Friday and Shabbat #2
We had a fun Friday with everyone making sandwiches at breakfast to our regular “Friday playlist” of songs. This once-a-week ritual is a favorite moment of the week for many campers. Ask your Campers about the sandwich-making playlist 🙂 Kaytana went berry-picking and we all enjoyed those strawberries at Seudah Shlishit. Everyone else hung out […]
Thursday June 29
The weather was wonderful last night as the campers all slept out at their various lina sites. They were all back in camp for tefillah, breakfast and shiur… Today in camp, we learned about sectarianism – big word, right? The campers heard about Jews who branched off of the mainstream tradition, like Tzidukim and later, […]
Wednesday June 28th
Although it was technically the 4th of Tammuz, here in Camp Stone it is…Chanukah!! Moving right along on our time line, we are in the 2nd century BCE and the Greeks are fighting the Macabim and the temple is getting desecrated and destroyed. The pre-lunch skit today featured this battle, which then followed us into […]
Tuesday June 27
Camp was in Shivat Zion-mode today, with shiur focusing on the Jewish response to the news from King Cyrus that the Jews can all return to Eretz Yisrael and build their temple! Many Jews DID return and grabbed this opportunity, but so many did not. Why would Jews not “go home” when given the chance? […]
Monday June 26
Busy day in camp today (just the way we like it!!): The Village opened!! AND…it was bunk night!! The Village is an area of camp where, each summer, we create a world of experiential learning with baking, glass blowing, blacksmithing, a planetarium and other fun activities. This month, in keeping with our theme of “celebrating […]
Sunday, June 25
Shavua Tov! Shabbat Parshat Korach, our first of 4 very special Camp Stone Shabbatot, was exactly what everyone has been waiting for since last summer: beautiful tefillot full of ruach (spirit) and dancing, great Shabbat food (how does the mitbach cook all of that food? For over 800 people!), fun peulot (activities) and… and inspiring […]
Thursday June 22
Feels like we’ve been here for 5 days! Day Two began with shiur about the centrality of the Mikdash to Jewish life in Jerusalem, by learning about the different rooms in the mikdash and the various jobs and overall routine of Kohanim. Each shiur group is about 1/2 – 1/3 of a bunk (between 6 […]
Wednesday June 21
And…we’re back 🙂 blogging here daily about your sons’ and daughters’ fun and meaningful days and nights at Camp Stone – this year the noseh is Yerushalayim! In honor of the 50th year since the reunification of Yerushalayim, we will celebrate the three thousand year relationship we have had with this holy city…in just one month […]
Opening Day 6-20-17
The camp is readying as the busses grow closer to camp. Click the photo to see the images from this lively event.
Pre Camp 6-16-17
Pre camp 6-16 Camp is all a flutter with activity as we ready for the children’s arrival