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Bringing Mitzvah Corps to NFTY-TOR
by Dylan Kort, NFTY-TOR Membership Vice President, Temple Shalom in Dallas This summer I participated in an amazing opportunity that Greene Family Camp had to offer. For the first time, as part of Greene’s year-round programming initiative, GFC partnered with Mitzvah...
Chai Awards: The First Installment
On Friday, July 10 at our 40th reunion, GFC gave out Chai Awards to those who have made a deep impact on our camp community. Over the next week, we will post statements from our Chai Award winners on their time at camp, and its effect on their lives. Below is the...
40 Things We Love About GFC
40. Reunions Every five years! 39. The Barn From the puppy house to horseback riding, we love hanging out at the barn. 38. Visiting Faculty We love it when our Rabbis and Jewish Educators come to visit! Plus, they always bring good snacks. 37. The Game Room Because...
L’Dor V’Dor from GFC
L’dor vador nagid godlecha L’dor vador… we protect this chain From generation to generation L’dor vador, these lips will praise Your name Greene Family Camp is a special place, where generations of campers and staff members can come together and be united in...
Shalom from Amsterdam
Shalom from Amsterdam! Sheila and I have just said goodbye to your kids at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport (which is incredible, by the way). We transferred them from our Warsaw flight, through European Union passport check, and to their departure gate for Tel Aviv. They...
A Personal Transformation in Costa Rica
By Beth Grant, Austin, TX Before the trip, Jonah, the Assistant Director for Mitzvah Corps, talked about to us how we would come out of this trip a different person, and that idea terrified me. I was already anxious being away from my home and friends, I didn’t want...
Shalom from Krakow!
Hello, my name is Loui Dobin, and I am the Executive Director of the URJ Greene Family Camp. My wife Sheila and I have the pleasure and honor of accompanying your kids through Europe as the Senior Staff Member representing the URJ. I participated last year as well,...
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Let’s Rock! G-Town Lock Down 2015
by Rabbi Marshal Klaven Rabbi Klaven is the rabbi of Congregation B’nai Israel in Galveston, Texas. “Let’s rock! Everybody, let’s rock! Everybody in the whole cell block was dancin’ to the Jailhouse Rock.” That is how the first G-TOWN LOCK-DOWN at Congregation...