Summer camp

Turning Jewish summer camp into year-round connection, confidence - opinion

Jewish summer camp gives children confidence and belonging. The challenge is carrying that sense of Jewish identity and resilience into everyday life.

 Groups participating in the summer camp programs.
Hebrew Union College celebrated the academic achievements of students in its Israel programs during the Ordination and Academic Graduation at the Taube Family Campus.

Young US Jews embrace Judaism informally despite limited communal participation - study

Demonstrators attend a pro-Palestine protest organized by the Palestinian Youth Movement organization outside of the White House in Washington, D.C. on March 18, 2025, after Israel broke a ceasefire agreement, launching airstrikes that killed over 400 Palestinians.

Children chant 'we will crush Zionism' at Palestinian Youth Movement summer school in UK

An 11-year-old was injured by an arrow to the head at camp in Israel. Images shared by the family.

Doctors discover rare brain complication in boy after arrow strikes skull at summer camp


New Jewish Agency program seeks to teach campers Hebrew, Israeli slang

The program marks the end of Isaac Herzog's tenure as head of the Jewish Agency before he takes up the reins as Israel's newest president.

Isaac Herzog with Jewish Agency shlichim holding up signs that translate into "Hebrew is a Beautiful Language."

Camp Simcha children create mural in solidarity with Surfside community

The campers, who are fighting severe illness like cancer, arranged for an activity of graffiti painting to produce a mural in unity with the community affected by last week's condominium collapse.

Camp Simcha children created a mural for the Surfside community

Hamas continues recruiting child soldiers: Where is the condemnation?

Hamas says the youth need to be ready to make “sacrifices” which appears to be the language used to describe the terrorist group recruiting them to be killed.

Young Palestinians crawl during a military-style exercise at a Hamas summer camp in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip July 27, 2017.

Orthodox Jewish camp to ban kids, staff vaccinated for coronavirus

A survivalist summer camp for Orthodox Jews is planned for New York — and vaccinated folks aren’t invited.

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Jewish summer camps reopening this summer after COVID hiatus

This year, with a blend of vaccinations, testing and government standards, almost every Jewish camp in the country is planning to open again, restoring a quintessential part of summer.

Kids play softball at Camp Ramah in California. The camp will face a significant shortfall if it needs to refund all of its tuition this year.

What will Jewish summer camp look like this year? - analysis

Camps in the United States are opening again with a combination of testing and vaccinations, along with a better understanding of how COVID-19 spreads.

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Overnight camps can open this year, NY governor announces

Now, camps will be allowed to open starting in June provided that COVID-19 cases continue to fall, Cuomo announced Wednesday.

Campers playing on the water at Camp Modin. The camp is perhaps the first Jewish camp in the country to announce, in detail, how it plans to open.

Learning Hebrew in summer camp?

Book review: The evolution, range of ways Americans use Hebrew in Jewish summer experiences

Campers playing on the water at Camp Modin. The camp is perhaps the first Jewish camp in the country to announce, in detail, how it plans to open.

How Camp Stone brought the magic to hundreds of families with Indoor Camp

With camp canceled because of COVID-19, directors Yakov and Estee Fleischmann set out to accomplish the impossible: Bringing an authentic Camp Stone experience to more than 1,000 campers worldwide.

Head counserlors prepare for Indoor World, COVID-19 style

NY man threatens to shoot up yeshiva summer camp over social distancing

The complaint was directed at the Yeshiva Ketana of Long Island's children's day camp, to which Pelle lives next to.

CELEBRATING ISRAEL day at the summer camp of the Greek Jewish community.