by mrollins | Oct 22, 2021 | Camps & NFTY, From the Blog, Torah, Youth & Family
This week’s torah portion, Parashat Vayeira, teaches the mitzvah of hachnasat orchim: the importance of hospitality and kindness to strangers. In Parshat Vayeira, Abraham shows incredible hospitality by welcoming guests to his tent. Not only did he and his wife Sarah...
by mrollins | Sep 13, 2021 | Camps & NFTY, From the Blog, Torah, Youth & Family
Hi! I’m Eli and I started last month as the new Executive Chef and Rental Business Manager at Greene – I am so truly honored and excited to join this incredibly holy community, and to help grow and evolve the culinary program at Greene. To that end, I’d like to...
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 | 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 | Jun 4, 2021 | From the Blog, Shabbat, Torah, World Jewry, Youth & Family
I have been around Jewish summer camp my entire life. My wife, Shannon, has not. In 2019, I brought Shannon to GFC for the first time, and this summer, I have the pleasure of bringing my daughter as well. I am so thrilled to be able to share my love of Jewish camping...
by mozer | Jun 14, 2017 | Camps & NFTY, From the Blog, Torah, Youth & Family
On Sunday they pulled up to the camp gate. Families with kids young and old, waiting expectantly, peering over the line of cars into their new home for the next 4 weeks – for many – their promised land. From all of the communities of Texas, Oklahoma, and...
