A place of our own
Subtitle: the rise of Reform Jewish camping : essays honoring the fiftieth anniversary of Olin-Sang-Ruby Union Institute, URJ, in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin
By: edited by Michael M. Lorge and Gary P. Zola.
Contributors: Lorge, Michael M.; Zola, Gary Phillip.
Series: Judaic studies series
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Tuscaloosa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 228
ISBN-13: 9780817314866; 9780817352936
Subjects: Olin-Sang-Ruby Union Institute (Oconomowoc, Wis.); Jewish camps -- United States -- History.; Reform Judaism -- United States.; Jewish religious education -- United States.
Description: "These essays, which commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the first Reform Jewish educational camp in the United States (Olin-Sang-Ruby Union Institute, in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin) cover a wide range of topics related to both the Reform Judaism movement and the development of the Reform Jewish camping system in the United States"--Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Jewish camping and its relationship to the organized camping movement in America / Gary P. Zola; title: The crucial decade in Jewish camping / Jonathan D. Sarna; title: The beginnings of Union Institute in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, 1952-1970 : creation and coalescence of the first UAHC camp / Michael M. Lorge and Gary P. Zola; title: Making the magic in Reform Jewish summer camps / Michael Zeldin; title: The road to chalutzim : Reform Judaism's Hebrew-speaking program / Hillel Gamoran; title: Creating a prayer experience in Reform movement camps and beyond / Donald M. Splansky; title: Singing out for Judaism : a history of song leaders and song leading at Olin-Sang-Ruby Union Institute / Judah M. Cohen; title: Postscript : Reflections on Olin-Sang-Ruby Union Institute / Gerard W. Kaye.