Dear Mommy & Tatty | June 28, 2002

Hello! It’s almost Shabbos here and one of the rules in camp is to write a letter home, so you’ll get to hear what’s going on up here.
The truth is that as you know I was quite scared to come to here all by myself for the 1st time. But, I’m really having a pretty good time, it’s almost hard to remember why I was so nervous. Basically almost everything is going alright and the staff seems to be on top of things. Like our on time departure from Crown Heights to camp on Tuesday we left on time and arrived early. We had extra unpacking time but believe me it wasn’t wasted because my counselor needed all that time to help us fold our clothing with the crease on the outside, which definitely paid off, because on our first clean up mark we got an extra half-a-point then we were supposed to, with a “Very Nice” written on bottom.
Later that night we davened a little earlier and had to skip the night activity so that some other kids would have some more time to finish unpacking. I, though had already finished so I spent the time talking to the boy who sleeps underneath me. He’s pretty nice and we’re becoming close friends.
Let me tell you about something else really interesting that we’re doing. Every night before Maariv the head counselor asks us a question and the next night whoever answers the correct answer receives a prize. It’s really cool stuff, like that several days before the Yom Kippur War the Rebbe made a rally for kids just like me and told them to sing a song with the words מפי עוללים ויונקים יסדת עוז להשבית אויב ומתנקם “From the mouth of sucklings and babes you established strength and destroyed the enemy”. These words were sung to the tune of the popular niggun of וכל קרני רשעים. I never knew that before -did you? If you did, why didn’t you ever tell me, at least it’s a good thing they did, and if there’s anything else like that you better hurry up and tell me before they do! Then after Maariv they also show us a little clipping of the Rebbe.
The next day we had some weird weather. It started off in my counselors words “smashing hot”; it stayed that way all through the learning classes in the morning and the activities in the afternoon. Don’t worry the heat didn’t stop me from playing my hardest, we even won two games. Plus, I didn’t get too hot because there was a big can that they fill up with drinks sitting in the camp square available at all times and we constantly took breaks from the game to get drinks. After all the activities were done and we were finishing off our snacks, it began to rain. So we had to have a general learning class in the shul and Rabbi Baras told us a really neat story , but it’s too long to write here so I’ll tell it to you when I get home (but don’t forget to remind me).
My favorite activity so far is night activity, which is almost like the other activities, but instead of the dripping sweat we were dripping tears of laughter from the really hilarious night activity director Moshe Marckel. He had a really good entrance right through a big smiley face picture set up on the otherwise empty stage. He really surprised us!
Then Thursday was the same thing as Wednesday, it started off hot in the morning. That wasn’t really too good because something went wrong with the air-conditioning system in the shul and it started smelling up the entire shul (don’t worry it was fixed a couple of hours later). So davening had to be done outside in the shade of the flag, just where I was standing the flag didn’t really cover my bunks line, so it was really really distracting, but the head counselor understood so he was giving out a whole lot of pictures of the Rebbe to those who davened nicely. In fact a kid in my bunk won, I didn’t win yet, but I’m sure that I am going to get myself quite a few before the summer is over. Even the קריאה for the fast day was outside, (imagine- they just carried the bimah outside!) and we had to find how many times in each aliyah there is a certain letter for a cold drink.
After that we had learning class, which was really pretty interesting. My learning teacher is extremely nice- even though he punished one my friends today that they would miss the beginning of night activity. Towards the end of learning class it started raining so we went to the shul for another general learning class. This time it was led by H.C. Asher Deren who told us all about how the Frierdiker Rebbe came to America. Afterwards between Mincha and Maariv we watched different clippings of when the Frierdiker Rebbe came to America and when he got his citizenship. I’m telling you I’m really learning a lot of new stuff.
But let’s not get sidetracked, before we davened we had our annual camper counselor baseball, kickball and soccer games. Since I’m in the younger division, I was by the kickball and soccer games and we won by a mile. We campers, we’re the best! I heard that by the baseball game even though at the beginning the staff had the lead, but the campers came back real hard and beat the staff by a full four points. I’m sure the staff is all embarrassed, they probably wished the game would be rained out, but luck was on our side and the only rain we had was during learning class.
For me the best part of a fast day is not only the camper counselor games, but is also the pizza supper. I’m still too young to fast, and therefore the H.C.’s wouldn’t let anyone fast, so I wasn’t hungry- but I still got real pizza for supper! Yippee!
Anyway, today was pretty regular, and I really helped with cleaning the bunk for Shabbos and bedside inspection. Our bunk is really working hard to win bunk competition. Today we also had a camper supervision drill, meaning we had to stay within sight or sound of one of our counselors, which even though I don’t like so much, it’s not so bad, especially because I like hanging out with my counselors.
Alright, it’s my turn for the shower.
Keep in touch

Reporting live from the grounds of Kiryat Gan Yisroel 9-2001

Reporting live from the grounds of Kiryat Gan Yisroel 9-2001
 

Reporting live from the grounds of Kiryat Gan Yisroel, a little more than four weeks ago nine busses and scores of cars carrying over 500 campers and staff departed the grounds here, having concluded the most outstanding and exciting summer in this camp’s 46 year history.
As I walk these grounds, my mind fills with warm memories of this past summer. Entering the Shul my eyes brimming with tears, I recall the first day we all arrived, the initiation of Project Shlichus, Shlichus War, Shnas Hameah War and the closing Banquet. Oh what a summer indeed it was.
My next stop was the main building, entering the lobby my eyes automatically wandered to the walls filled with pictures that depict camps rich history and dearness to the Rebbe, as I gaze upon the pictures of the Rebbe’s three visits to camp. Than my eyes glance to the map of countries represented by bunks here in camp, helping the Rebbe’s Shluchim in these remote places (now familiar to every camper).
Project Shlichus will be covered in the upcoming article.
I then entered the Dining Room the room still vibrating with the sounds of the 270 campers as their voices bellowed out the different camp songs. Oh, the warm memories of Srulie’s Voice fill the room as he leads the Seudah Friday Night. How can I forget Baruch Hecht’s inspiring stories, as he kicks off yet another Shabbos day Seudah.
I only had a short amount of time to spend here today, as I would have liked to stay here forever. So I headed quickly towards the hill, as I pass the flagpole, reminiscing the heartfelt cries of Ad Mosai’s by the hundreds of campers, how their voices would pierce the heavens.
Climbing the stairs to the bunks I recall the counselors tireless devotion to their campers how they would speak words of inspiration, instilling in them an everlasting love to the Rebbe. How the bunks would play together with such unity.

These memories all so real in my mind.

Dear campers, how I wish we could all be together here in camp all year round. Lets all take these warm recollections with us and let them carry us throughout the year, until we will reunite for Camp Gan Yisroel 5762.
Future articles will include: Project Shlichus, an aerial view of camp as reported by our fellow dove Reb Yonah, and many more camp related articles, so stay tuned.
Please browse through the thousands of pictures of camp, to help keep your memory fresh of all those wonderful times.

Bunk list 2001 / 5761

2nd trip Bunk list 2001 / 5761

Bunk
Aleph א’

Mendel Avtzon
Moishe Block
Menachem Mendel Borenstein
Menachem Mendel Chanowitz
Shalom Cohen
Menachem Mendel Galperin
Abraham Katzoff
Shmuli Leiter
Mordecai Rubin
Menachem Mendel Shemtov
Counselor Mendel Laine
Counselor Eli Sandhaus
Bunk
Bais ב’

Avi Berger
Shmuel Menachem Mendel Bindell
Chaim Eilenberg
Avremel Flinkenstein
Shmuel Aharon Fridman
Levi Junik
Shimon Klein
Shneur Zalman Kotlarsky
Dovid Lew
Sholem Ber Wolberg
Yitzcok Mordecha Zirkind
Counselor Yossi Hecht
Counselor Mendy Nagel

Bunk
Gimmel ג’

Moshe Bleier
Eli Block
Yisroel Chanowitz
Yoni Eizicovics
Yosef Aryeh Friedman
Levi Kamensky
Yeshaya Katz
Yehuda Levin
Naftoli Minkowicz
Eliezer Yonah Perelman
Shmuel Shuchat
Yisroel Treitel
Counselor Mendy Shapiro
Counselor Levi Shechtman


Bunk Daled ד’
Eli Andrusier
Elchonon Boymelgreen
Levi Cohen
Menachem Cohen
Chaim Leiter
Shalom Dov Ber Lipszyc
Yisroel Shlomo Lipszyc
Yossi Nagar
Eliyahu Raitport
Shneur Zalman Raitport
Menachem Mendel Woonteiler
Reuven Weiss
Counselor Sruly Kotlarsky
Counselor Mendel Whitman

Bunk
Hey ה’

Chaim Bar-Chaim
Shloimie Berkowitz
Yehuda Cohen
Yossi Dalfin
Dovid Moshe Ehrentreu
Mendy Fox
Levi Harlig
Mordechai Harlig
Motti Harlig
Menachem Mendel Rosenfeld
Mendy Saacks
Dovid Woonteiler
Counselor Isser New
Counselor Shaul Perlstein

Bunk
Vov ו’

Levi Chein
Yehuda Shimon Dubroff
Yisroel Duchman
Shmuel Hershkop
Yitzchok Jenkelowitz
Avigdor Omri Kessler
Yeshaya Marks
Shmuel Moshe Mayteles
Eliyahu Raskin
Yossi Rubashkin
Levi Yitzchak Tzivin
Pinchas Weintrob
Counselor Dovid Hoch
Counselor Mendel Shechtman

Bunk
Zayin ז’

Eli Akerman
Yisroel Baron
Aharon Cohen
Avrohom Eliezer Goldman
Eli Goorevitch
Baruch Akiva Hayman
Yisroel Hurwitz
Yaakov Kaplan
Itzchack Mor
Levi Sharfstein
Chezky Vogel
Counselor Eli Labor
Counselor Yanky Leaf

Bunk
Ches ח’

Menachem Mendel Glazman
Elazar Glick
Mendy Goorevitch
Dovber Gopin
Mendel Kalmenson
Yaakov Dovid Kotlarsky
Yehoshua Lefkowitz
Avrohom Yitzchok Posner
Yosef Yitzchok Rothman
Shmuel Slonim
Avremi Toron
Counselor Mordy Shachter
Counselor Yitzie Steiner

Bunk
Tes ט’

Sholom Dov Ber Bindell
Naftali Caplan
Daniel Goldshmid
Moishy Goldsmith
Zevulin Gutleizer
Yossy Hershkop
Sholomo Z Junik
Avrohom Yisroel Oren
Yitzchok Ostrozynski
Aryeh Leib Shuchat
Counselor Dovid Friedman
Counselor Shimshi Vcherashansky

Bunk
Yud י’

Shneur Chein
Yossi Ciment
Shaya Denburg
Avi Eilenberg
Chaim Friedman
Menachem Mendel Grossman
Israel Habosha
Chaim Asher Landa
Yudi Lewis
Counselor Levi Gansburg
Counselor Yitzchok E Grossbaum

Bunk
Yud Aleph י”א

Boruch Sholom Blesofsky
Chaim Levi Yitzchok Cohen
Dovber Cohen
Shlomo Ezagui
Mendel Friedman
Daniel Gniwisch
Yehoshua Dovid Hayward
Shneur Zalman Hershkop
Chaim Yisroel Klein
Moshe Yitzchok Konikov
Dovid Leib Marasow
Hillel Yehoshua Paryzer
Mendel Turner
Counselor Zalman Greenberg
Counselor Ezzy Morgenstern

Bunk
Yud Bais י”ב

Shmuel Balkany
Yisroel Goldstein
Leibel Greenbaum
Meir Komar
Yosef Yitschok Lipszyc
Leibel Perelmuter
Zalman Raksin
Levi Yitzchok Schneider
Ephraim Stock
Eli Tzivin
Sruly Tzivin
Shmuel Vishedsky
Counselor Zalman Friedman

Bunk
Yud Gimmel י”ג

Menachem Altein
Shmaya Futerfas
Dovid Binyomin Kupfer
Levi Raichik
Nochum Schapiro
Shmuel Schapiro
Yanky Scheinfeld
Yosef Yitzchak Sharfstein
Bentzi Shemtov
Menachem Mendel Wilmowsky
Eli Winner
Levi Zeiler
Counselor Shmaya Galperin
Counselor Bentzion Treitel
Bunk
Yud Daled י”ד

Eliezer Gershon Avtzon
Menachem Mendel Grossbaum
Moishe Grossman
Yaakov Hecht
Yisroel Moshe Klar
Dov Ber Lewis
Binyomin Lubin
Aryeh Newman
Yaakov Yehuda Piekarski
Mendy Rapoport
Yankel Raskin
Mendel Shemtov
Counselor Shmuel Feldman

Bunk
Tes Vov ט”ו

Mendel Alperowitz
Simcha Bunim Brody
Chaim Fried
DovBer Kracoff
Mendel Rice
Yehuda Leib Rodman
Shalom Roth
Aharon Schmalberg
Berel Thaler
Elliot Trestman
Yehuda Leib Welton
Counselor Sholom Ber Hendel

Bunk
Tes Zayin ט”ז

Yitzchok Abend
Binyomin Einstein
Dovid Moshe Einstein
Yitzchak Meir Einstein
Raphaely Goorevitch
Ari Greene
Yoel Hess
Yosef Moshe Kaplan
Yaakov Dovid Kessler
Oren Levy
Shloime Newman
Zalman Aaron Noson Perlman
Counselor Yaakov Menaker

Bunk
Yud Zayin י”ז

Pinchas Adler
Yehezkel Akerman
Yosef Betesh
Nossen Fellig
Shimon Galperin
Boruch Hecht
Aryeh Leib Hurwitz
Chaim Yoel Lipszyc
Avraham Metal
Mendel Pil
Eliyahu Rice
Nussin Rieber
Tzvi Zeiler
Counselor Shmuel Blesofsky

Bunk
Yud Ches י”ח

Simcha Blumencweig
Ari Eagle
Nesanel Gilford
Shalom Klein
Michoel Kronman
Yaakov Dovid Perlman
Aryeh Perlstein
Mendy Posner
Ari Prus
Shmuel Rothstein
Levi Shemtov
Yehudah Slonim
Yisroel Yaakov Weiss
Counselor Zalman Hecht


Bunk Yud Tes י”ט
Moshe Brafman
Peretz Chein
Shloime Fellig
Yekutiel Kalmenson
Yaakov Komar
Shmuel Levitin
Shneur Zalman Menaker
Simcha Raskin
Eliyahu Akiva Schochet
Berel Schwartz
Levi Yitzchok Treitel
Chaim Yitzchok Vogel
Counselor Yaacov Koppel Cohen

Bunk
Chof כ’

Yosef Eliezer Goldberg
Aharon Halley
Meir New
Dovid Perelman
Shmuel Reiz
Menachem Mendel Rosenblum
Chanoch Henoch Rosenfeld
Daniel Saul
Benyamin Schwartz
Shneur Zalman Silverman
Yeshayohu Spalter
Avraham Wolff
Counselor Motti Seligson

Bunk
Chof Aleph כ”א

Yosef Yitzchok Einbinder
Elliyahu Goldman
Yossy Goorevitch
Peretz Kazan
Zalmi Klyne
Peretz Laine
Yanky Levitin
Yitzchak Levi Marks
Meir Chaim Menkes
Yosef Mordechai Paryzer
Simmy Rubin
Shimon Shur
Isaac Singer
Counselor Shneur Schneersohn

Bunk
Chof Bais כ”ב

Shalom Abitan
Zev Goldin
Michoel Gutleizer
Shnayor Kamensky
Moshe Lewis
Yankie Lokshin
Yosef Chaim Nassy
Sholom yitzchok Neistein
Levi Perelmuter
Eliyahu Piperno
Yacove Roth
Shmuel Dovid Toron
Counselor Levi Raskin

Bunk
Chof Gimel כ”ג

Rafael Chudaitov
Hendel Futerfas
Benyamin Goldenberg
Yaakov Hayward
Shlomie Hecht
Oriya Klein
Yisrael Yitzchok Lax
Moshe Mandel
Leib Morris
Shimon Piekarski
Moishe Scheinfeld
Berl Teitelbaum
Counselor Yudi Steiner


Masmidim
מתמידים

Bentzion Avtzon
Yisroel SZ Benamu
Reuven Yaakov Brody
Yonaton Chanowitz
Benzion Chudaitov
Avi Cohen
DovBer Dechter
Shloime Denburg
Chaim Sholom Emanuel
Daniel Simon Ferster
Daniel Fester
Yisroel Hershkop
Ori Kimhi
Sholom Korf
Meyer Mandel
Eli Naiditch
Avrohom Meir Ostfeld
Boruch Rudd
Yisroel Dovid Rudolph
Shimon Sabol
Bentzion Shemtov
Chaim Moshe Shemtov
Moshe Vogel


Yeshivas Kayitz ישיבת קיץ
Shlomo Abitan
Eliyahu Bryski
Sholom Ber Cunin
Heshy Dubrowski
Yehoshua Einbinder
Uri Feldman
Shmaya Friedman
Chaim Sholomo Frosburg
Ben-Zion Geisinsky
Yisroel Goldman
Chaim Goldstein
Aaron Gross
Moishe Hecht
Moshe Hecht
Ariel Hess
Menachem Mendel Hildeshaim
Moshe Horowitz
Yosef Hott
Shlomo Jacobson
Yitzchok Kaplan
Yeshaya Katz
Choni Kazan
Nadiv Dov Ber Kehaty
Shmuel Klein
Yosef Kramer
Yisroel Krasniansky
Levi Krinsky
Shmuel Kronman
Nachman Kruper
Dov Levertov
Dovid Levin
Binyomin Lifshitz
Chaim Litvin
Meyer Litzman
Menachem Mendel Mann
Avrohom Mordechai Menkes
Levi Mishulovin
Moshe Naparstek
Yitzchak Nassy
Eli Olidort
Moshe Perelmuter
Yisroel Piekarski
Levi Rosenfeld
Efraim Rubin
Yosef Yitzchok Shain
Menachem Mendel Shemtov
Yehuda Shmotkin
Meir Shur
Shimon Elchonon Susskind
Levi Tenenbaum
Zalman Traxler
Chaim Vogel
Nachmon Dov Wichnin
Shimon Wilmowsky
Shmuel Zaklikofsky
Schneur Zalman Zarchi
Pesach Zirkind

 

Camp
Gan Israel Parksville, NY
1st
Trip
2001
/ 5761

Bunk Aleph א’

Shalom
Cohen

Yehuda
Fenton

Menachem
Mendel Galperin

Abraham
Katzoff

Mendel
Lazar

Mendel
Lew

Yosef
Rice

Mordecai
Rubin

Menachem
Mendel Seldowitz

Counselor
Mendel
Laine

Counselor
Eli
Sandhaus


Bunk Bais ב’

Shmuel
Menachem Mendel Bindell

Menachem
Mendel Borenstein

Chaim
Eilenberg

Avremel
Flinkenstein

Shmurl
Aharon Fridman

Levi
Junik

Shimon
Klein

Shneur
Zalman Kotlarsky

Dovid
Lew

Yehuda
Shneur Zalman Saxon

Counselor
Yossi
Hecht

Counselor
Mendy
Nagel


Bunk Gimmel ג’

Leivik
Fogelman

Avi
Habosha

Yechezkel
Lazar

Mendel
Lazaros

Chaim
Leiter

Shmuel
Moshe Mayteles

Naftoli
Minkowicz

Avremele
New

Yossi
Richler

Meir
Shemtov

Yisroel
Sneiderman

Schneur
Zalman Tenenbaum

Counselor
Levi
Shechtman

Counselor
Mendy
Shapiro


Bunk Daled ד’

Eli
Andrusier

Joshua
Betesh

Moshe
Bleier

Levi
Cohen

Menachem
Cohen

Dovid
Leitner

Yisroel
Shlomo Lipszyc

Shalom
Dov Ber Lipszyc

Yossi
Nagar

Eliyahu
Raitport

Nachum
Rosenberg

Meir
Singer

Counselor
Sruly
Kotlarsky

Counselor
Mendy
Hecht


Bunk Hey ה’

Shloimie
Berkowitz

Yossi
Dalfin

Schneur
Zalman Dubrawsky

Mendy
Fox

Mordechai
Harlig

Motti
Harlig

Levi
Harlig

Boruch
Lipson

Mendy
Saacks

Avremele
Vogel

Avremi
Zippel

Counselor
Shaul
Perlstein

Counselor
Isser
New


Bunk Vov ו’

Shlomi
Begun

Levi
Chayo

Levi
Chein

Yisroel
Duchman

Shmuel
Hershkop

Yitzchok
Jenkelowitz

Avigdor
Omri Kessler

Yeshaya
Marks

Yossi
Rubashkin

Yaakov
Dovid Saxon

Levi
Yitzchak Tzivin

Counselor
Dovid
Hoch

Counselor
Mendel
Shechtman


Bunk Zayin ז’

Eli
Block

Aharon
Cohen

Berel
Engel

Mendy
Epstein

Menachem
Mendel Glazman

Yaakov
Dovid Kotlarsky

Motki
Neuwirth

Avrohom
Yitzchok Posner

Schneur
Zalman Shemtov

Shmuel
Slonim

Avremi
Toron

Counselor
Yitzie
Steiner

Counselor
Mordy
Shachter


Bunk Ches ח’

Sholom
Dov Ber Bindell

Naftali
Caplan

Daniel
Goldshmid

Moishy
Goldsmith

Menachem
Mendel Grossman

Yossy
Hershkop

Sholomo
Z. Junik

Avrohom
Yisroel Oren

Yitzchok
Ostrozynski

Ephraim
Tafrizi

Yitzchok
Teller

Counselor
Dovid
Friedman

Counselor
Shimshon
Vcherashansky


Bunk Tes ט’

Dov
Ber Brafman

Shneur
Chein

Dovid
Ciment

Yossi
Ciment

Shaya
Denburg

Israel
Habosha

Yankie
Hecht

Benjamin
Heller

Levi
Herson

Sholom
Ber Lew

Yudi
Lewis

Yisroel
Nagel

Counselor
Levi
Gansberg

Counselor
Yitzchok E.
Grossbaum


Bunk Yud י’

Boruch
Sholom Blesofsky

Dovber
Cohen

Shlomo
Ezagui

Yonah
Fenton

Mendel
Friedman

Daniel
Gniwisch

Yehoshua
Dovid Hayward

Shneur
Zalman Hershkop

Moshe
Yitzchok Konikov

Dovid
Leib Marasow

Hillel
Yehoshua Paryzer

Counselor
Zalman
Greenberg

Counselor
Ezzy
Morgenstern


Bunk Yud Aleph י”א

Shmuel
Balkany

Yisroel
Goldstein

Leibel
Greenbaum

Shloime
Greene

Meir
Komar

Chaim
Asher Landa

Yosef
Yitschok Lipszyc

Zalman
Raksin

Shmaryahu
Richler

Ephraim
Stock

Sruly
Tzivin

Eli
Tzivin

Shmuel
Vishedsky

Counselor
Zalman
Friedman


Bunk Yud Bais י”ב

Menachem
Altein

Shmaya
Futerfas

Chaim
Meir Greenberg

Dovid
Binyomin Kupfer

Shmuli
Posner

Shmuel
Schapiro

Nochum
Schapiro

Yosef
Yitzchak Sharfstein

Bentzi
Shemtov

Menachem
Mendel Wilmowsky

Eli
Winner

Levi
Zeiler

Counselor
Shmaya
Galperin


Bunk Yud Gimmel י”ג

Shlomo
Barber

Yosef
Dana

Shmueli
Goldman

Moishe
Grossman

Yaakov
Hecht

Eliyahu
Leitner

Dov
Ber Lewis

Aryeh
Newman

Yaakov
Yehuda Piekarski

Yosef
Saacks

Mendel
Shemtov

Shneur
Zalman Tarlow

Counselor
Shmuel
Feldman


Bunk Yud Daled י”ד

Dovid
Bastomski

Simcha
Bunim Brody

Shmuel
Engel

Chaim
Fried

Shneur
Zalmen Gottlieb

Aryeh
Leib Hurwitz

Avraham
Metal

Yaakov
Dovid Perlman

Mendel
Rice

Shalom
Roth

Elliot
Trestman

Counselor
Sholom Ber
Hendel


Bunk Tes Vov ט”ו

Yitzchok
Abend

Yitzchak
Meir Einstein

Yoel
Hess

Yaakov
Dovid Kessler

Oren
Levy

Shmulie
Mentz

Shloime
Newman

Zalman
Aaron Noson Perlman

Mendy
Posner

Eliyahu
Rice

Dovi
Vogel

Counselor
Yaakov
Menaker


Bunk Tes Zayin ט”ז

Yosef
Betesh

Avi
Eilenberg

Shimon
Galperin

Zalman
Goldblatt

Yitzi
Heisler

Menachem
Mendel Jacobson

Chaim
Yoel Lipszyc

Mendel
Pil

Nussin
Rieber

Nosson
Dovid Sternbach

Tzvi
Zeiler

Counselor
Shmuel
Blesofsky

Bunk Yud Zayin י”ז

Simcha
Blumencweig

Mendel
Fogelman

Levi
Yitzchok Greenberg

Aryeh
Perlstein

Ari
Prus

Yaakov
Razap

Refael
Schnurmann

Levi
Shemtov

Yehudah
Slonim

Meshulam
Naftali Steinmetz

Counselor
Zalman
Hecht


Bunk Yud Ches י”ח

Moshe
Brafman

Peretz
Chein

Shloime
Fellig

Yaakov
Komar

Shmuel
Levitin

Shneur
Zalman Menaker

Simcha
Raskin

Eliyahu
Akiva Schochet

Berel
Schwartz

Chaim
Yitzchok Vogel

Counselor
Yaacov Koppel
Cohen


Bunk Yud Tes י”ט

Shmuel
Greenberg

Menachem
Krinsky

Meir
New

Dovid
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Zeligson


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Shemtov

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Piekarski

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Ciment




SURVIVAL “THE IN THING” @ CGINY SUMMER 5761 8-21-2001

SURVIVAL “THE IN THING” @ CGINY SUMMER 5761 8-21-2001

For over 400 campers, Masmidim and Yeshivas Kayitz members that spent either 1 or both months of this Summer @ Gan Yisroel, NY, “Survival” with professionally trained Survival director Gershon Sandler was a fantastic experience.

The daily exciting activities in the woods of CGI, had the campers learning how to survive in the forest by building debris shelter and starting a fire with birch bark and stone. The campers also played games and went on nature hikes where they learned about Hashems creations.

In addition to all the above many of the older campers were involved in building the first ever Jewish Survival Community in the woods. As in most communities their first project was to build a Mikva in the nearby stream. Afterwards, the campers, under the direction of Gershon Sandler went on to build a “kitchen” which consisted of an open fire-pit where they cooked food, benches made from logs and a tarp covered table used for food preparation.

One of the Survival highlights of the summer was the “Baal Shem Tov Davening Experience” that was awarded to the best learning classes. The deserving classes, along with their learning teacher and Survival Director, would enter the forest after lineup in the morning, where they would make their way to the “Shul” constructed by Gershon. The Shul consisted of a tree that was cut down to serve as a Shtender and logs for the campers to sit on (see thumbnail photo above). The special part of this experience was not only the beautiful surroundings where the campers found themselves, but most importantly the slow pace of davening. The campers would daven with much Kavana and their learning teacher would explain many parts of the davening to them.

After davening the campers ate breakfast and were treated to special “eggs in a hole” cooked over the open fire by Gershon. During breakfast, the experience continued with the campers listening to stories of the Baal Shem Tov.

Some other highlights included a “Can-paign” that raised $100 for Hatzoloh, night hikes & bar-b-ques in the forest for the best bunks.

The campers of CGI would like to extend their thanks and appreciation to the Nathan Cummings Foundation & The Foundation for Jewish Camping for bringing Gershon Sandler to camp. If you are interested in having Gershon come down to your Chabad House or community, to create any type of outdoor nature experience you can contact him at ShalomTeva@aol.com 201-337-7050