by mrollins | Sep 24, 2019 | Camps & NFTY, From the Blog, Israel, Youth & Family
Greene Family Camp Family, Shalom, First, I want to wish the entire GFC family a happy and healthy New Year, Shana Tova. It has been nearly two months since Session Two ended and I returned home to Kibbutz Yahel in Israel. It was an incredible summer of fun,...
by mrollins | Sep 10, 2019 | Camps & NFTY, From the Blog, Youth & Family
Why register for Summer 2020 during the month of September? Early registration not only means receiving the best rate of the year, but it means that there are 8-9 months for campers to grow their Jewish Community to join them at GFC. At GFC, we celebrate the idea...
by mozer | Jan 18, 2019 | Camps & NFTY, From the Blog, Lifecycle
At the end of this weekend at sundown on Sunday, we will celebrate Tu B’shevat, “Rosh HaShanah La’Ilanot” (Hebrew: ראש השנה לאילנות) The New Year of the Trees. This Tu B’shevat, we honor a very special tree. The Joshua tree has stood in the middle of...
by mozer | Jan 15, 2019 | Camps & NFTY, From the Blog
Greene Family Camp is at the Evelyn Rubenstein JCC in Houston! As our GFC Full-Time Team has expanded, we’ve been able to spread across cities and become more involved in the local Jewish Community. Whether it’s working with our incredible congregations, partnering...
by mozer | Jan 11, 2019 | Camps & NFTY, From the Blog
In January 2015, Larry Nathan invited me to fly out to Austin to tour Greene Family Camp for the first time as part of my job interview process. It was a cold, rainy day – everyone joked “It won’t feel like this in the summer, enjoy it while it lasts!” I agonized all...
by mozer | Dec 17, 2018 | Camps & NFTY, From the Blog, Israel
Rona Ramon died today and the Jewish people lost a beloved member of our community. I was introduced to Rona and her husband Ilan in 2002 by Ellen and Louis Krinsky. Ilan, Israel’s first astronaut, was stationed in Houston in preparation for a flight aboard Space...
