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FOCUS ON ISSUES Camps focus on Jewish content while tailoring it to kids’ interests

NEW YORK, Aug. 8 (JTA) — Camp Surprise Lake, a 775-acre wooded haven that attracts mostly “minimally affiliated” Jewish kids from the New York area, is sprucing up its Judaic programming. Camp Ramah in the Berkshires, one of the Conservative movement”s nine Jewish overnight camps, is beefing up its offerings in sports, crafts and music. […]

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British minister for the Mideast wrote intensely anti-Israel articles

LONDON, Aug. 8 (JTA) — Britain’s new foreign minister with special responsibility for the Middle East, who once called for Israel to be “dismantled,” is now trying to woo the Jewish community. Peter Hain, a leading British anti-racist campaigner who was appointed July 29, said his own history of outspoken support for the creation of […]

Camp trains synagogue lay leaders in how to keep Jewish rituals alive

NEW YORK, Aug. 8 (JTA) — Munching happily on fish sticks and french fries, the diners seated in a sun-filled corner of the dining room at Camp Ramah in the Berkshires made a surprising bunch or campers. Indeed, the 19 adults had come to the Conservative movement’s camp in upstate New York for serious summer […]

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Former WWII refugee to sue Poland to reclaim property seized after war

Barak warns peace talks will end if Palestinians don’t stop terrorism

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