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"How goodly are thy tents" : summer camps as Jewish socializing experiences / Amy L. Sales and Leonard Saxe.

Title
"How goodly are thy tents" : summer camps as Jewish socializing experiences / Amy L. Sales and Leonard Saxe.
Author
Sales, Amy L.
Publication
Lebanon, N.H. : Brandeis University Press in association with The Avi Chai Foundation, published by University Press of New England, c2004.

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Additional Authors
Saxe, Leonard
Description
xxi, 177 p.; 23 cm.
Summary
"A comprehensive and entertaining ethnographic study of how Jewish summer camps foster Jewish sensibilities and education"--Back cover.
Series Statement
Brandeis series in American Jewish history, culture, and life
Uniform Title
Brandeis series in American Jewish history, culture, and life
Subject
  • Jewish camps > United States
  • Jewish religious education > United States
  • Judaism > United States
  • Camp counselors > Training of > United States
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-165) and index.
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Introduction -- The landscape : a census of Jewish residential camps -- Camp is camp -- Candy, not castor oil : Jewish education at camp -- The fresh air of Judaism : Jewish life at camp -- The counselor as teacher and friend -- Valleys and peaks of staff development.
ISBN
1584653477 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
^^2003020815
OCLC
  • 53131373
  • SCSB-10548408
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library