Summer Youth Experiences

Home Again: Five Tips to Welcome Your Camper Home

Crystal Hill

August 10, 2023

Camp is generally a great experience for kids. They deepen their Jewish identities, broaden their communities, and learn new life skills. However, these benefits can also mean your camper needs some time to process their experience on their own while readjusting to life at home.

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Summer Youth Experiences

We Bring You Peace: Bringing Israeli Counselors to Camp

Rachel B. Handloff

July 10, 2023

The URJ has been bringing Israeli counselors to camp for many years. Their presence offers several valuable benefits to the camp program.

Summer Youth Experiences

Camp is for Wellness

Sleepaway camp offers many things that research tells us are critical building blocks of wellbeing: immersion in nature, creativity, movement, music and the arts, community and belonging, friendship, curiosity and growth mindset, new experiences, opportunities to explore spirituality and identity, and more.

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Counting of the Omer

Jewish Camp, Our God Journeys, and Adding Faith to Our Checklists

Ruben Arquilevich

June 7, 2023

As I contemplate how God manifests in our lives, I’m struck by the value of faith not only in God, nature, and other unknown universal forces, but also by faith in each other as we all strive for a life filled with meaning, purpose, and joy.

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Summer Youth Experiences

Parenting with Purpose

In partnership with parenting and education experts, we've developed a free guide with tactics and resources to help you advance your child's self-advocacy, independence, and resilience.