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A place of our own [electronic resource] : 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.

Contributor(s): Lorge, Michael M | Zola, Gary Phillip | ebrary, Inc.
Series: Judaic studies series: Publisher: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2006Description: xii, 228 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.Subject(s): Olin-Sang-Ruby Union Institute (Oconomowoc, Wis.) | Jewish camps -- United States -- History | Reform Judaism -- United States | Jewish religious education -- United StatesGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 296.8/341 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.