Sara Beth Berman, ready to run sh*t If you've been watching our game show Jewish Geography Zoom Racing, you've probably become familiar with Sara Beth Berman (aka SBB), whose deep ties to the summer camp community have given her an extensive rolodex of contacts that often get called upon during game play (how effective those … Continue reading Ep. #75: Like the Time I Called an Evening Program Infantile To Get Out of Going
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Ep. #74: Like The Time We Were Both More Popular At Home Than At Camp (How???)
Jeffrey Yoskowitz and Liz Alpern are the creative forces behind The Gefilteria and recently produced The Great Big Jewish Food Fest, an amazing virtual food festival that took place - entirely virtually - in May. In our experience, that kind of creativity often has a camp background behind it, and the two of them proved … Continue reading Ep. #74: Like The Time We Were Both More Popular At Home Than At Camp (How???)
Ep. #71: Like the Time I Learned to Love Indigo Girls at Camp
Rabbi Sari Laufer (right) When you think about the music you listened to growing up at camp, if you’re a female the Indigo Girls probably feature pretty heavily in your rotation. Why is that? What is it about the folk-rock duo from Atlanta that so ensnared so many girls to walk around camp singing Closer … Continue reading Ep. #71: Like the Time I Learned to Love Indigo Girls at Camp
Ep. #70: Like the Time I Snuck Out of My Cabin To Help Take Care of the Horses
Many of us met some of our closest friends in the world at summer camp, and author Iris Krasnow joins our latest episode to share her experiences growing up at Camp Agawak and the friendships she made there, both of which serve as the inspiration for her new book Camp Girls: Fireside Lessons on Friendship, … Continue reading Ep. #70: Like the Time I Snuck Out of My Cabin To Help Take Care of the Horses
Ep. #69: Like the Time We Created the World’s Largest Color Wars Competition
Part of the wonderful nature of summer camp is how so much of it is improvised. Creating evening programs out of whole cloth, pivoting activities because it's raining, it's a valuable skill set for adulthood. Another wonderful part of camp, as the title of our podcast would suggest, is Color Wars. Well, with quarantine in … Continue reading Ep. #69: Like the Time We Created the World’s Largest Color Wars Competition
Ep. #68: Like the Time I Wrote Wherever You Go, There’s Always Someone Jewish
If you went to a Jewish summer camp, at some point you probably sang the song "Wherever You Go, There's Always Someone Jewish". Frankly, the song is so well known at this point you might have sung it even if you didn't go to a Jewish camp (although that could get weird). In an homage … Continue reading Ep. #68: Like the Time I Wrote Wherever You Go, There’s Always Someone Jewish
Ep. #67: Like the Time I Rebelled By Repeatedly Flipping Light Switches On and Off
We are in uncharted waters right now, and while we are all doing our best to deal with the current global pandemic, it's important we still find ways to go to our happy places. For Tamar Anitai that includes memories of her summers at Kutz Camp (among a couple others), where she spent most of … Continue reading Ep. #67: Like the Time I Rebelled By Repeatedly Flipping Light Switches On and Off
Ep #66: Like the Time I Got to Rap the Ad Rock Part of Paul Revere
With as much as we've talked about the state of modern-day camping lately, we thought it would be great to get the perspective of someone who is currently in the thick of it. Which is why we were so glad to have Ben Lieberman, a long-time camper and current staff member at Camp Gilboa, join … Continue reading Ep #66: Like the Time I Got to Rap the Ad Rock Part of Paul Revere
Ep. #64: Like the Time I Fought the Law For a Camp Prank
One of the main reasons we started this podcast was because camp was no longer a current part of our lives and we wanted a way to reconnect to the warmth, comfort, and hilarity of our past. This week's guest Carine Warsawski saw an opportunity to fill that camp-sized void and founded Trybal Gatherings, a … Continue reading Ep. #64: Like the Time I Fought the Law For a Camp Prank
Ep. #62: Like the Time We Went to the Jacobs Camp 50th Anniversary Reunion
Back in November I had the opportunity to reconnect with so many longtime friends and (camp) family members at the Jacobs Camp 50th reunion weekend in New Orleans. It was an incredible time, and exactly the kind of soul-nourishment one can use in our current times. Jacobs Camp probably had more to do with who … Continue reading Ep. #62: Like the Time We Went to the Jacobs Camp 50th Anniversary Reunion
Campfires and Color Wars 