by egruenberg | Jul 6, 2018 | Uncategorized
We always start camp the same way–by teaching campers to acknowledge goodness and express gratitude. Campers get a chance to meet members of our kitchen staff and learn about their lives. We have an amazing number of staff with advanced degrees who speak...
by urjeisnercamp | Apr 25, 2018 | Uncategorized
by Louis Bordman, Senior Director I just returned home from my annual trip to Israel in preparation for another incredible summer at URJ Eisner and Crane Lake Camps. But this was like no other trip that I can recall. And the best way I can describe it is through the...
by urjeisnercamp | Feb 7, 2018 | Uncategorized
Purim is just three weeks away, and as we celebrate Esther’s courage and Jewish identity, we can’t help but think about our campers who grow personally and Jewishly every day during the summer! We hope that you’ll use your congregation’s Purim celebrations as an...
by urjeisnercamp | Sep 1, 2017 | Uncategorized
by Rabbi Jim Stoloff, URJ Eisner and Crane Lake faculty member Earlier this week I had the opportunity to march as a representative of Temple Israel of the City of New York alongside 3,000 fellow clergy. I was one of over 300 Reform rabbis that stood, marched, and...
by urjeisnercamp | Aug 18, 2017 | Uncategorized
by Rabbi Liz P.G. Hirsch, Assistant Director This summer, what did you see? This week, we read parashat Re’eh, which translates to “behold” or “look.” For many, this is the first Shabbat we will spend at home, apart from each other and outside the Eisner Bubble....
by urjeisnercamp | Aug 15, 2017 | Uncategorized
The more things change, the more they stay the same. This place still feels like home and it always will. And in the end it feels like home not as much because I come here and I know everyone, but instead because I come here, and everyone knows me for who I am and I...