Pocket Affirmations Guide
Resource created by 2022 Mental Health & Wellness Interns to help camp staff to address wholistic mental, emotional, social and spiritual health at camp. Powered by Yedid Nefesh and the Marcus Foundation
Post Camp Emotional Unpacking Journal for Staff
Resource created by 2022 Mental Health & Wellness Interns to help camp staff to address wholistic mental, emotional, social and spiritual health at camp. Powered by Yedid Nefesh and the Marcus Foundation
Bringing out your Campy Schticky Self – A guide for beginners and others
Learn how to create a culture of “goofy camp fun” through games and creative team building activities!
YOUR CAMPWIDE MAIN EVENTS The “BIG” moments of Camp with more intention, content and “WOW”
From Color War / Maccabiah and carnivals to flagpole and mealtimes, we will share best practices, and learn ways to make our existing camp-wide experiences enriched with Jewish intention and excitement.
Tisha B’Av Teen Program: The Origins of Hate
Tisha B’Av Tween Program: The Emotions of Hate
Creating a Sukkat Shalom – Shelter of Peace in a Time of Antisemitism
Mental Health and Wellness: Empowering Your Camp Community
In this specialty track, we will explore themes around mental health and wellness at camp in the context of staff, the camp community, and campers. We will learn and discuss concepts and tools for navigating emotions and coping at camp. Together we can find empowering ways to support different aspects around mental health and wellness for this summer and beyond.
Gender & Sexuality: Creating a Culture of Equity & Consent
Are gender and sexuality showing up at your camp in ways that are constrictive or liberating? Maybe both? Or are you somewhere and everywhere on a spectrum and in between? Through writing, interactive activities, and discussion, we will consider and unpack how power dynamics and systemic oppression impact gender identity, expression, and roles at camp. Together, we’ll explore how to dismantle the things that keep us from thriving at camp as our full and authentic selves; we’ll make space to feel empowered and equipped to facilitate programming, support campers and other staff; and we’ll plot and plan how to co-create camp cultures and communities rooted in equity and consent.
Additional Resources –
The Moon is Trans
My G-d is a Queer G-d
The Origin of Love
Forest Judaism: Discover the Nature of Judaism and Explore your Roots
Forest Judaism is a way of thinking about how we, as Jews and as humans, fit into the natural world. We will explore our Jewish roots into Creation, how we can learn from nature and how nature invigorates us, as humans and as Jews. We will explore how we can share what we learn with our campers this summer. Together we will empower our campers, and ourselves, to be confident explorers and adventurers in our amazing natural spaces.