Yesterday, Wednesday, at two o’clock in the afternoon, campers from day camps in the Tri State Area gathered in 770 for a special rally in honor of Tu B’Av. The kids said the twelve Pesukim, watched an an interesting acrobatic show and more! R. Shimon Hecht was the MC.
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Four weeks of exciting activities and trips were climaxed with the first-session Grand Trip to Six Flags – Hurricane Harbor! The campers had a great time with the water rides and slides while also making a great Kiddush Hashem by wearing their Yarmulkes and Tzitzis throughout the water park rides.
The campers then headed to the Timberland Lake camping grounds and gathered around a cozy bonfire for a BBQ and some sleep. Rabbi Mendel Okunov, the Executive Director of Camp F.R.E.E., farbrenged with them until the wee hours of the morning. Upon returning home a camper was asked what he liked most about the trip, to which he replied, “The stories told around the bonfire by Rabbi Okunov.”
For the second visiting day of this summer Camp Gan Israel of Parksville New York held a unique program for its 50th “Golden Jubilee” anniversary since its first summer, so in honor of this special year bunk’s undertook the task of creating “model Gan Israel’s” located around the world, and were all places on display on the front lawn for all to admire!
Following was a concert on the soccer field featuring Benny Friedman and the Camp Choir, who preformed for the visiting parents and campers. The weather was phenomenal which enabled this event to go on with out any problems!
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Much speculation has gone into why was there hundreds of police vehicles lined up on Kingston Ave. and Eastern Pkwy. on Friday last week and the past two days, some reported it being “an added police presents due to a rise in crime” or “Police always perform these drills across the city”. This drill was infact titled a ‘general exercise’ which was a city wide anti terror and readiness drill in which cars from precincts around the city participated in.
Both 770 and the Jewish Children’s Museum are considered terror targets, and may be one of the reasons the drill was performed here.
The world’s best-known Holocaust survivor says strangers invariably ask him how he managed to preserve his faith despite his suffering
Perhaps no Holocaust survivor alive today is more widely known than Elie Wiesel, who has written and spoken extensively of his experiences and the need for world leaders to stop human atrocities even outside their countries’ borders.
His first book published in English, Night, recounts his time in Auschwitz, Buchenwald and other Nazi concentration camps from 1944 to 1945. It has sold millions of copies since its 1958 publication. Oprah Winfrey recently selected it for her book club.
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