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The Five Senses of Israel

on December 23, 2011

Ashley Marx, a staff member at URJ Camp Kalsman, is currently travelling in Israel on a KESHER Taglit-Birthright Israel trip. She’s one of the more than 750 people who will travel to Israel with us this winter. Ashley took some time to send these reflections from Israel back to the Camp Kalsman community.

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Srecna Nova Godina! – Celebrating the New Year in Serbia

on November 9, 2011

Charlotte Sall is a long time Eisner camper and staff member currently spending a gap year in Serbia working with underprivileged youth. In this blog post, she writes about her experience celebrating Rosh Hashanah in a country with fewer than 2,000 Jews.

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The Magic of Jewish Camp

on October 27, 2011

In this article by Allison Rosner Cohen, she discusses how her URJ Camp and Israel experiences have paved the way for her current role as the Director of Marketing and Communcations at the Foundation for Jewish Camp.

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Take On Me: What is Your Jewish “Aha Moment?”

on October 26, 2011

Rabbi Marci Bellows discusses a program in which attendees were asked to reflect on big, defining moments for their involvement in Judaism. They were asked if they could identify one event which was a turning point, which led them to say to themselves, “Hey, I like this Judaism thing, and I want it to be a part of my life.”

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Sukkot From Coast to Coast

on October 24, 2011

Kutz Camp Director and NFTY Associate Director Melissa Frey shares thoughts on Sukkot with NFTY-NAR and NFTY-SoCAL at their events.

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Reform Jews embrace Tisha B’Av

Reform Jews embrace Tisha B’Av

on August 15, 2011

Many Jews around the world filed into synagogues Monday evening and Tuesday to observe the holy day of Tisha B’Av. They sat on floors or low benches. They read from the mournful Book of Lamentations.
And from sun down to sun down, they fasted.
Many Jews, that is, but certainly not all.

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