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People and Places of Refuge, Inspired By Camp
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
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Jewish Life Update, Week 6: Organizing for Social Justice
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
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Unit Updates, Week 5
We’re one week in to second session… what have our units been up to?
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Pupdate Week 5: Ruffing It at Teva!
Dear Eisner Family, This first week of second session has been a blast!
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Hineini: the Continuing Power of Eisner Camp
By Julia Tecotsky, second-year staff member at Eisner Camp. “How was Eisner?” Despite this question’s well-intentioned and seemingly straightforward nature, it has been one of the most frustrating and challenging
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Jewish Life Update, Week 5: Featuring Our Kitchen Staff!
Using a paper cut out of a phone (that was nearly as exciting as having a real phone), campers placed "calls" to people and expressed gratitude out loud to people
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A City on Fire Still Radiates Hope
Two weeks ago, I witnessed something powerful: scores of young teens (male and female) leading us through Shabbat morning prayers. A young woman, all of 14-years-old, readies herself in the
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Unit Updates, Week 4
It's been a fun, full week for K'tanim to finish up the session! We got to watch our friends perform "Alice in Wonderland" during the K'tanim/Bonim show and got to
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Ofarim Leads Camp in Tikkun Olam at the Tzedakah Fair
It's that time of year when we have a camp-wide Tzedakah Fair hosted by our Ofarim campers who have spent all summer learning about tzedakah and a variety of causes.
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