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9780817352936

A Place of Our Own

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  • ISBN13:

    9780817352936

  • ISBN10:

    0817352937

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2006-10-15
  • Publisher: Univ of Alabama Pr
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Summary

These essays, which commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the first Reform Jewish educational camp in the United States (Olin-Sang-Ruby Union Institute, in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin) cover a wide range of topics related to both the Reform Judaism movement and the development of the Reform Jewish camping system in the United States. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vii
Preface xi
Jewish Camping and Its Relationship to the Organized Camping Movement in America
1(26)
Gary P. Zola
The Crucial Decade in Jewish Camping
27(25)
Jonathan D. Sarna
The Beginnings of Union Institute in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, 1952--1970: Creation and Coalescence of the First UAHC Camp
52(33)
Michael M. Lorge
Gary P. Zola
Making the Magic in Reform Jewish Summer Camps
85(39)
Michael Zeldin
The Road to Chalutzim: Reform Judaism's Hebrew-Speaking Program
124(27)
Hillel Gamoran
Creating a Prayer Experience in Reform Movement Camps and Beyond
151(22)
Donald M. Splansky
Singing Out for Judaism: A History of Song Leaders and Song Leading at Olin-Sang-Ruby Union Institute
173(36)
Judah M. Cohen
Postscript: Reflections on Olin-Sang-Ruby Union Institute 209(4)
Gerard W. Kaye
Appendix: Directors of Olin-Sang-Ruby Union Institute, UAHC, 1952-Present 213(2)
List of Contributors 215(2)
Index 217

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