More than 45,000 children will attend the 201 Summer country and day camps sponsored by the regional sections of the National Jewish Welfare Board or by its affiliated Jewish Community Centers and YM-YWHAs during the 1948 camping season beginning July 1st, it was announced by the JWB’s Welfare Department.
Six country camps sponsored by JWB regional sections will accommodate 2,700 children, many of whom will come from small communities in which contact with Jewish community life is limited because of the size of the Jewish population. Thirty countries try camps operated by JWB-affiliated Jewish Community Centers will take care of another 14,000 youngsters. These camps, in addition to swimming, hiking, nature lore, sports and other usual camp activities, offer the Jewish child many of the elements of Jewish cultural and religious tradition, music, dancing and folklore.
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