Camp Costs, But Boredom Sucks

user submitted pictureOur kidhood summertimes overflow with Jewish memories: dressing in all white for Shabbat, learning Torah under the eucaplyptus trees, being tongue-slimed by the weird kid with braces during a game of “Kissing Rugby”…seriously, we loved camp, and our parents loved having us live elsewhere for three or four weeks at a time. But these days who can afford to ship the kids of to a Jewish Shangri-La? It can cost upwards of $3000 per kid for the same three or four weeks of Israeli dancing, Havdalah under the stars and living ten to a cabin with spotty hot water heaters.

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