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New and improved Jewish camps for our Gilded Age

Olympic coaches, trapeze centers and air-conditioned bunks are part of a wave of upgrades at Jewish camps. Says one director: "What was luxury is now below par."

9 famous Jews who attended Jewish summer camp

Before they were celebrities, these stars spent their summers just like the rest of us.

Ramah camps a bright spot for Conservative movement, but 9 of 10 kids don’t go

Ramah is immensely popular among campers and alumni. But only 6-7 percent of Conservative Jewish kids go to its camps.

When Leonard Cohen Was a Buddhist Monk

5 incredible Jewish stories behind this year’s Oscars

Twitter discussion #Parshachat merges Torah talk and the disability experience

Before Ali G, Sacha Baron Cohen played a sweaty Hasidic Jew

Douglas Slocombe, British cinematographer who filmed Nazi invasion of Poland, dies at 103

Indie bands and intellectuals at the ‘Woodstock of Jewish identity’

A 1963 French Detective Holocaust Novel Gets a New Life

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