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One challenge in Expedition Nai, a global virtual color war for Jewish young adults, was to take a piece of old clothing and turn it into something cool. (Screenshot from YouTube)

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A global virtual color war for Jewish millennials could be a model for camp in the COVID-19 era

By Ben Sales May 21, 2020

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Add them to the list: 2 Orthodox camps cancel summer 2020 due to COVID-19

By Ben Sales May 21, 2020

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With a woman taking charge of the Conference of Presidents, 250 Jewish leaders press for sexual harassers to be barred

By Ben Sales May 20, 2020

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All Ramah camps cancel their 2020 summers

By Ben Sales May 20, 2020

Campers playing on the water at Camp Modin. The camp is perhaps the first Jewish camp in the country to announce, in detail, how it plans to open. (Courtesy of Camp Modin)

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A Jewish camp in Maine is actually opening. Here’s how it plans to keep COVID-19 away.

By Ben Sales May 18, 2020

Kids play baseball at Camp Ramah in California. The camp will face a significan shortfall if it needs to refund all of its tuition this year. (Courtesy of Ramah in California)

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Ramah camps anticipate a total budget shortfall of $27 million this year, but don’t expect to fold

By Ben Sales May 14, 2020

An ad for the "camp shirt" from Gap. (Screenshot from Facebook)

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Gap removes ‘camp shirt’ that kind of looks like an Auschwitz uniform, and apologizes

By Ben Sales May 14, 2020

A group of USY members on a visit to Millennium Park in Chicago. (Screenshot from YouTube)

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Conservative Jewish youth group USY cancels summer travel programs due to COVID-19

By Ben Sales May 14, 2020

Rising sixth graders at Camp Ramah in California on the beach during an overnight trip. The camp has said "we cannot open camp in mid-June or run our summer sessions as scheduled." (Courtesy of Ramah in California)

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With hope fading and regulations tightening, more Jewish camps set to cancel

By Ben Sales May 13, 2020

The main entrance of the Staenberg-Loup Jewish Community Center in Denver, photographed in 2018. JCCs are among the establishment institutions prioritized by a $91 million Jewish coronavirus relief fund. (Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post via Getty Images)

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The biggest Jewish coronavirus relief fund will soon start giving out loans

By Ben Sales May 12, 2020

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