CAMPING

Yeshiva's Rabbi Meir Kranczer, center, surrounded by the staff of the Atlanta
day camp he served before joining the new Camp Nageela in Marshall, Ind.

Indiana Summer

'Inspiring a Jewish future,
one camper at a time

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Shelli Liebman Dorfman

Senior Writer

W

hen Camp Nageela
Midwest opens for fun
this summer in Marshall,
Ind., it will be with a Detroit presence
— in the air-conditioned cabins, the
newly built swimming pool, the sports
fields and the trio of basketball courts.
The brand-new Jewish camp, a joint
project of the Orthodox communal
organization, Agudath Israel and the
National Conference of Synagogue
Youth, is for kids entering grades four
through nine. The girls' camp will be
held from June 19-July 9 and the boys
will go from July 10-30.
The boys division head counselor
is Rabbi Meir Kranczer of Southfield.
A teacher at the Southfield-based
Yeshiva Beth Yehudah, he also served
as head counselor and director of the
school's day camp for the past four
years and was head counselor of an
Atlanta day camp. He's been involved
with Camp Nageela since its inception
last winter.
"I was so excited when I heard
about this venture said Rabbi
Kranczer. "I was eager to get involved
with the great campus and the low-
pressure, fun environment in which to
learn about Judaism."
Among the 100 campers already
registered for this summer are girls
and boys from Kansas to Chile.
Right now, the plan is for Detroit

kids to fly to Chicago, where a bus will
take them the three additional hours
to camp. If enough Detroiters sign up,
buses will take them all the way.
The 500-acre campsite with exten-
sive sports facilities was previously
used by a Christian athletes group.
Campers from all Jewish streams
will participate in everything from
tennis, waterskiing and horseback
riding to music, arts and crafts and
theater programs.
With the motto, "Inspiring a Jewish
Future, One Camper At a Time;'
camp staff is Orthodox and all food
is kosher. But attending religious ser-
vices is optional; Shabbat is laid back,
and discussions and study groups on
Jewish heritage and culture are infor-
mal.
"Each camper will be comfortable
being themselves:' Rabbi Kranczer
said. "Love for Judaism, Torah and
Shabbat will not be taught; it will be
caught! Our staff and our campus and
our atmosphere are so positive and
energetic, it will, God willing, be the
summer of a lifetime!"

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For information or to register
for Camp Nageela Midwest,
access the online application at:
campnageelamidwest.org or call
camp director, Michael Rovinsky
at (314) 498-6279. Tuition is
$1,395. Scholarships are avail-
able.

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