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When the sages, in our double Torah portion of Acharei Mot-Kedoshim this week, addressed the classic Jewish commandment to âLove your fellow as yourselfâ (Leviticus 19:18), they wondered: How is it possible to require that we can love others as much as we love ourselves?Â
The Camp Creating The Inclusive Experience I Never Had It was June 1969. I was an 11-year-old visually impaired girl leaving home for the first time to attend Jewish overnight camp, the same camp my father had attended years earlier. Boarding that train to Wild Rose, Wisconsin, I was consumed with mixed emotions: already a little homesick and anxious but also excited. I was off to camp with friends from my Jewish day school and my community, as well as new friends I was hoping to meet. At that moment, I was just like them — filled with the same mixed emotions but eager to spend what promise...
Camp Chi knows camping and Keshet knows inclusion by MICHELLE FRIEDMAN on January 25, 2021 Keshet has been providing inclusive camping for 30 years and shares a strong partnership with JCC Camp Chi. Photo credit: Focal Flame Photography. It was June of 1969. I was an 11½ year old visually impaired girl leaving home for the first time to attend Jewish overnight camp. I boarded the train to Wisconsin consumed with mixed emotions: already a little homesick and anxious, but also excited. I was excited about the friends coming from my Jewish day school, and the new friends I ...
How suburban Jewish congregations are celebrating Hanukkah this year Northbrook-based Jewish Community Center of Chicago is selling a "Hoppy Hanukkah Brew Box" with eight craft beers. Courtesy of JCC Chicago Rabbi Mendel Shemtov is the co-director of Chabad Jewish Center of Elgin. Events at the Northbrook-based Jewish Community Center of Chicago will include a video presentation of famed National Geographic photographer Udi Goren walking the Israel National Trail. Courtesy of JCC Chicago Updated 12/11/2020 9:38 AM With the coronavirus pandemic hampering holiday traditio...