An organization that promotes Jewish summer camps is considering hiring Jewish college students from the former Soviet Union to staff North American camps. The National Foundation for Jewish Camping, which is also stepping up efforts to recruit American Jewish college students, is hoping such steps will help remedy the severe staff shortages Jewish summer camps face.
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