by egruenberg | Jul 26, 2018 | Featured, Summer, Uncategorized
We are very proud of the daily activities we offer here at Eisner. All summer, our campers have been hard at work honing their skills and creativity, from the stage to the recording studio to the pottery wheel. After weeks of rehearsals, sketches, and countless coats...
by egruenberg | Jun 30, 2018 | Education, Featured, Summer
Hillel taught: “Don’t say, ‘When I have time I will study,’ because you may never have the time.” –Pirkei Avot 2:5 Wednesday was the twentieth day of our twenty-three days of staff training before the opening of camp. There’s a lot to do to get camp ready–...
by urjeisnercamp | Feb 21, 2017 | Featured
by Zoe Schwab The Look for the Good Project (LFTGP) is a non-profit organization that uses gratitude to empower kindness in communities. Previously, Anne Kubitsky, the founder and CEO of LFTGP, went to schools to introduce the project and two-week gratitude campaign....
by urjeisnercamp | Feb 2, 2017 | Featured
by Laura Gurvis, Associate Director For several summers at Eisner we’ve been teaching our campers how to BE THE ONE at camp, at school, and in their communities at home. We’ve shown them how to BE THE ONE to stand up, speak up, or show up when something in...
by urjeisnercamp | Dec 16, 2016 | Featured
We are excited to share that Eisner Camp has been chosen to participate in a selective pilot program to expand our mindfulness activities at camp. Three Eisner summer staff and three full-time staff members are participating in the Institute for Jewish...
by urjeisnercamp | Nov 11, 2016 | Featured
by Rabbi Matt Cutler; Congregation Gates of Heaven, Schenectady NY; Dean of Faculty, URJ Eisner and Crane Lake Camps Lech l’cha… m’artzicha, u’mimoledet’cha, u’mibeit avi’cha…. Go forth from your land, from the place of your birth and from the house of your father…....