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      <title>‘No person without his hour’</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Jewish summer camps create paths for children with challenges to thrive and transition into productive young adults with job skills and a social network.]]></description>
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      <title>Kids head to camp from home with more on their minds, post-Oct. 7</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Julie Finkelstein of the Foundation for Jewish Camp says “there is lots of interest on the part of Israelis wanting to come, but they are still waiting,” due to the ongoing war with Hamas in Gaza.]]></description>
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      <title>Leaders of the Jewish camping movement gather in Atlanta to plan for the future</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[More than 300 day and overnight camps provide nearly 180,000 campers and young staff with a meaningful connection to Judaism each summer.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2022 18:30:50 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Grants to summer camp boost enrollment and connection to Judaism, say administrators</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[At $1,000 per grant, One Happy Camper has meant the allocation of some $100 million in philanthropic funds to Jewish camps.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2021 18:07:25 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Jewish camps get $10 million to expand enrollment and incorporate COVID protocols</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Many, if not most, summer camps that are part of the Foundation for Jewish Camp network were closed last year due to the pandemic.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2021 21:23:03 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Boot Camp takes summer to new level, improves online user experience</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[“Camp isn’t only a place, it’s a philosophy,” says Carine Warsawski, founder of Trybal Gatherings.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2020 18:26:43 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Nurturing emotional, social and mental health at Jewish summer camp</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mental-health professionals at camp will encourage talking and help destigmatize issues at home, school or anywhere else where shining darkness on a difficult topic produces light.]]></description>
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      <title>32 Jewish camps selected for first-time ‘Yedid Nefesh’ mental-health grants</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The recipients, selected from more than 90 applicants, represent a diverse range of day and overnight camps, Jewish denominations, regions and camp movements.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Jan 2020 21:16:41 GMT</pubDate>
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