At a summer camp in Mount Vernon, Washington the campers do plenty of classic camp activities. “Yesterday there was tie-dye, sports, swimming,” says Riva, a camper from Bellevue. But Kids4Peace ...

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 15-year-old ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Glenn Wechsler and Stephanie Feldman are the co-directors at the JCC of Staten Island Lillian Schwartz Day Camp. They have been present here since they were campers themselves.

Jewish summer camps are where lifelong friendships, core memories and Jewish identities are built. In order to ensure that children can focus on having fun, camp organizers work behind the scenes to ...

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 ...

The Jewish summer camp movement emerged in the late 19 th century to provide Jewish children respite from cramped urban areas, a chance to enjoy being a kid, and a place to live as Jews. In the wake ...

MONROEVILLE, Pa. (KDKA) -- The Jewish Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh broke ground Monday on a new space to better serve all young campers. The center is renovating a building for day camp and ...