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My mom had a bad experience at sleep away camp as a kid (the type of kid who just did not thrive spending a month or two away from home at 12 or 13) so she never let my brother and I go for more than a week. The Jewish sleepaway camps tended to be very expensive and longer term, so instead I went to 4-H camp for a week in various locations across Georgia each summer. I was also the kid who begged her parents to go to boarding school, so I think a lot of my mom's fears were unwarranted!
All of my friends in college went to sleep away camp and I really wish I had the Ramah experience. The friends made at those camps are friends for a lifetime. I even know a few marriages among Ramah and URJ alumni who met at camp over a decade ago.
I went to sleep away camp for 6 weeks starting when I was 8 until I was 16. I loved all the counselors from foreign countries and am still friends with lots of people even if I only see them irregularly.
We didn't have a lot of money when I was a kid growing up in the Bible Belt. I went to a two-week sleep-over YMCA camp three summers when I was 9, 10 and 11. The C didn't rub off on me, and I had no bad experiences that I recall. The folks who ran and attended that camp reflected very well on their religion.
We didn't have a lot of money when I was a kid growing up in the Bible Belt. I went to a two-week sleep-over YMCA camp three summers when I was 9, 10 and 11. The C didn't rub off on me, and I had no bad experiences that I recall. The folks who ran and attended that camp reflected very well on their religion.
Yeah but can ya sing the song?
I had lots of fun at the YMCA too. I never even realized what YMCA stood for until you just mentioned it, Can't believe I dint know.
I picked up my boys from camp last week. Spent a night in Manhattan with a cousin first (got some yummy kosher pizza on the Upper West Side), then headed to camp 3 hours away the next morning. I stopped in Kiryas Yoel on the way. My boys were happy to see me but begged for a second session of camp. I'd call that a successful month. The Shabbos zemiros they brought back with them made it all worth it for me.
I hope you are all having any easy fast today. The 3 weeks is almost over, and may this long terrible exile from our land end soon as well.
Sure there are. It's YMHA's that are difficult to find.
Young Men's Halachic Association?....
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