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How Goodly are Thy Tents: Summer Camps as Jewish Socializing Experiences »

Authors: Amy L. Sales, Leonard Saxe
ISBN-13: 9781584653479, ISBN-10: 1584653477
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Brandeis University Press
Date Published: December 2003
Edition: (Non-applicable)

AMY L. SALES is Senior Research Associate, Maurice and Marilyn Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies, Brandeis University.

LEONARD SAXE is Professor, Heller School of Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University, and Director, Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies.

An entertaining ethnographic study of how Jewish summer camps foster Jewish sensibilities and education.

	List of Figures and Tables
	Acknowledgments
1	Introduction	1
2	The Landscape: A Census of Jewish Residential Camps	21
3	Camp is Camp	43
4	Candy, Not Castor Oil: Jewish Education at Camp	55
5	The Fresh Air of Judaism: Jewish Life at Camp	77
6	The Counselor as Teacher and Friend	97
7	Valleys and Peaks of Staff Development	119
8	Building a Better Tent	139
	Notes	155
	Glossary	157
	References	159
	Index	167