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Gindling Hilltop Camp is a Jewish summer camp administered by Wilshire Boulevard Temple in Malibu, California in Little Sycamore Canyon between the Santa Monica Mountains and the Pacific Ocean on a coastal ridge, 750 feet above sea level. The camp serves approximately 120 campers, ages 7–15, and has a staff of about 40.
Camp Ramah (Hebrew: מחנה רמה ) is a network of Jewish summer camps affiliated with the Conservative Movement. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The camps operate in the United States, Canada, and Israel . All Ramah camps serve kosher food and are Shabbat -observant.
The camp's name was changed from Central Jewish Institute Camps to Cejwin Camps in 1933. [5] Cejwin consisted of seven camps, divided by age groups: three for boys (Hadar, Carmel and Aviv), three for girls (Hadas, Carmela and Aviva), and one co-ed (Yonim, the youngest). In the 1970s, Yonim was divided into Junior Hadar and Junior Hadas.
The Jewish summer camp experience has become a beloved summer memory for many Jewish families and communities. But these summertime programs have not always been the Jewish summer camps of today.
4 Sleep-Away Camps. ... Log Cabin Wilderness Camp, of the Los Angeles Area Council at Yosemite National Park; ... Camp Keewaydin for Boys / Camp Songadeewin for Girls
The Foundation for Jewish Camp estimates that the country's 150 non-profit Jewish summer camps are staffed by over 8,500 Jewish college-aged counselors. [2] A 2013 Pew Research study found that a third of American Jews had attended a Jewish summer camp at least once; [ 13 ] a 2021 study found that number to be closer to 40%.
The Woolsey Fire has damaged Camp Hess Kramer and Gindling Hilltop camp, two Jewish summer camps owned by Wilshire Boulevard Temple, which have been in the hills of Malibu for over 65 years.
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