A place of our own : the rise of Reform Jewish camping : essays honoring the fiftieth anniversary of Olin-Sang-Ruby Union Institute, Union for Reform Judaism, in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin

Publication Data

• Title A place of our own : the rise of Reform Jewish camping : essays honoring the fiftieth anniversary of Olin-Sang-Ruby Union Institute, Union for Reform Judaism, in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin
• Contributors Michael M. Lorge, Gary Phillip Zola
• Publisher University of Alabama Press
• Publication date 2006
• Publication location Tuscaloosa, Al.
• Language English

Contents

Jewish camping and its relationship to the organized camping movement in America / Gary P. Zola
The crucial decade in Jewish camping / Jonathan D. Sarna
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
Making the magic in Reform Jewish summer camps / Michael Zeldin
The road to chalutzim : Reform Judaism's Hebrew-speaking program / Hillel Gamoran
Creating a prayer experience in Reform movement camps and beyond / Donald M. Splansky
Singing out for Judaism : a history of song leaders and song leading at Olin-Sang-Ruby Union Institute / Judah M. Cohen
Postscript : Reflections on Olin-Sang-Ruby Union Institute / Gerard W. Kaye.

Topics

• Olin-Sang-Ruby Union Institute (Oconomowoc, Wis.)
• Jewish camps :: United States :: History
• Reform Judaism :: United States
• Jewish religious education :: United States

A place of our own : the rise of Reform Jewish camping : essays honoring the fiftieth anniversary of Olin-Sang-Ruby Union Institute, Union for Reform Judaism, in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin. ISBN 9780817352936. Published by University of Alabama Press in 2006. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.