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Rabbi Schneerson visited both of these camps in 1956 (before the camp season began), 1957 and 1960 (during the camp season). [4] Since the early 1990s, the Rebbe's visits have formed an important part of the oral history of Camp Gan Israel in Parksville (and the other camps in the network), and are frequently referred to in song and in print ...
[1] [3] [4] The first Jewish summer camp, Camp Lehman, was founded in 1893 in New York. [4] Another early camp, Surprise Lake Camp, was founded in 1902, aimed towards "lower-income boys from Manhattan’s Lower East Side". [4] Early camps primarily had ties to socialist, Yiddish, or Zionist Jewish organizations. [4] Most of the early camps also ...
Pages in category "Jewish summer camps in New York (state)" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Fresh Air Fund owns and operates five camps located on The Fund’s Sharpe Reservation [dead link ] in Fishkill, New York, 65 miles north of New York City. Sharpe Reservation has 2,300 acres of land with lakes, ponds, streams and hiking trails through the woods. The Fund's sixth camp, Camp Junior, is located in Harriman State Park.
Camp Tel Yehudah is the official national teen leadership camp of Young Judaea, a Zionist youth movement in North America. It is located in Barryville, New York , and provides immersive, summer experiences for Jewish teenagers from ages 13–17 (going into high school up until college).
Camp Rising Sun is an international, full-scholarship, leadership summer program for students aged 14–16 by the Louis August Jonas Foundation (LAJF), a non-profit organization. Its seven-week program was operated from a boys' facility in Red Hook, New York , and a separate girls' facility in Clinton, New York , about 90 miles (140 km) north ...
The Delta Area Council opened Camp Tallaha in 1925. The camp had two artesian wells that were 3000 feet deep. [16] After the Delta Area Council merged into the Chickasaw Council in 1993, Tallaha continued to operate as a second summer camp program in addition to Kia Kima Scout Reservation. The camp closed in 2002 and was sold in 2004. [16]
Memphis is a hamlet in the Town of Van Buren, west of Syracuse in Onondaga County, New York, United States. Because of its location on the southern town line of Van Buren, above the Towns of Elbridge and Camillus, the Memphis area can also be considered to extend into Elbridge and Camillus. A section of Memphis lies on Cross Lake and Seneca River.