local
former JCC camper and counselor who
died in a car accident two years ago, is
a huge, outdoor stage with open space
and a flagpole, according to Director
Sara Sideman.

This summer, Sideman and her team
will gather kids and counselors twice a
week before the day starts. Eventually,
Sideman wants to start every day at
Ravi’s Bimah.

“As I said to my team on a Zoom the
other night, 20 years from now kids
don’t remember the soccer period.

They don’t remember what they made
during arts and crafts. They remember
being around other people and singing
camp songs,” Sideman said. “Those
are the memories I want to create.”
The unveiling of Ravi’s Bimah at the JCC Camps at Medford
Southampton Summer Day Camp
Southampton Southampton is adding science, tech-
nology, engineering, art and math, or
STEAM, experiments, projects and
team-based games, according to
Director Lindsay Blum Schlesinger.

“We’re going to try it,” Blum
Schlesinger said. “It’s a big push in the
educational curriculum.”
“Camp is a lot of recreational sports
and running around. But we also have
performing arts and arts and crafts,”
she added. “We wanted to give kids
an opportunity who may want to try
something else.”
Courtesy of the JCC Camps at Medford
Pinemere Camp
Stroudsburg A new complex at Pinemere will
include a recreational hall, an outdoor
amphitheater and a chapel. All three
should open “incredible opportuni-
ties” for campers, said Eytan Graubart,
Pinemere’s executive director.

Pinemere’s theater program will
be able to put on indoor shows with
better lighting and sound. The air-con-
ditioned, indoor portion of the complex
will also allow for safe activities during
heat waves.

The camp’s old rec hall was 100
years old, according to Graubart. An
upgrade was needed.

“We pride ourselves on being a
community camp where we could do
stuff together,” Graubart said.

JCC Camps at Medford
Medford, New Jersey
The JCC Camps are unveiling a new
facility in which all campers can gather.

Ravi’s Bimah, named for Ravi Bloom, a
Camp Galil
Ottsville Galil’s big addition will emphasize “com-
munity care,” according to Executive
Director David Weiss. Campers and
counselors will get to use a “hammock
lounge/wellness space” to “relax and
unwind,” Weiss said.

Camp Kef
Wynnewood The Kaiserman JCC’s day camp is add-
ing a program for second and third
graders in which they will create a
weekly newspaper and news show
for camp. It’s another creative outlet
for kids, according to Jordan Bravato,
Kef’s director.

Camp Harlam
Kunkletown Harlam is implementing a new pro-
gram, called Avodah, which means
work, worship and service in Hebrew,
for people with disabilities between
the ages of 18 and 28 to attend camp,
learn life skills and work. They will live
independently and help in the office,
kitchen and other areas, according to
Rachel Steinberg, the camp’s manager
of community outreach.

Harlam is also reintroducing out-of-
camp trips and adding two cabins, a
fire pit and a garden. ■
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