The Agudath Israel organization reported today a record enrollment of over 6,000 children in its 26 summer camps in the United States, Canada, Europe, Latin America and Israel. Part of the expansion, the Agudah said, is accounted for by the addition of special religious camps in Israel for 800 Russian immigrant children, for whom scholarships are being sponsored by the Russian Immigrant Rescue Fund, an Orthodox agency handling the “spiritual absorption” of Russian emigres in Israel. Another addition is the new summer camp in Buenos Aires, sponsored by the Agudath Israel of Argentina.
The vacation retreats, most of which are named Camp Agudah (for boys) and Camp Bnos (for girls), are located in New York’s Catskill Mountains, in England, Belgium, Switzerland, and Italy. In Israel, Agudah sponsors more than 15 camps, the largest of which is Camp Chazon Yecheskeal.
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