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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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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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The Comforting Power of Jewish Camp

on August 19, 2011

On Saturday night, July 30, these words began the most unique and meaningful ceremony I’ve ever had the privilege of participating in. That night I facilitated a giluach rosh, a shaving of the head, for a sixteen year old girl in her second round of chemotherapy for brain cancer.

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My (awesome) summer as a photo intern

My (awesome) summer as a photo intern

on August 12, 2011

I learned that we all pray the same way. Whether it’s in a truck stop, an elderly home or a hospital. At the end of this project it was striking to me how similar some of the images were in the emotion they carried. I suppose prayer is prayer, no matter where you are.

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