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Surprise Lake Camp is a non-profit sleepaway camp located on over 400 acres (1.6 km 2) in North Highlands, New York (approximately 60 miles (97 km) north of New York City). It is the oldest Jewish summer camp in the United States.
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 camp was founded in 1919 by the Central Jewish Institute, an independent Jewish community center in Manhattan, [3] as a two-week vacation home for needy Talmud Torah students. After its second summer, it was expanded into an educational residential camp under the leadership of the Institute's director, Dr. Albert P. Schoolman , a disciple ...
Eden Village Camp was founded in 2006 by Yoni Stadlin and Vivian Lehrer. Their aim was to create a sleep-away camp based on the Jewish tenets of social justice, spirituality, and environmental stewardship. In 2010, the Jewish Week recognized Yoni and Vivian as two of the “36 under 36” (the 36 most influential Jewish leaders under the age of ...
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 ...
Vice President Kamala Harris scored 55% of the Empire State’s Jewish vote, marking a drastic decrease from the 69% President Biden took home in his winning bid for the highest office four years ago.
Jewish summer camps in New York (state) (19 P) P. Jewish summer camps in Pennsylvania (7 P) W. ... Foundation for Jewish Camp; A. Camp Amal; C. Camp Kimama; Camp Tel ...
During the 1940s, the Jewish Theological Seminary established Camp Ramah as a tool for furthering Jewish education.The founders, including Rabbi Ralph Simon of Chicago, envisioned an informal camp setting where Jewish youth would reconnect with the synagogue and Jewish tradition, and a new cadre of American-born Jewish leadership could be cultivated. [5]