faculty from Congregation Beth Elohim in Brooklyn, NY Have you ever wondered what makes a great speech? What makes people sit up and listen? Who are the great Jewish orators of our time? Last week at Eisner Camp I taught a Kesher...
by urjeisnercamp | Aug 6, 2017 | Uncategorized
K’tanim It has been such a phenomenal week with K’tanim and it definitely flew by faster than any other week. Together we learned what it means to be a soldier in the Israeli Defense Force and even learned some commands! Later in the week we had an amazing...
by urjeisnercamp | Aug 4, 2017 | Uncategorized
Dear Eisner families, This week has been a blast! Despite some rainy weather, we’ve been having fun rolling on the hill, walking around camp, and playing with our friends. As you know, we are looking for new homes at the end of the summer! If you’d like to...
by urjeisnercamp | Aug 3, 2017 | Uncategorized
For Rabbi Rena Rifkin, director of the Stephen Wise Free Synagogue Religious School , spending time at a URJ camp each summer is one of the most important weeks of the year. This sermon was presented at SWFS in New York City following Rabbi Rifkin’s week on...
by urjeisnercamp | Aug 2, 2017 | Uncategorized
Why teach seventh graders about community organizing? As our Ofarim campers have learned about and participated in the steps of the community organizing process, they have also learned strategies for tackling big problems in their own lives. As a group we identified...
