by benjaminzshapiro | Aug 10, 2021 | Uncategorized
Sam Gessman, Olim ‘16, Olim Staff ‘21, & Cornerstone Fellow In a summer unlike any other, one thing you can count on is the feelings we experience and the skills we leave camp having learned. Even through a mask, our campers learn the Midot (values)...
by benjaminzshapiro | Aug 5, 2021 | Uncategorized
By Ethan Lesser, Tzofim ‘21 Hey, it’s Ethan from Tzofim! I come to camp every year and this is my 4th summer at Eisner. Each year I come in as a camper and leave as a camper, but this year I will leave as staff… well, sort of! At Eisner Camp we have a tradition...
by benjaminzshapiro | Jul 30, 2021 | Uncategorized
By Manny Hutter, Olim ‘19 I was last a camper in the summer of 2019– my Olim year. And with the cancellation of our Israel trip in 2020 due to the pandemic, Olim ‘19 was faced with the choice of finally going to Israel or becoming a part of the brand new Junior...
by benjaminzshapiro | Jul 19, 2021 | Uncategorized
It has been a tough two years since we were last at camp, and part of the healing that is taking place this summer is through campers telling the story of how they made it through. This week in Chalutzim, we learned about how in this week’s Torah portion, Moses tells...
by egruenberg | Sep 8, 2020 | Uncategorized
by Aaron Gurvis, Assistant Director, Crane Lake Camp In September of 2000, I experienced my first transition from camp to school. I had just finished two weeks in K’tanim and was getting ready to start second grade. I remember how hard it was to leave camp that first...
by egruenberg | Feb 13, 2020 | Uncategorized
By James Gelsey, Director, URJ Eisner Camp I’m writing with an easy way that we, as an Eisner community, can “Stand Up” and “Be the One” for the Reform Movement in Israel. All it takes is to vote in this year’s World Zionist Congress Elections now through March 11,...
