A place of our own : the rise of Reform Jewish camping : essays honoring the fiftieth anniversary of Olin-Sang-Ruby Union Institute, Union for Reform Judaism, in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin / edited by Michael M. Lorge and Gary P. Zola.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lorge, Michael M.

Zola, Gary Phillip.

Series:

Judaic studies series.

Judaic studies series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Olin-Sang-Ruby Union Institute (Oconomowoc, Wis.).

Jewish camps--United States--History.

Jewish camps.

Reform Judaism--United States.

Reform Judaism.

Jewish religious education--United States.

Jewish religious education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The history of educational summer camps in American Reform Judaism. Reform Judaism is not the only religious community in America to make the summer camp experience a vital part of a faith community's effort to impart its values and beliefs to its adolescents, but perhaps no group relied more on summer camp as an adjunct to home and community for this purpose. Summer camp became an important part of Reform group identity, a bulwark against the attraction of assimilation into the greater society and mere nominal Judaism. These essays, which commemorate the fiftieth anniversary

Contents:

Jewish camping and its relationship to the organized camping movement in America / Gary P. Zola

The crucial decade in Jewish camping / Jonathan D. Sarna

The beginnings of Union Institute in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, 1952-1970 : creation and coalescence of the first UAHC camp / Michael M. Lorge and Gary P. Zola

Making the magic in Reform Jewish summer camps / Michael Zeldin

The road to chalutzim : Reform Judaism's Hebrew-speaking program / Hillel Gamoran

Creating a prayer experience in Reform movement camps and beyond / Donald M. Splansky

Singing out for Judaism : a history of song leaders and song leading at Olin-Sang-Ruby Union Institute / Judah M. Cohen

Postscript : Reflections on Olin-Sang-Ruby Union Institute / Gerard W. Kaye.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8173-8140-6

OCLC:

463007169