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SPACE AVAILABLE FOR 2003!!!!!
Outstanding waterfront program, athletics, mature trained staff,
Kosher, cultural activities, Hebrew language milieu, drama, music,
arts & crafts, ceramics & photography
2 one month sessions: June 25-July 20, 2003;
July 22-August 18, 2003 or Full season: June 25-August 18, 2003
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We have increased our capacity to meet the growing demand, and
there is limited space available in the following age groups:
Boys
Current Grades 3, 4, 6, 7
8 & 10 (full season only)
Girls
Current Grades 4, 5, 6
8 & 9 (full season only)
Summer Home
An Israeli family enjoyed the peace of Shabbat
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Staff positions available include:
Counselors, Waterfront specialists, Trippers,
Judaica teachers, Dance specialists, Rock climbing specialists
Ramah Family Camp, Wednesday, August 20-Sunday, August 24, 2003:
where parents and children share the Ramah experience:
For more information on all camp programs contact:
Camp Ramah in Canada, 491 Lawrence Ave W. Suite 400
Toronto, ON M5M 1C7 • 416•789•2193 FAX: 416•789•3970
Email: info@campramah.com
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Ramah- The Camping Arm of Conservative Judaism
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summer happens!
Cheboygan, MI • Since 1959
(248) 661-1890
VISIT OUR WEBSITE
www.campwaldenmi.com
CAMP YOUNG JUDAEA-MIDWEST
WAUPACA, WISCONSIN
Sponsored by Hadassah
An Overnight Camp for Jewish Youth, 8-14
Horseback riding, Water Skiing & Tubing
Climbing Tower, Ropes Course, Jewish Programming,
Canoeing, Israeli Dancing & Singing, Arts & Crafts,
Red Cross Swim Program, Overnights, Drama, Scouting
Summer 2003 Dates
Session 1
June 22 - July 17
Session 2
July 21 - August 14
Two Sessions
June 22 - August 14
* Mini-Session 1
June 22 - July 5
* Mini-Session 2
July 21 - August 3
*Entering 2nd, 3rd & 4th graders only. No previous full-time campers.
info@cyjmid.org
888.605.CAMP
www.cyjmid.org
ROBERT SARNER
Special to the Jewish News
s
omething about Friday
evenings usually sets them
apart from other times in the
week. Last summer, a warm
Friday evening proved particularly
memorable.
Instead of being at home in
Jerusalem, I was in Canada's fabled
Algonquin Park at Camp Tamakwa,
where my wife Galya and I were
working and our children were
campers.
At 7:30 p.m., Galya and I joined
Tamakwa's 400 campers and staff—
many from Michigan — outside at
an amphitheater facing South Tea
Lake. The view was spectacular, the
tranquility overwhelming and the air
intoxicating. A soothing breeze blew
in off the water and the pre-sunset
Robert Sarner is a senior editor/reporter
12/20
2002
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at Israel Television and writes for several
Israeli publications.
light had everything awash in a soft
golden glow.
The occasional call of a loon was a
further reminder that there is no
greater delight to the senses than
nature's timeless spectacle, especially in
Algonquin Park, a few hours north of
Toronto.
Every Friday, in a time-honored tra-
dition, Tamakwans assemble after din-
ner at the Slope. Galya and I sat at the
top of the Slope's wooden bleachers,
marveling at the perfect combination
of water, sky, earth, rock and trees
before us. The peacefulness was almost
hypnotic, doubly so for its sharp con-
trast to our recent reality in Jerusalem.
From where we were now sitting at
the Slope, Israel seemed far removed,
on another planet.
Founded in 1936 by Detroit native
Lou Handler, Tamakwa is a nonreli-
gious, predominantly Jewish camp
that welcomes the onset of Shabbat in
its own way — first at dinner with the
lightina of candles and reciting the
b and afterwards with a secular
Kiddush,
service at the Slope.