Twenty five camps will be fortunate to pilot the Tzivos Hashem CKids program this summer, a program that is set, b’ezras Hashem, to expand in the form of streamlined year-round programs in the near future.
When a suicide bomb ripped through a pizzeria in downtown Jerusalem in 2001, killing 15 and wounding 130 more, 13-year-old Izzy Ezagui, who was visiting from America, found his calling.
Zeesy Gurevitch, a 16-year-old from Brooklyn, N.Y., cannot contain her excitement. For the first time ever, she will travel far from home without her parents to spend six weeks with eight friends in Marietta, Ga. But it won’t be a complete vacation.
With snow still on the ground, plans for four new bunkhouses on the grounds at Camp Emunah are underway with the four old structures getting demolished.
Camp Gan Israel, Parksville NY is happy to report that the Bar Mitzvah Division has been a great success. And it just keeps on getting better with the announcement of this years head staff.
Though the snow is just beginning to recede, the administration of Camp Gan Israel of Toronto, Ontario is already deep in the planning stages, including new initiatives for the upcoming season. In truth, the process began much earlier.
Camp Emunah Campers had an exciting Shushan Purim reunion at the Aviator Sports Center Ice Skating Rink in Long Island.
Campers and staff of CGI Parksville gathered on Monday Shushan Purim, for a camp reunion. Campers took part in a beautiful program led by head staff from both last summer and the upcoming summer.
While the East Coast braves the frigid winter, summer plans are well on their way at CGI Detroit. Following the rave reviews of last year’s camp experience, the Head Counselors, Chaim Levi Cohen, Berel Namdar, and Yosef Dovid Schtroks are once again taking on this exceptional task.
Over 250 campers and counselors got together Sunday night, ohr l’Yud Shvat, in the Lubavitcher Yeshiva ballroom for a ‘Grand Camp Reunion’ and Farbrengen complete with pizza and fries along with a magic show. Farbrenging with the boys were Rabbi […]
For the third straight summer, Yeshivas Kayitz-Costa Rica was an unbelievable success. The program, under the auspices of the Head Shliach to Costa Rica Rabbi Hershel Spalter, and organized by director Moshe Minsky, was geared towards yeshiva students ages 16-17 who were looking to have an exciting summer while continuing to have a Yeshiva experience.
This past summer, 34 girls gathered from 12 states and 3 continents for the Camp Gan Israel Bat-Mitzvah Experience (B-ME). As the girls return home, amazing stories are emerging.
The summer has flown by quickly, and most summer camps have ended their programs a full week ago. There was one camp, however, that gave its campers a few extra days to enjoy the camp experience. Camp F.R.E.E. – Gan Israel of Brooklyn continued until Friday, August 24th, concluding with a grand banquet and awards presentation.
The inaugural summer of CGI Toronto was a wonderful success. The campers and staff enjoyed trips, BBQs, a staff play, color war, a two-day Grand trip to Canada’s Wonderland – spending the night at Chabad @ Flamingo, swimming, a tour of Chabad Lubavitch of Ontario Headquarters and much, much more.
As every year, the campers of Gan Israel-Florida overnight camp worked on preparing a special and most befitting present for the Rebbe with their annual Mishnayos Be’Al Peh program; together, the campers learned and were tested on close to 30,000 lines of Mishnayos, Tanya, Siddur and Yediyos Kloliyos. This figure includes: 48 complete perakim, 651 Mishnas and 1,868 lines of Tanya.
As the summer draws to a close, campers attending Gan Yisroel in Parksville, NY bid farewell to their newly-found friends and dedicated counselors and teachers at the grand banquet. The next morning they packed their luggage and boarded the buses which would take them back home.
For two days campers and staff at Gan Yisroel-Parksville participated in plays, competitions, songs, comedy skits and – most importantly – Mishnayos Ba’al Peh. The battle between teams red and blue culminated in the ‘Grand Sing,’ where the entire camp gathered in the Shul for hours of lively song and inspiration.
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