by mrollins | Sep 2, 2021 | Camps & NFTY, From the Blog, Torah, Youth & Family
Chag sameach! Simchat Torah is a celebration of the Torah-reading cycle as we conclude Deuteronomy and begin Genesis once again. When we read the Torah each year, the text and the stories are still the same. However, the lens in which we read these stories based on...
by mrollins | Sep 2, 2021 | Camps & NFTY, From the Blog
Stars in the sky/bring the summer right back to me… At camp earlier this week, I was struck by the quiet that covers camp in the absence of our campers and staff members. I experience this each year after the summer; the calm that settles over camp as it waits for...
by mrollins | Aug 31, 2021 | Camps & NFTY, From the Blog, Torah, Youth & Family
Yom Kippur, The Day of Atonement, is the most solemn day in the Jewish Calendar. It is a day that we pause, reflect, pray, and ask forgiveness. Yom Kippur is set apart and observed differently than any other day of the year. There are traditions including fasting,...
by mrollins | Aug 27, 2021 | Camps & NFTY, College Life, From the Blog, Youth & Family
The success of Summer 2021 lies in the passion and hard work of our staff members who join us each summer to create camp magic. We have many groups of staff members who participate in additional training prior to this summer, and I want to take a moment to highlight...
by mrollins | Aug 20, 2021 | Camps & NFTY, From the Blog, Shabbat, Youth & Family
We still cannot believe that Summer 2021 is behind us. Two weeks ago, I wrote about unpacking our bags from camp – unpacking our belongings and unpacking our memories, and getting ready to face the year ahead. While the start of this school year doesn’t...
by mrollins | Aug 13, 2021 | Camps & NFTY, From the Blog
Returning home after camp is always hard. It’s an adjustment back to the way things were. For me, it meant a return to my apartment for the first time since May. The return home wasn’t without change: in addition to my apartment being just a little bit dustier, I made...
