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Summer camping is perhaps the most instrumental venue for informal Jewish education and Jewish identity formation. As the official residential camp of the Reconstructionist Movement, Camp JRF plays a key role in exploring the Values of Spiritual Peoplehood and the Reconstructionist civilizational approach of tracing Judaism through the generations. Camp JRF provides the setting for the values of Reconstructionism to be nurtured within our youth so that they may blossom and grow into committed adult Jews and members of Reconstructionist communities.
Camp
JRF continues to grow exponentially from our initial summer in 2002 of 39 campers from 12 JRF communities to over 300 campers from almost 50 communities in
the summer of 2007. We have
programs for youngsters between 8 and 17 years of age.
Energetic and creative staff members come from North America, Israel and the rest of the world, and includes
many current and future students of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College.
During the course of the summer we are visited by rabbis and educators
of the Reconstructionist Movement,
who are committed to experiential Jewish education. The groundbreaking work of Camp JRF and of our youth program, No'ar
Hadash, has proven in just a few short years that
it has the ability to change lives and build our movement.
The Aaron and Marjorie Ziegelman Campus is used primarily for the
continuation and expansion of the summer overnight camp
programs of Camp JRF. In addition, year-round
use of the facility is available for groups within and without the Reconstructionist Movement including community retreats, JRF regional shabbatonim
and board meetings, synagogue retreats, and numerous other creative
and engaging Jewish programs.
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