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1 | Camp Names -Alphabetic Order | Formal Camp Name | Orientation | Location | Associated with Another State | Lake | Gender | Years Known to Operate | Original Founders/ Director(s) | Other Directors and/or Owners | Associated with | Jewish cultural / religious practices | Photo / Doc links | Website | Notes and Stories | |
2 | Primary focus: Religious [name of Jewish demonination]; Zionist/Israel-focused; Yiddish; Many Jewish campers able to enjoy the Great Outdoors; Orientation Not Yet Known | State comma followed by town/city name | name of other camps or national organization (JTS) | Possible coding: kosher; Shabbat services; significant use of Israeli music and dance; Yiddish/Hebrew language | ||||||||||||
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5 | Berkshire (boys) | Camp Berkshire (boys) | Jewish campers | CT, Goshen | boys | 1917 - 1924 | Irving Gemson, B.B. Greenberg, Julius C. Gluck, Joseph Marx, Robert B. Brodie | Camp Berkshire (girls) | Boys 7-17, Enr. 175, Staff 40, Fee $300; "The patronage is largely made up of Jewish boys from leading Eastern cities." | |||||||
6 | Berkshire (girls) | Camp Berkshire (girls) | Jewish campers | CT, Winsted | girls | 1919 - 1924 | Robert B. Brodie | Camp Berkshire (boys) | Girls 7-17, Enr. 135, Staff 35, Fee $350 | |||||||
7 | Camp Birchwood | Camp Birchwood | Reform | CT, Goshen | Dog Pond Lake | co-ed | pre 1946-1983 | Louis Glickstein | Irving Greenberg | Friday night services and blessings | Most of the campers and counselors came from New York and New Jersey ... Brooklyn, Queens, Long Island predominantly | |||||
8 | Camp Ella Fohs | Camp Ella Fohs | Many Jewish campers able to enjoy the Great Outdoors | CT, New Milford | New York | co-ed | operating in 1982 ; now closed | Harry D Katz (Bronx 1982-1983) | East Tremont YM-YWHA | "simple dietary laws observed" - 1982 | camper 115 | |||||
9 | Camp Leonard | Camp Leonard | Many Jewish campers able to enjoy the Great Outdoors | CT, Kent | New York | boys | 1926-1936 | Alexander Ziring (Bronx, NY) | Camp Leonare | https://vimeo.com/306242454 | staff 30 / campers 150 / fee $250 (1936) | |||||
10 | Camp Leonare | Camp Leonare | Many Jewish campers able to enjoy the Great Outdoors | CT, Kent | New York | girls | 1932-1936 | Alexander Ziring (Bronx, NY) | Camp Leonard | staff 22 / fee $250 (1936) | ||||||
11 | Camp Neewah | Camp Neewah | Many Jewish campers able to enjoy the Great Outdoors | CT, Winchester | girls | 1918 - 1936 | S L Peckerman | staff 20 / campers 100 / fee $200 (1936) | ||||||||
12 | Camp Ramah in Connecticut | Camp Ramah in Connecticut | Religious - Conservative | CT, East Hampton | Massachusetts (after 1965) | co-ed | 1953 - 1965/68 | Jewish Theological Seminary / The National Ramah Commission | Jewish Theological Seminary | "All laws of kashruth / Hebrew speaking; educational and religious programs" (1982-1983) | campers 300 (1982-1983) / moved to Palmer in 1965 | |||||
13 | Isabella Freedman | Camp Isabella Freedman of Conn, Inc | Religious - Nondenominational | CT, Falls Village | originally for women, later co-ed seniors | 1893- to date (2022) ; currently The Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center - Hazon | Jewish Working Girls Vacation Society | originally (1893) incorporated as the Jewish Working Girls Vacation Society | 1982 - "simple dietary laws observed" / 2022 - "kitchen and dining room are certified kosher by the Hartford Kashrut Commission and supervised by an on-site mashgiach (kosher supervisor)." | https://hazon.org/isabella-freedman/history/ | campers 120 (1982) | |||||
14 | LaurelWood Camp | Laurel-Wood Camp | CT, North Madison | co-ed | 1931 - to date (2022) | Lowell I Gordon (New Haven, CT, 1982-1983) | New Haven Jewish Community | "Kosher food; one set of dishes" (1982-1983) | camplaurelwood.org | campers 184 (1982-1983) | ||||||
15 | Utopia | Camp Utopia | Many Jewish campers able to enjoy the Great Outdoors | CT, Putnam | girls | 1919 - 1924 | Laura J. Liebow | Girls 5-20, Enr. 100, Staff 20, Fee $300; "Utopia is a large recreation camp for jewish girls, which offers horseback riding and a variety of land and water sports. Courses are given in Hebrew, French, music and elocution, as well as coaching in school and college subjects." | ||||||||
16 | Wabigoon | Camp Wabigoon | Many Jewish campers able to enjoy the Great Outdoors | CT, Winsted | New York | boys | 1929 - 1936 ; closed in 1970 | Dr and Mrs J M Rosen (New York City); in the 1950s/60s by Gladys and Phil Brandstein | staff 17 / campers 75 (1936) | |||||||
17 | Wahanda | Camp Wahanda | CT, Winsted | New York | girls | 1929-1970 | Dr and Mrs J M Rosen (New York City); in the 1950s/60s by Gladys and Phil Brandstein | https://youtu.be/ja-cdgQ8pso | ||||||||
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19 | Accomac | Camp Accomac | Many Jewish campers able to enjoy the Great Outdoors | ME, Bridgton | girls | 1911 - 1958/59 | Founded by Corinne Arnold | Postcards on E-Bay and Card Cow | ||||||||
20 | Androscoggin | Androscoggin | Many Jewish campers able to enjoy the Great Outdoors | ME, Wayne | Lake Andro | boys | 1907 - to date (2022) | Founded by Edward Healy | Peter and Roberta Hirsch | |||||||
21 | Arcadia | Arcadia | Many Jewish campers able to enjoy the Great Outdoors | ME, Otisfield | Pleasant Lake | girls | 1916 - to date (2022) | Dr. Geroge Meylan | Louise Fritts Johnson | 4 generations of one family at the helm | https://mainejews.org/photo.php?photoid=12811 | |||||
22 | Arden | Camp Arden for Girls | Many Jewish campers able to enjoy the Great Outdoors | ME, Oakland | girls | 1926-? | Mr. and Mrs Chester Teller | |||||||||
23 | Arundel | Camp Arundel | Many Jewish campers able to enjoy the Great Outdoors | ME, Arundel | Little Sebago | boys | closed in 1955 | Camp Aquila across the lake= sister camp | Arundel and Aquila both closed | https://mainejews.org/photo.php?photoid=13762 | ||||||
24 | Ashawaug | Camp Ashawaug | Many Jewish campers able to enjoy the Great Outdoors | ME, Bath | girls | 1922 - 1924 | Dr. Jane G. Bunker | Girls 8-18, Enr. 20, Staff 5, Fee $300; "Camp Ashawaug, a salf water cmap for Jewish girls, not only offers the usual water and land sports, but horseback riding, arts and crafts, dramatics, dancing, hikes and overnight camping trips." | ||||||||
25 | Barta Camp | Barta Camp | Many Jewish campers able to enjoy the Great Outdoors | ME, Casco | Lake Pleasant | girls | 1926 - now closed | Founded by Elinor Barta | ||||||||
26 | Belgrade | Camp Belgrade | Many Jewish campers able to enjoy the Great Outdoors | ME, North Belgrade | Great Pond | boys | 1937 - 1983 | Founded by Mort Eiseman | ||||||||
27 | Birch Crest | Birch Crest | Many Jewish campers able to enjoy the Great Outdoors | ME, Oakland | girls | 1926 -1944 | Founded by Rabbi Joseph and Rose Gorfinkle | Cedar Crest boys | https://mainejews.org/photo.php?photoid=12594 | |||||||
28 | Brunonia | Camp Brunonia | Many Jewish campers able to enjoy the Great Outdoors | ME, Casco | Lake Pleasant | boys | 1926-1968 | Dave and Anne Mishel | became Camp Samoset II | https://mainejews.org/org.php?id=4983 | http://www.campbrunonia.com/ | |||||
29 | Camp Ramah | Camp Ramah | Religious - Conservative | ME, Mt Vernon | New York | co-ed | 1948 - 1949 | Jewish Theological Seminary | Jewish Theological Seminary | |||||||
30 | Camp Runoia | Camp Runoia | Many Jewish campers able to enjoy the Great Outdoors | ME, Belgrade | Great Pond | girls | 1907 - to date (2022) | Jessie Pond and Lucy Weiser | Pam Cobb/Alex Jackson | |||||||
31 | Cedar | Camp Cedar | Many Jewish campers able to enjoy the Great Outdoors | ME, Casco | boys | Jeffrey Hacker | Sue Hacker-Wolf | http://www.campcedar.com/ | ||||||||
32 | Cedar Crest Camp | Cedar Crest Camp | Many Jewish campers able to enjoy the Great Outdoors | ME, Oakland | boys | 1915 - 1944 | Dr. Rabbi Joseph Gorfinkle | Birch Crest girls | ||||||||
33 | Chickawah for Boys | Camp Chickawah for Boys | Many Jewish campers able to enjoy the Great Outdoors | ME, Harrison | Island Pond | boys | 1920 - 1985 | Joseph Saltman and Celia Applebaum | Now Fernwood Cove | https://mainejews.org/org.php?id=7968 | Jeff Grant is the alumni coordinator / now the site of Camp Fernwood Cove for girls | |||||
34 | Cobbossee | Cobbossee | Many Jewish campers able to enjoy the Great Outdoors | ME, Winthrop/Monmouth | Cobossee Lake | boys | 1902 - to date (2022) | Steve and Nancy Rubin | http://www.campcobbossee.com/ | |||||||
35 | Echo Lake Camp | Echo Lake Camp | Many Jewish campers able to enjoy the Great Outdoors | ME, Oakland / Readfield | girls | 1926-? | ||||||||||
36 | Fernwood | Camp Fernwood | Many Jewish campers able to enjoy the Great Outdoors | ME, Poland | girls | 1921- | Dr. and Mrs. Julius Bluhm German Jewish Immigrants | Maxine King dtr of founders + Ellyn Black | https://mainejews.org/org.php?id=4986 | |||||||
37 | Forest Acres | Forest Acres | Many Jewish campers able to enjoy the Great Outdoors | ME, Fryeburg | girls | 1926 - to date (2022) | Abraham and Gertrude Krasker | Lisa and Geoff Newman | sister camp to Indian Acres | 70% Jewish, Friday night candles lit, nonsectarian services | http://www.indianacres.com/index.php | |||||
38 | Highland Nature Camps | Highland Nature Camps | Many Jewish campers able to enjoy the Great Outdoors | ME, North Sebago | girls | 1913 - to date (2022) | Mr./Mrs. E. Lehman/Estelle Davidsberg | eventually became Mataponi | "patronized by prominent Jewish Families" | Highland Nature Camps became Camp Mataponi | ||||||
39 | Inawood | Camp Inawood | Jewish campers | ME, Alfred | girls | 1921 - 1924 | O. E. Kupferman | Girls 7-17, Fee $350 (1924) | ||||||||
40 | Indian Acres | Indian Acres | Many Jewish campers able to enjoy the Great Outdoors | ME, Fryeburg | boys | 1924- to date (2022) | Abraham and Gertrude Krasker | Lisa and Geoff Newman | brother camp to Forest Acres | 70% of campers Jewish, Friday night candles nonsectarian services | ||||||
41 | Jo-Lee | Jo-Lee | Many Jewish campers able to enjoy the Great Outdoors | ME, North Belgrade | girls | 1920 - 1926 | Charles Berland (NYC 1982-1983) | "limited to girls from the finest American Jewish homes" | ||||||||
42 | Joseph | Camp Joseph | Kosher, Shabbat, Israeli counselors, Birkat, culture | ME, Harrison | boys | 1956 - 1975 | Daniel Goldfarb (1982-1983) | Associated with Camp Naomi and New England Section - National Jewish Welfare Board (1982) | kosher, Shabbat services; "Dietary Laws strickly adhered to; two sets of dishes and kosher food at all time" (1982-83) | https://mainejews.org/org.php?id=7925 | ||||||
43 | Kamp Kohut | Kamp Kohut | Many Jewish campers able to enjoy the Great Outdoors | ME, Oxford | boys girls started coming in 1992 | 1907 - to date (2022) | Dr. George Alexander Kohut | Lisa Tripler | ||||||||
44 | Kennebec | Camp Kennebec | Many Jewish campers able to enjoy the Great Outdoors | ME, North Belgrade | boys | 1907 - 1991 | Milton Katzenberg, Louis Fleisher, Charles Fox | Became Maine Golf Academy in 1991 | ||||||||
45 | Kennesuncook | Camp Kennesuncook | Many Jewish campers able to enjoy the Great Outdoors | ME, Chesuncook | boys | 1926 | ||||||||||
46 | Kingswood, | Camp Kingswood | Kosher, Shabbat services, culture | ME, Bridgton | Massachusetts (affiliated with JCC of Greater Boston) | Woods Pond | first boys, then co-ed | 1913 - to date (2022) | Ralph Underhill | Mitch Morgan/Jodi Sperling // Charles Glovin (1982-1983) | kosher, Shabbat services/themes, tikkun olam, ba'al taschit / "kosher meat used; no mixture of meat and dairy products; but only one set of dishes, etc" (1982-1983) | campers 410 (1982-1983) | ||||
47 | Kippewa | Kippewa | Many Jewish campers able to enjoy the Great Outdoors | ME, Monmouth | Lk Cobbosseecontee | girls | 1957- to date (2022) | Ginger and Steve Clare | ||||||||
48 | Koda | Koda | Many Jewish campers able to enjoy the Great Outdoors | ME, Bridgton | boys | 1926- to date (2022) | Dr. J. Koss/Ephraim Weinstein | Marty and Sylvia Silverman | ||||||||
49 | Lakeridge Manor Camp for Girls | Lakeridge Manor Camp for Girls | Many Jewish campers able to enjoy the Great Outdoors | ME, Oakland | girls | 1955 - 1971 | Joseph and Sally (Gordon) Triedman | https://www.facebook.com/groups/207083442674005 | ||||||||
50 | Lanark | Lanark | Many Jewish campers able to enjoy the Great Outdoors | ME, Casco | girls | 1960-1967 | Lantos/Clark families | |||||||||
51 | Lown | Camp Lown | Jewish Comm. Council kosher, Shabbat services, Birkat | ME, Oakland | co-ed | 1945 - 1968 | Jewish Community Council of Maine | kosher/services/Birkat | https://mainejews.org/org.php?id=1223 | |||||||
52 | Manitou | Manitou | Many Jewish campers able to enjoy the Great Outdoors | ME, Oakland | boys | 1947 - to date (2022) | Jon, Sara, Dave and Lisa | brother camp of Somerset | religious component | https://mainejews.org/org.php?id=7947 | ||||||
53 | Mataponi | Mataponi | Many Jewish campers able to enjoy the Great Outdoors | ME, Naples | girls | 1910- to date (2022) | Eugene Lehman | Marcy and Dan Isdaner | ||||||||
54 | Matoaka | Matoaka | 85% Jewish , Shabbat observance | ME, Smithfield | East Lake | girls | 1951 - to date (2022) | Midge and Joe Nathanson | Jason and Leslie Silberman | 85% Jewish, lights the Sabbath candles, wear white, Friday night services | http://www.matoaka.com/ | |||||
55 | Mendota | Camp Mendota | Many Jewish campers able to enjoy the Great Outdoors | ME, Casco | Lake Pleasant | boys | closed by 1971 | |||||||||
56 | Micah | Micah | Kosher style, Shabbat services, Jewish culture | ME, Bridgton | Peabody Pond | co-ed | 2001- to date (2022) | Owner/Directors Mark Lipof and Jodi Sokoloff | kosher style/Jewish culture /Shabbat programs/trip to Israel | http://www.campmicah.com/ | ||||||
57 | Modin | Modin | Kosher, Shabbat services, Jewish culture | ME, Belgrade | Salmon Lake | co-ed | 1922- to date (2022) | Founders: Jewish Educators Schoolman/Dushkin/Berkson | Owner/Director Salzburg | https://mainejews.org/org.php?id=4228 | http://www.modin.com/heritage/ideal.php | |||||
58 | Naomi | Naomi | Kosher, Shabbat, Israeli counselors, Birkat, culture | ME ,Raymond | Crescent | first a girls camp and later co-ed | 1954 - 1986 | Director: Leonard Katowitz / Director (1982-1983) Herbert Kopins | Camp Joseph and the New England Section - National Jewish Welfare Board (1982-83) | kosher, Shabbat services; "Dietary Laws strickly adhered to; two sets of dishes and kosher food at all time" (1982-83) | Lewis Schneider, Emmy award winning writer/producer of "Everyone Loves Raymond" went to Camp Naomi for ten summers. | |||||
59 | Pinecliffe | Camp Pinecliffe | Many Jewish campers able to enjoy the Great Outdoors, mon demonin.services, Fri night | ME, Harrison | Crystal Lake | girls | 1917 - to date (2022) | Mildred and Esther Hamburger | Sue Lifter and daughter | nondenominational service on Friday nights | ||||||
60 | Powhatan Camp for Boys | Powhatan Camp for Boys | Many Jewish campers able to enjoy the Great Outdoors | ME, Otisfield | boys | 1921 - 1996 | Ira Bloom and then his son Joel Bloom | |||||||||
61 | Rapputak | Rapputak | services Friday night in English | ME, Fryeburg | girls | 1966-1983 | Howard and AJ Rymland | Friday night services | ||||||||
62 | Seeds of Peace Camp | Seeds of Peace Camp | people from all over the world | ME, Oxford | co-ed | 1993- to date (2022) | Formerly Camp Powhatan | |||||||||
63 | Skylemar / Sky Farm | Skylemar / Sky Farm | Many Jewish campers able to enjoy the Great Outdoors | ME, Naples | boys | 1948- to date (2022) | Founders: Herb Blumenfeld and Lee Horowitz Directors: Arleen and Shep Shepherd | |||||||||
64 | Somerset | Somerset | Many Jewish campers able to enjoy the Great Outdoors | ME, Oakland | East Pond | girls | 1921- to date (2022) | |||||||||
65 | Songo | Camp Songo | Many Jewish campers able to enjoy the Great Outdoors | ME, Casco | boys | 1947 - | Pleasant Lake / Camp attendees include William Berkowitz and Steve Passerman | |||||||||
66 | Sunningdale | Sunningdale | Many Jewish campers able to enjoy the Great Outdoors | ME, Standish | girls | 1935-1970 | Now Sunningdale Lodge event destination | |||||||||
67 | Sunny Crest | Camp Sunny Crest | Many Jewish campers able to enjoy the Great Outdoors | ME, Leeds | Lake Androscoggin | girls | 1917-? | Moved location and became Camp Pinceliffe | ||||||||
68 | Takajo | Takajo | Many Jewish campers able to enjoy the Great Outdoors | ME, Naples | boys | 1947 - to date (2022) | Jewish campers/no religious practices | |||||||||
69 | Tall Timbers | Tall Timbers | Many Jewish campers able to enjoy the Great Outdoors | ME, Otisfield | 1945 - 1969 | |||||||||||
70 | Tapawingo | Camp Tapawingo | Great OutDoors | ME, Sweden | girls | 1919- to date (2022) | Founded by two Jewish women from Baltimore. | Former owner/director : Jane Lichtman, 1984-2021 | https://mainejews.org/org.php?id=2392 | http://camptapawingo.com/about.asp | ||||||
71 | Tracy | Camp Tracy (Harold Alfond Youth Center) | Day Camp Jewish founders | ME, Waterville | ? | 2011 | Lester Jolovitz, George Keller , Richard Hawkes | local YMCA | ||||||||
72 | Trebor | Camp Trebor | "catered to Jewish girls" | ME, Fryeburg | girls | closed in the 70's | moved from Fryeburg to Stoneham | "catered to Jewish girls primarily from NYC" | ||||||||
73 | Tripp Lake Camp | Tripp Lake Camp | Many Jewish campers able to enjoy the Great Outdoors | ME, Poland | girls | 1911 - to date (2022) | Cyd Bettelheim and Mrs. Caspar Rosenheim | Leslie Konigsberg Levy | ||||||||
74 | Truda | Truda | Many Jewish campers able to enjoy the Great Outdoors | ME, Otisfield | girls | 1902-1979 | Dibner Family | |||||||||
75 | Vega | Camp Vega | Many Jewish campers able to enjoy the Great Outdoors | ME, Fayette | Echo Lake | girls | 1936- to date (2022) | Ruth Cohen | Courtiss Family | https://www.campvega.com/girls_summer_camp/history/ | ||||||
76 | Walden | Camp Walden | Many Jewish campers able to enjoy the Great Outdoors | ME, Denmark | girls | 1916 - to date (2022) | Clara Altschul/Blanche Hirsch | Kathy Jonas | https://mainejews.org/org.php?id=2393 | http://campwalden.com/ | ||||||
77 | Waziyatah | Camp Waziyatah | Many Jewish campers able to enjoy the Great Outdoors | ME, Waterford | girls, then co-ed | 1922- to date (2022) | Parker Family | |||||||||
78 | We-You-Wega (Wekeela) | We-You-Wega (Wekeela) | Many Jewish campers able to enjoy the Great Outdoors | ME, Hartford | Little Bear Pond | girls, boys, then co-ed | 1922- to date (2022) | Emma Graumann | Lori and Ephram Caflun | |||||||
79 | Wenonah | Wenonah | Many Jewish campers able to enjoy the Great Outdoors | ME, Naples | girls | 1908-1953 | May Baar | sold the land to Skylemar in 1953 | ||||||||
80 | West End House | West End House | Many Jewish campers able to enjoy the Great Outdoors | ME, East Parsonfield | Long Pond | boys | 1908- to date (2022) | James Storrow | added land and girls in 2008 | |||||||
81 | Wi-Co-Su-Ta | Wi-Co-Su-Ta | Many Jewish campers able to enjoy the Great Outdoors | NH, Bristol | New York | girls | 1920 - to date (2022) | Pearl Rothman (New York City) | https://www.campwicosuta.com/ | staff 14 /campers 75 / Fee $300 (1936) | ||||||
82 | Wigwam | Wigwam | Many Jewish campers able to enjoy the Great Outdoors | ME, Waterford | Bear Pond | boys | 1910- to date (2022) | Founders: Mandelstram/Lehman Directors: Bob and Jane Strauss | Bar Mitzvah preparation | |||||||
83 | Wildwood | Camp Wildwood | Many Jewish campers able to enjoy the Great Outdoors | ME, Bridgton | girls | 1916 -1953 | Rose Sommerfield | Louis and Chelsey Kail | became a boys camp in 1953 | Nick Kroll attended. | ||||||
84 | Wingo | Camp Wingo | Many Jewish campers able to enjoy the Great Outdoors | ME, Waterford | Bear Lake | girls | 1950s - 1967 | Florence and Morris Berk | sold/became a campground | |||||||
85 | Winnebago | Winnebago | Many Jewish campers able to enjoy the Great Outdoors | ME, Fayette | Echo Lake | boys | 1920 - to present | Andy Lilienthal | https://mainejews.org/org.php?id=2394 | campwinnebago.com | ||||||
86 | Winslow | Winslow | Many Jewish campers able to enjoy the Great Outdoors | ME, Oakland | boys | 1921 - 1935 | Morris Waldman | Arcadia & Arden Winslow became Camp Caribou | Camp Winslow became Camp Caribou | |||||||
87 | Woodland Springs/Woodlands | Camp Woodland Springs | Many Jewish campers able to enjoy the Great Outdoors | ME, Bridgton | girls | 1921-1959 | sold/now camp condos | |||||||||
88 | MASSACHUSETTS | |||||||||||||||
89 | Bauercrest | Camp Bauercrest | Religious- traditional | MA, Amesbury | boys | 1931 - to date (2022) | Joseph Bloomfield, Director (1982-1983) | originally associated with Associated Young Men’s Hebrew Association of New England District Number Two Camp | "kosher, dietary laws are observed" - (1982-1983) / "Our meals are [now] all “Kosher Style”, meaning that we follow the basics of Kosher rules (no pork or shellfish, meat and dairy separate, etc) but that the food we provide is not Kosher. If you do keep Kosher, we can provide Kosher meats and others foods for your child, but are restricted by our ability to maintain a true Kosher kitchen" 2022 website | https://bauercrest.org/ | campers 210 (1982-83) | |||||
90 | Camp Chebacco | Camp Chebacco | Many Jewish campers able to enjoy the Great Outdoors | MA, Essex | Chebacco Lake | boys | 1929 - 1959 | Mr. and Mrs. A.C. Ratshesky, and the Ratshesky Foundation | Associated Jewish Philanthropies (given to that org by A.C. Ratshesky) | Offered Friday night services, and a daily minyan for those in mourning (per 1930 Jewish Advocate article) | Founded for poor Jewish boys of greater Boston | |||||
91 | Camp Kinderland | Camp Kinderland | Secular; founded by Workman's Circle/labor circle | MA, Tolland | New York (begun in Hopewell Junction, NY) | Has its own lake on property | co-ed | 1923 to present | "Founded by Jewish union activists in New York, who wanted to provide a summer escape from the city for working class families." | Workmen's Circle | Social justice programming. "Camp Kinderland is a multicultural summer camp and community that honors our progressive secular Jewish roots through our commitment to economic, racial, and social justice." | https://campkinderland.org/ | Begun on Sylvan Lake in New York. Moved to Mass. in 1976. | |||
92 | Camp Lenox-In-The-Berkshires | Camp Lenox-In-The-Berkshires | Many Jewish campers able to enjoy the Great Outdoors | MA, East Lee | boys | 1918 - 1936 | Harry Sperling (Brooklyn, NY) | staff 30 / campers 110 / fee $250 (1936) | ||||||||
93 | Camp Mah-Kee-Nac | Camp Mah-Kee-Nac | Many Jewish campers able to enjoy the Great Outdoors | MA, Lenox | Lake Mahkeenac (now called Stockbridge Bowl) | boys | 1929 - to date (2022) | Joseph Kruger (Newark, NJ) | Rachel and Jamie Chadwin | https://www.campmkn.com/ | fee $200 (1936) | |||||
94 | Camp Pembroke | Camp Pembroke | MA, Pembroke | girls | 1982- to date(2022) | Eli and Bessie Cohen (MA) | Mrs Hadassah Blocker (MA 1982-1983) | Eli & Bessie Cohen Foundation Camps, Inc | "strictly kosher" | https://www.camppembroke.org/ | ||||||
95 | Camp Princeton | Camp Princeton | Many Jewish campers able to enjoy the Great Outdoors | MA, Princeton | boys | Mrs. A. M. Silverman | Jewish dietary laws observed. "On Friday evenings and Sabbath mornings religious services will be conducted under propoer supervision." | For boys, ages 7 to 13. $190 for the entire season: "This includes everything but individual clothing and transportaiton to and from CAMP PRINCETON." | ||||||||
96 | Camp Ramah (Palmer) | Camp Ramah (Palmer) | Religious - Conservative | MA, Palmer | Connecticut (before 1965) | co-ed | 1965/68 - to date (2022) | Jewish Theological Seminary / The National Ramah Commission | Jewish Theological Seminary | https://www.campramahne.org/contact/ | ||||||
97 | Camp To-Ho-Ne | Camp To-Ho-Ne | Many Jewish campers able to enjoy the Great Outdoors | MA, Great Barrington | boys | 1921 - 1936 | Peter Menaker (Great Barrington, MA), Leonard A Menaker (New York City) | staff 24 / campers 95 / fee $250 (1936) | ||||||||
98 | Camp Watitoh | Camp Watitoh | Jewish campers | MA, Becket | co-ed | 1936-to date | Henry and Babette DeSola Mendes until 1952; | Louis and Frieda Glickstein 1952-1960; | Shabbat services; meal blessings | https://www.campwatitoh.com/past-watitohans/our-story/#:~:text=In%201936%2C%20Henry%20and%20Babette,Castle%20in%20Lenox%20as%20well. | ||||||
99 | Crane Lake Camp | Crane Lake Camp | Religious -Reform (NFTY) | MA, West Stockbridge | New York | boys | 1934-1936 | Emanuel E Sternfield (New York City), Aaron Tomberg (Bronx), Pauline Sternfield (Brooklyn) | Union for Reform Judaism | Mitzah Corps, Israel, Shabbat | https://cranelakecamp.org/about-us/mission-vision/ | campers 90 / fee $300 (1936) | ||||
100 | Eisner Camp | Union of American Hebrew Congregations - Joseph Eisner Camp for Living Judaism | religious - reform | MA, Great Barrington | New York | co-ed | 1959 - to date (2022) | founders : Rabbi Dan Davis (NY), Sidney Roos (NY), Gilbert Tilles, Martin Cowan / first director Rabbi Leonard Zion | Murray Stoopack (NYC 1982-1983) | Union of American Hebrew Congregations | "dietary laws are not observed" | eisnercamp.org |