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Kol hakavod (kudos) on your Editor's
Notebook praising Jewish summer
camping ("The Gifts of Jewish Camp,"
Aug. 18, page 5). I could not agree more
with your assessment that the Jewish
summer camp experience is "a building
block of Jewish identity."
Having spent three weeks at Camp
Ramah in Canada this summer, I wit-
nessed first hand the impact that the
Jewish summer camp experience has not
only on children, but on the young
adults who serve as staff members as
well. Camp Director Michael Wolf of
West Bloomfield places much emphasis
on hadrachah (counselor training) so
that each staff member becomes deeply
invested in the educational, social and
religious mission of camp.
Like several other Jewish camps, Camp
Ramah. helps Jewish young people
immerse in Jewish traditions and pat-
terns of observance they might not prac-
tice outside of the camp community.
They have the opportunity to live a total
Jewish life "24-7" in the beautiful camp
setting surrounded by rabbis and Jewish
educators who are serious about their
Judaism. For many college students serv-
ing,as counselors, this is just the motiva-
tion they need to begin their path toward
a meaningful and vibrant Jewish life.
Unfortunately, there are many sum-
mer jobs that offer college students bet-
ter financial reward than a position at a
Jewish summer camp. All Jewish sum-
mer camps are forced to allocate much
of their donated funds toward camper
scholarships and capital costs, leaving lit-
de money available for staff recruitment,
professional development and incentive
programs for staff retention.
My friends Elisa and Rob Bildner of
New Jersey founded Foundation for Jew-
ish Camping, www.jewishcamping.org,
which encourages growth of the camp
system, helps camps recruit staff, makes
grants to promote programmatic excel-
lence and champions the growth of
camp scholarships. We need more dedi-
cated Jewish summer camping advocates
like the Bildners who realize the deep
impact camp has on the Jewish future.
A Jewish summer camp is only as
good as its staff members. I sincerely
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Rifts Of Summer Camp
While it is evident from opinions of
previous campmates that Jewish sum-
mer camps or summer programs with a
Judaic influence have had a positive
effect on certain kids, I would like to
respond to your Editor's Notebook
"The Gifts of Jewish Camp" (Aug. 18,
page 5), with a story perhaps much
rarer, but nonetheless important.
I was a camper for three weeks at
Tamarack in 2001; it was not an experi-
ence I would like to repeat. Though I
knew a great many campers that
enjoyed the experience, I also knew
some that did not, for the same reason
as myself.
Upon arriving, I found my cabin
mates heavily clique-oriented and mean,
often inattentive toward the needs of
'other girls in the cabin. When living in
such close quarters, it is so important to
have an atmosphere conducive to ami-
cability — not apathy.
I found that after Tamarack, a new
facet in my Judaism emerged and is still
active today. It was spurred by a set of
behaviors I had become familiar with
during camp and wanted badly to
eschew. 'While I can share select memo-
ries from Tamarack, a few of which are
fond, I cannot say it fortified my Jewish
identity whatsoever.
Though I cannot, speak for my par-
ents, who vacillate between my argu-
ments about Jewish camp and its lasting
influence on me, I can say that my
Judaism flourished not after attending
Tamarack, but after attending Inter-
lochen Arts Camp, where brief Jewish
services were held only once a week.
Though mine is an opinion that con-
tradicts many congregations, including
my own, I believe it is the chance to
appreciate one's religion in the face of
diversity, where morals can be taught
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