Jewish summer camp lets kids run free — and also run the camp kitchen. Check out recipes for Levantine arayes and matzah ball soup.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Staff at Camp Massad, whose first location was in New York, pose for a photo in 1941. Camp Massad via Wikimedia Commons The ...

Summer camp experiences can strengthen Jewish identity and create friendships that last a lifetime. Photo credit: Adobestock/Arthur Mansavage Summer camps are an integral part of the Jewish experience ...

Jewish Federation’s Deputy Community Security Director Cortney Vorhees shows a staff member at Camp Kef how to use a tourniquet. Courtesy of Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia As Jewish summer ...

The Jewish Agency for Israel is running training sessions for prospective Israeli counselors — and the American summer camps that will welcome them — to help both sides prepare for a summer in the ...

This article was produced as part of JTA’s Teen Journalism Fellowship, a program that works with Jewish teens around the world to report on issues that affect their lives. Spending a semester in ...

Jewish day camps across South Florida are filling kids’ summers with athletics, creativity and Judaism. Programs like those at Camp Nefesh in Fort Lauderdale and The Mandel JCC’s Camp Shalom in Palm ...

(JTA) — This article was produced as part of JTA’s Teen Journalism Fellowship, a program that works with Jewish teens around the world to report on issues that affect their lives. When Guy, a ...

(The Conversation) — The first Jewish summer camps were founded at the turn of the 20th century and have become cherished traditions. But many face tough questions about how to discuss Israel and ...

(JTA) After spending three summers as an Israeli emissary at Camp Young Judaea Sprout Lake in upstate New York, Shahar Vaknin made a decision. “I was 100% sure I’m done with camp,” he said. Then came ...

Jonathan Krasner's research on Jewish summer camps was funded in part by the Consortium for Applied Studies in Jewish Education and the Mandel Center for Studies in Jewish Education. The experience ...

(JTA) — After spending three summers as an Israeli emissary at Camp Young Judaea Sprout Lake in upstate New York, Shahar Vaknin made a decision. “I was 100% sure I’m done with camp,” he said. Then ...