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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 / edited by Michael M. Lorge and Gary P. Zola.

Publisher:

University of Alabama Press,

Copyright Date:

c2006

Description:

xii, 228 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

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

Other Authors:

Lorge, Michael M.
Zola, Gary Phillip

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

Series:

Judaic studies series

ISBN:

9780817352936
0817352937 (alk. paper)
9780817314866
0817314865 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)61694753

LCCN:

2005027018

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)