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The Season Closes

 Follow us on Twitter to get the videos from this year! http://twitter.com/#!/CampBenFrankel For the last few days, every single event was the last of the year. On Thursday we had the last club frankels and last normal weekly activities. Friday … Continue reading

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Escape to Israel

NEW: Follow us on twitter! http://twitter.com/#!/CampBenFrankel Last night, our staff pulled off a brand new program. The goal of the program was for the kids through various tasks to learn and fight for Israel’s independence. We haven’t had a lot … Continue reading

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Street Smarts

After Maccabia and the movie night, our weekly schedule is back in full swing. The program from last night is a Camp Ben Frankel classic. Street smarts is a game that the whole camp plays together, in which campers have … Continue reading

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Night at the Movies

After Maccabia, the whole camp was pretty exhausted. Everyone needed a nice day of rest yet it was only monday. The staff figured this might happen after such an exciting day so we had something in mind that would keep … Continue reading

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Maccabia

Maccabia is one of the most exciting days of Camp Ben Frankel! This year was filled with new exciting competitions that kept the kids moving. We had a ping pong championship, gaga tournament, horseshoe games, and a giant kickball game … Continue reading

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Shabbat

  We’ve had activities, club frankels, angry puppy, Israel day and the Fourth of July this week! All of us at Camp Ben Frankel needed a nice day of rest. This Shabbat was as peaceful as the last couple. Sleeping … Continue reading

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Mitzvah Night

Tikkun Olam, repairing the world, is a Jewish concept that Camp Ben Frankel takes seriously. Mitzvah night involved stations where the campers could give back and learn how to repair the world. One station had the children making tote bags … Continue reading

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Don’t Forget the Lyrics

The senior staff of Camp Ben Frankel was proud to premier something they had invented just this year: the Angry Puppy. Our older campers, 7th-9th graders, will go on a small camping trip. They canoe to their camp site, put up … Continue reading

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Murder Mystery Night

Last night Camp Ben Frankel was running a very old program called Yiddish Lotto with the entire camp. Until it was suddenly interrupted when a counselor ran in to tell us that our beloved director had been murdered. The campers … Continue reading

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Fourth of July

The day after we celebrated Israel, Camp Ben Frankel celebrated America! We started the day off with the annual camper vs. counselor baseball game. For lunch we feasted on some barbequed hamburgers and hotdogs like every other American family in … Continue reading

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