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Items with the tag:

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Cover of Facing the Enemy: How a Nazi Youth Camp in America Tested a Friendship
Fic­tion
Fac­ing the Ene­my: How a Nazi Youth Camp in Amer­i­ca Test­ed a Friendship
Bar­bara Krasner
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JBC Pres­i­dent Receives Esteemed Hon­or as a Trail­blaz­er in the Jew­ish Sum­mer Camp Field

JBC Staff
February 23, 2024
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Chil­dren’s
Golem Goes to Camp
Todd Gutnick; Ruth Bennett, illus.
Recommended Reading

Pride: A YA Read­ing List

Dahlia Adler
June 13, 2023
Essay

Jew­ish Sum­mer Camp and the Myth of the ​“Seri­ous”

San­dra Fox
June 12, 2023
Cover of The Jews of Summer: Summer Camp and Jewish Culture in Postwar America
Non­fic­tion
The Jews of Sum­mer: Sum­mer Camp and Jew­ish Cul­ture in Post­war America
San­dra Fox
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Chil­dren’s
A Place to Belong: Deb­bie Fried­man Sings Her Way Home
Deborah Lakritz; Julie Castano, illus. 
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Chil­dren’s
Chunky Goes to Camp
Yehu­di Mercado
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Non­fic­tion
Year­book
Seth Rogen
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Fic­tion
Camp Quilt­bag
A.J. Sass
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Fic­tion
The Bas­ket­ball Game: A Graph­ic Novel
Hart Snider
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The Sun Will Come Out
Joanne Levy
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Fic­tion
Cool for the Summer
Dahlia Adler
Essay

Jew­ish Sleep­away Camp Gave My Messy Human Body a Home

Ariel­la Elovic
February 10, 2021
Cover of Camp Girls: Fireside Lessons in Friendship, Courage, and Loyalty
Non­fic­tion
Camp Girls: Fire­side Lessons in Friend­ship, Courage, and Loyalty
Iris Kras­now
Essay

Like­ly Morningstar

Melanie Con­roy-Gold­man
October 26, 2020
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