by mozer | Jul 12, 2017 | From the Blog, Lifecycle, Youth & Family
There’s a lot to teach at the farm: proper care of animals, understanding the life cycle, respecting the planet. From husbandry and handling, laws of Kashrut featuring our pig Pudge, or Ba’al Tashit that teaches us not to waste or destroy the Earth, we...
by mozer | Jun 28, 2017 | Camps & NFTY, From the Blog, Lifecycle, Youth & Family
As I moved my daughter, Jillian, into her official first cabin for her official first summer at GFC, I was slammed with nostalgia, emotion, and full circle moments, as well as some familiar camp connections. One of Jillian’s counselor’s mom’s was my first...
by mozer | Jun 18, 2017 | Camps & NFTY, From the Blog, Lifecycle
It wasn’t 24 hours into the first day of my week on faculty when I got the call. I was within arms length of a friend and Rabbi when I learned that my nephew had tragically passed away. I didn’t have to hear the news alone. Within moments, the entire camp...
by mozer | Aug 24, 2016 | Camps & NFTY, From the Blog, Israel, Lifecycle
by Lisa Kaufman For me, this was the summer of L’Dor, V’dor. My daughter, Dani, recently returned from five weeks in Eastern Europe and Israel on Garin Greene’s “L’Dor V’Dor” trip. As you might expect, it was the trip of a lifetime. For our family, Greene Family Camp...