Summer camp

Israeli families could save hundreds on summer attractions, price check finds

With some 2.6 million students heading into summer break, consumer clubs say early planning and price comparisons can cut the cost of family outings.

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 Groups participating in the summer camp programs.

How to find the perfect summer camp in Jerusalem for your kids and teens

The Jewish Agency partners with North American camps and Jewish federations to provide Israeli teens with a respite from the war.

American Jewish summer camps offer Israeli teens a break from pressures at home

Muslim women attend Friday prayers at Iqraa Dunmurry Mosque in Belfast, Northern Ireland, August 9, 2024.

Shi'ite org. axes UK children's summer camp following radicalization concerns, Iran ties


Jewish summer camps adapting to a COVID-19 reality

With limited capacity and a COVID response team, Jewish summer camps across the US are operating again this summer.

Jewish summer camps are adapting to a new reality amid the pandemic.

This 'pre-boot camp' project helps teach young men about the military

The teenagers involved often come from difficult and risky life situations and work hand-in-hand with the Division for the Advancement of Youth at the Jerusalem Municipality.

This 'pre-boot camp' project helps teach young men about the military

Over 200,000 children sign up for Jerusalem summer program

The Jerusalem Municipality stated that the program will focus on closing emotional, social and academic gaps formed during the challenging COVID-19 school year.

Israeli kids wearing school bags ahead of the first day of school and kindergarten outside their home in Jerusalem on August 31, 2020, The Israeli secular state education system will open tomorrow.

New Jewish Agency program seeks to teach campers Hebrew, Israeli slang

The program marks the end of Isaac Herzog's tenure as head of the Jewish Agency before he takes up the reins as Israel's newest president.

Isaac Herzog with Jewish Agency shlichim holding up signs that translate into "Hebrew is a Beautiful Language."

Camp Simcha children create mural in solidarity with Surfside community

The campers, who are fighting severe illness like cancer, arranged for an activity of graffiti painting to produce a mural in unity with the community affected by last week's condominium collapse.

Camp Simcha children created a mural for the Surfside community

Hamas continues recruiting child soldiers: Where is the condemnation?

Hamas says the youth need to be ready to make “sacrifices” which appears to be the language used to describe the terrorist group recruiting them to be killed.

Young Palestinians crawl during a military-style exercise at a Hamas summer camp in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip July 27, 2017.

Orthodox Jewish camp to ban kids, staff vaccinated for coronavirus

A survivalist summer camp for Orthodox Jews is planned for New York — and vaccinated folks aren’t invited.

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Jewish summer camps reopening this summer after COVID hiatus

This year, with a blend of vaccinations, testing and government standards, almost every Jewish camp in the country is planning to open again, restoring a quintessential part of summer.

Kids play softball at Camp Ramah in California. The camp will face a significant shortfall if it needs to refund all of its tuition this year.

What will Jewish summer camp look like this year? - analysis

Camps in the United States are opening again with a combination of testing and vaccinations, along with a better understanding of how COVID-19 spreads.

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Overnight camps can open this year, NY governor announces

Now, camps will be allowed to open starting in June provided that COVID-19 cases continue to fall, Cuomo announced Wednesday.

Campers playing on the water at Camp Modin. The camp is perhaps the first Jewish camp in the country to announce, in detail, how it plans to open.