By Jon Gordon: Head Song Leader It’s hard sometimes to verbally explain what makes Sci-Tech different than an average Jewish camp. The obvious answer is living on Governor’s Academy and the high-quality facilities (and of course, the food!). One could also talk...
By Cantor Irena Chklovskii Since I first entered the world of “Jewish professionals,” I encountered two groups, the ones that went to Jewish camp and a few of us who didn’t. I mean, it’s like belonging or not to a “secret society.” Therefore since the first days of my...
By Cantor Michelle Rubel This Shabbat we commemorate the 50th anniversary of the first lunar landing. On July 20th, 1969, the world watched as Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin stepped onto the lunar in perhaps the most crucial moment in the 20th...
Our second Maccabiah took place on a day so beautiful that we started it with a picnic outside on the Main Lawn. Our campers enjoyed their lunch as well as the sunshine as they eagerly awaited the announcement of this session’s Maccabiah theme. Suddenly, Bowser came...
By Cantor Ilana – Faculty Camp is my favorite place to celebrate Shabbat. Everyone in white, everyone coming together to celebrate such a beautiful, peaceful, restful time. As you might have guessed, the singing is what brings me in. When I was in high school,...
