When Jacob Brown was a toddler, his uncle, Robert Marx, a three-time Olympic fencer, put a stick in his hand and challenged him to a duel. Now the 16-year-old Bend resident is bound for the European Maccabi Games in Berlin, Germany, July 25-Aug. 4. The son of Debra Rycus-Brown and Henri Brown began his fencing…
Portlander Justin Jude Carroll was among 180 song leaders, musicians, storytellers, Jewish educators, rabbis and program professionals who attended the sixth annual Song Leader Boot Camp in St. Louis, MO. Justin, who performs as Justin Jude, participated in the conference’s first PJ Library track, which enabled participants to learn more about PJ Library and how…
Five years ago B’nai B’rith Camp introduced an inclusion program named Kehila (community) so that all children, even those with disabilities, could have a Jewish camp experience. Several campers have graduated from the one-week session to attend multiple weeks, and even the 15-day wilderness trek, very successfully. This year, thanks to two selective grants, BB…
Released just as this winter’s measles epidemic refueled discussion of the public health risks created by the now-retracted British study that linked autism to childhood vaccines, a new book has come out with another theory to explain the autism epidemic. Ultrasound and Autism: What Every Pregnant Woman Should Know, by Jack Rabin, M.D., with Amy…
B’nai B’rith Camp 9400 SW Beaverton Hillsdale Hwy. #147 Beaverton, OR 97005 503-452-3443 bbcamp.org B’nai B’rith Camp provides a welcoming community based in Jewish values. Campers expand their creativity, develop their Jewish identities, and enjoy a summer filled with music, athletics, and more. Building friendships for life since 1921! Camp Nageela West 3511 Verde Valley…
As computers, cell phones and other evolving technologies become more tightly woven into the fabric of our daily lives, summer camps struggle with a growing dichotomy. As a business, camps rely on technology to efficiently manage everything from registration and medical information to alumni relations. But camp has traditionally been a technology-free oasis that allows…
Emma Rosenthal OJCYF & Neveh Shalom Portland When I was at Camp Ramah we did an IDF training simulation. I met my best friends crawling through the obstacle course. Jon Caplan Neveh Shalom Beaverton We got sick together at BB Camp. Gary Rubin and I were in the infirmary together eating green Jell-O and drinking…
