June 22, 2020
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With Herzl Camp closed for 2020, this summer isn’t what we planned but it won’t get the best of us! Herzl is bringing a little bit of camp to your homes and hearts this summer with [email protected]! Our virtual summer programming brings some ruach into each day and breaks up the monotony of a long […]
Continue readingJune 18, 2020
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For the first time in nearly three months, the Early Childhood Centers of the Sabes and St. Paul JCCs started welcoming children back to the building. That happy occurrence began a deliberate, phased reopening of the two JCCs that will – if everything goes well – take place over the next month. Michael Waldman, the […]
Continue readingJune 5, 2020
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After keeping the door of hope for camp this summer open a sliver, the camps of the two Jewish Community Centers in the Twin Cities have closed it. Allie Greenstein and Ben Savin, the directors of Camp Olami and Camp Butwin, emailed camp families Friday afternoon to break the news. Greenstein said that they had […]
Continue readingMay 20, 2020
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While Camp Ramah in Wisconsin was holding out hope that it may have summer programming by delaying the start of camp, ultimately the challenges caused by COVID-19 were too much to overcome. In a video posted Wednesday evening, Executive Director Jacob Cytryn announced that both Ramah’s overnight camp in Conover, Wisc., and day camp in […]
Continue readingMay 20, 2020
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My entire childhood is bound within six albums, they’re stacked full of certificates, letters I’ve written to the newspaper. They chronicle smiling photos of my late grandparents, they follow my life from birth to dance to the adventures my father and I used to take together on long trips. They document a loving relationship between […]
Continue readingMay 15, 2020
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In this live streaming conversation, Lev Gringauz of “The Jews Are Tired” podcast and Lonny Goldsmith, Editor of TC Jewfolk, “sit down” with directors from Camp Butwin, Camp Olami, Herzl Camp, Camp TEKO, Camp Ramah, and OSRUI. The goals for this conversation are for attendees (and organizers) to gain closure and to create a more […]
Continue readingMay 7, 2020
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Camps could open for second session on July 13.
Continue readingMay 7, 2020
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In June 1946, Herzl Camp proudly opened its doors to Jewish children for the very first time. Now, 75 summers later, Herzl Camp will be empty. For the first summer ever, our children will miss out on the learning, playing, bonding, growing and shtick that magically happens at camp. No Shabbat caravans or song sessions, […]
Continue readingMay 6, 2020
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Herzl is among the many Jewish camps that will stay closed in 2020.
Continue readingMay 1, 2020
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Maybe my connection to Judaism isn’t diminishing, just changing. But when everything is in such a state of tumult, I’m not sure I want that change.
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