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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 427

Foundation for Jewish Camp

Julie Platt, with her actor son Ben Platt, attends the 2017 Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. (Jenny Anderson/Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions via JTA)
February 16, 2022, 7:33 am
US Jewish Federations names its second-ever woman chair, Julie Platt
Former banker turned advocate for Jewish education is musical star Ben Platt’s mother
By Ron Kampeas
Ben Platt at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, May 1, 2017. (Theo Wargo/Getty Images For US Weekly/ JTA)
March 18, 2020, 10:42 am
Ben Platt thanks Foundation for Jewish Camp after confab nixed
Tony-winning Broadway star records video message saying camp ‘meant the world for me,’ after coronavirus forces cancellation
By Marcy Oster
NJY Camps runs a network of Jewish camps serving the New York metropolitan areas. (NJY Camps via JTA)
February 8, 2019, 12:42 pm
New Jersey camps’ board resigns over handling of director’s predatory behavior
Allegations involve complaints by female staffers of unwanted sexual advances and abusive behavior before and after Leonard Robinson’s hiring
By JTA
An illustrative photo of children at summer camp. (kali9/Getty Images)
March 20, 2018, 6:55 am
Jewish summer camp group launches initiative to prevent sexual harassment
The Foundation for Jewish Camp invests initial $100,000 to help ensure abuse at community youth programs ‘becomes a thing of the past’
By Josefin Dolsten
Illustrative: Scott Sokol, head of school at MetroWest Jewish Day School in Framingham, Massachusetts, leads morning circle, one of several camp-like elements the school has adopted. (Courtesy of MetroWest Jewish Day School/via JTA)
September 17, 2017, 12:57 am
Why Jewish day schools are trying to be more like summer camp
Studies show that strong bonds with mentors and project-based learning cultivate independent students who are less prone to stress
By Ira Stoll
Illustrative: Staff at Camp Harlam in Pennsylvania. (Courtesy of Camp Harlam/via JTA)
September 10, 2017, 10:00 pm
Jewish camps urge Trump to preserve visa program for Israeli counselors
Foundation for Jewish Camp says eliminating program for summer camp would undercut method for building Jewish identity
By JTA
Camp JRF has embraced inclusivity since its founding, with activities that rarely divide up the boys and the girls. (Courtesy of Camp JRF/via JTA)
June 25, 2016, 5:15 am
Summer camps open bunks to transgender Jews
Albeit some more than others, institutions make efforts to welcome all children — regardless of sexual identity
By Johanna Ginsberg
Judaism infuses everything at Ramah camps, from sports to art to the dining hall, campers and staff say. (Uriel Heilman/JTA)
March 6, 2016, 3:29 am
Why Camp Ramah is still only for the Conservative elite
Although a bright spot in Conservative Judaism, some 90% of the movement’s kids are not going to its pricey flagship camp, which is perceived as ‘too religious’
By Uriel Heilman
Jerry Silverman, CEO of the Jewish Federations of North America, speaking at the umbrella group's General Assembly in Jerusalem, Nov. 7, 2013. (Flash90/via JTA)
November 7, 2014, 6:01 pm
Are the Jewish Federations delivering on their promises?
Ahead of Sunday’s General Assembly, a point-by-point look at some of JFNA’s stated goals — and whether it is meeting them
By Uriel Heilman
Israeli emissaries Lior and Yakov at camp. (Howard Blas/Times of Israel)
July 15, 2014, 2:45 am
Israeli emissaries at US summer camps wonder how best to serve
Former members of elite IDF units frustrated by toasting marshmallows while cohort called up to Operation Protective Edge
By Howard Blas
A child with disabilities hangs out with a peer at Camp Ramah Wisconsin. The Ramah camps were among the first Jewish camps to include children with disabilities. (Courtesy National Ramah Commission/JTA)
March 3, 2014, 2:04 am
Will the tent open wider for Jews with disabilities?
NY will see its first Jewish school for special needs kids this fall and the federations are spearheading inclusion efforts, but it’s not enough
By Julie Wiener
Mostly boys have been enrolled thus far at the Union for Reform Judaism's new Six Points Sci-Tech Academy. (Illustrative photo: URJ Camps/JTA)
February 22, 2014, 3:18 am
Believe in science and God at new Reform summer camp
Outside the Orthodox community, Jewish institutions often struggle to attract boys; that is not the case this summer
By Julie Wiener
It will be difficult to provide the feeling of summer camp while social distancing, but camps are pivoting to adapt to the coronavirus outbreak. (Courtesy the Foundation for Jewish Camp/via JTA)
February 10, 2014, 8:41 pm
Pilot program offers discounts for Jewish summer camps
Foundation for Jewish Camp to give first-time campers on East Coast 40-80% off to help encourage affordability
By JTA
Israeli emissaries and campers at Camp Tamarack in Michigan in 2009. (photo credit: Jewish Agency for Israel/JTA)
July 27, 2013, 6:39 am
Jewish camps seeking to bring diverse groups under the same tent
Mixed marriages, special needs kids, Russian immigrants, Israelis: How inclusive is your child’s Jewish camp?
By Gil Shefler
It will be difficult to provide the feeling of summer camp while social distancing, but camps are pivoting to adapt to the coronavirus outbreak. (Courtesy the Foundation for Jewish Camp/via JTA)
May 2, 2013, 6:51 pm
Special needs kids increasingly on Jewish camps’ radars
Study: 90% of parents of children with disabilities happy with their children’s experiences
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