BY ERIC BERGER, ASSOCIATE EDITOR
• Published February 2, 2021
When Mitch Morgan was growing up in the Brentwood School District, he was one of two Jews.The other was his younger brother, Sean. “Kids would ask us if we were ‘Hanukkah,’” Morgan recalls and laughs.He met his first Jewish friend at the Jewish...
Eric Berger, Associate Editor
• Published January 27, 2021
Some camp directors this summer will have to decide in which cabin to put kids. Aaron Hadley, executive director of Camp Ben Frankel, has to decide where to locate an entire camp.
The Jewish overnight camp typically takes place in southern Illinois....
Dr. Alison Spatz Levine and Heather Maiman
• Published May 27, 2020
DENVER (JTA) — In the summer of 1999, we slept head to head in top bunks at Camp Ramah in Canada. We also shared a viral upper respiratory illness that kept us from participating in the much-anticipated yom bli shemesh (a day without sun) while the...
One Happy Camper, the Foundation for Jewish Camp, has opened grants to all Jewish first-time campers in Missouri, with the exclusion of Kansas City. The program offers up to $1,000 for first-time campers, understanding that at Jewish overnight camp, “the...
By Eric Berger, Staff Writer
• Published January 12, 2017
Camp Ben Frankel, a Jewish overnight summer program in Southern Illinois, has hired a new director who is charged with revitalizing an organization facing financial difficulties. Aaron Hadley will lead the camp and its parent organization, Jewish Federation...
NEW YORK -- The Foundation for Jewish Camp announced a new grant cycle to fund the creation of four new specialty Jewish overnight camps. The "Specialty Camps Incubator II" funding cycle represents the second stage of an $8.6 million grant jointly funded...
Following a successful first year, Jewish Federation of St. Louis has renewed "One Happy Camper," a partnership with the Foundation for Jewish Camp (FJC). The program offers the unique gift of $1,000 to 100 St. Louis Jewish youth in grades 1 through 12...
