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...
by urjeisnercamp | Jul 30, 2017 | Uncategorized
We’re one week in to second session… what have our units been up to? K’tanim It was such an incredible first week for K’tanim to kick off second session. From getting to know each other at our “Day Camp” mixer to splashing around at...
by urjeisnercamp | Jul 28, 2017 | Uncategorized
Dear Eisner Family, This first week of second session has been a blast!We have had so much fun meeting all our new friends up at the farm. Campers have been helping to feed us, clean us, walk us, and give us plenty of pets and belly rubs! This week we tried ruff-ing...
by urjeisnercamp | Jul 27, 2017 | Uncategorized
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 for me to answer. Ever since the beginning of my Eisner...
by urjeisnercamp | Jul 26, 2017 | Uncategorized
You may have read about our gratitude programs before here or here, or watched this video. This session we began again with practicing giving and receiving thanks. Using a paper cut out of a phone (that was nearly as exciting as having a real phone), campers placed...