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“Camp is Life” – Call Me A Tree Hugger!!

“Camp is Life” – Call Me A Tree Hugger!!

Call me a “Tree Hugger”, but I really believe in this stuff!! Try it: go hug a tree, especially one with some fragrance and loose bark, like a redwood tree. If you are embarrassed, do it alone, where nobody can see you. Close your eyes and sense the wonders of nature and creation through your other senses. Look up.

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Camp is Life: Year-Round Jewish Community Retreat Center

Camp is Life: Year-Round Jewish Community Retreat Center

How do we take camp home? How do we perpetuate camp’s impact throughout the seasons? Over the summer, Newman provided campers, staff and faculty with over 1 MILLION HOURS OF JEWISH IMMERSION. How do we continue the gift from September to June?

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Camp is Life: Over A Million Hours of Jewish Immersion

Camp is Life: Over A Million Hours of Jewish Immersion

For 25 years, I’ve been asked a similar question over and over again: What is it about Jewish Camp that makes my child come back so happy, glowing with confidence and a glitter in their eyes? What is it about Jewish Camp that makes my child fall deeply in love with Judaism?

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Camp is Life: Opening Up at Camp

Camp is Life: Opening Up at Camp

What is it about the Jewish camp environment that enables our hearts and souls to open up? Caring and nurturing staff? Warm, loving acceptance from peers? Jewish values that permeate camp life, 24/7?

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