Summer camp is a time of excitement, adventure and experiences. As a parent, my summer camp memories from childhood conjure up warm, fun and funny moments that have become stories I’ve shared with my ...

Mid-August is approaching, which for our teenage offspring means the summer camp season is drawing to a close. All that remains of the summer is perhaps a late-August stint at the beach with the ...

Every afternoon, when I drive up the road to pick up my son from day camp, I pass the nearby sleepaway camp on my way. Crawling along at the designated 10 miles per hour, I glimpse the wood-clad ...

My first summer camp experience as a teenager was just two weeks, but the memories have stuck with me. I recall spending hours in the hot sun at a cheer camp in New Jersey learning new stunts and ...

Editor’s Note: The author of this piece has three years of involvement with the Lair. Most students opt to spend their summers in corporations, law firms, research labs or other pre-professional ...

Whenever people ask to see my prom photos, I can’t do much other than shrug my shoulders or sometimes I expound. I never went to prom, but I did spend prom night at Red Lobster with my cousin, and we ...

"Camp Live-A-Dream" takes place every summer at Camp Twin Cedars. But this isn’t your traditional camp for your traditional campers. “We’re a camp for kids ages 11 to 18 who have had a cancer ...

There’s a lesson in how the Holocaust survivor had to wait before he could tell his story, writes a rabbi and poet. (JTA) — It was August 1966, the summer before my senior year of high school, and I ...

Programs that took Zionism as a given are looking for ways to foster civil discourse among staff and campers who might disagree abut Israel. This article was produced as part of JTA’s Teen Journalism ...

A friend posted about a summer job as a media director at a camp outside of NYC that caught my eye. Working and living at a camp helped me refocus and reset my priorities and goals for the future. My ...