by egruenberg | Jul 26, 2018 | Uncategorized
Every year, our Ofarim campers work all first session to learn about tzedakah––from its Biblical roots to why and how they can give. Each camper has the opportunity to select one of three issue areas: environment, discrimination, or poverty, to explore further. They...
by egruenberg | Jul 24, 2018 | Uncategorized
“On three things the world stands: on Torah, on service, and on acts of loving kindness.” You might recognize these words from a popular song we sing during T’filah, often in the presence of the Torah: Al sh’losha d’varim ha-olam o-meid Al ha-Torah, v’al ha-avodah,...
by egruenberg | Jul 23, 2018 | Uncategorized
Why should the big kids have all the fun? Each week, a group of nearly 50 three to eight-year-olds take Eisner by storm, getting a taste of our camp experience through our Day Camp at Eisner program. While Day Camp is largely separate from the rest of camp, day...
by egruenberg | Jul 22, 2018 | Uncategorized
By Jacob Gurvis It’s always exciting for me to meet people living my dream as professional journalists. As an aspiring journalist myself, I get starstruck by a very different group of “celebrities” than most young people. Yesterday, I was starstruck by Pulitzer-Prize...
by egruenberg | Jul 22, 2018 | Uncategorized
This Shabbat, we were thrilled to welcome hundreds of visitors, alumni, and community leaders for our 9th annual Eisner and Crane Lake Camps Stakeholders Assembly. This weekend was an opportunity to honor the countless members of our camp communities without whom our...
by egruenberg | Jul 20, 2018 | Uncategorized
How’s camp going? Each summer, we have our campers fill out mid-session and end-of-session surveys to ask just that. We want to know about our campers’ overall experiences, their counselors, activities, friends, and anything and everything else they want to share....
