Eden Village Camp in the News

"Eden Village Camp Creates a New Vision"
Where in the world can a young camper serve as a goat shepherd, make smoothies by a bike-powered blender, eat solar oven-baked challah, and experience a living Judaism that puts Jewish teachings about caring for the land into practice?
UJA-Federation News, July 29, 2010 Includes a slideshow.

"Farm-To-Table Ethos Grows At New Camp"
Daniel, a yarmulke-wearing 13-year-old from Worcester, Mass., stopped pedaling the camp’s bike-powered blender (whipping up strawberry-banana smoothies) to answer a reporter’s questions. “I LOVE this!” he exclaimed. “I have made a bunch of friends here. I like the art and music, the herbalism and the soccer — all of it!”
The Jewish Week, July 28, 2010

"Repair the World Helps Build Eden Village Camp"
Campers engage in organic gardening and bee keeping, outdoor and wilderness adventure, green-friendly arts and crafts and natural sciences as well as weekly Shabbat celebrations and morning prayer and reflection time on the weekdays. Campers share locally-grown, mostly vegetarian meals – many of which they’ve helped to grow or cook.
Repair the World, June 28, 2010 Includes a slideshow.

"The Making Of First-Time Campers"
This is much more than kids coming and learning about film, music and culinary arts,” [Yoni] said. “We will also have the sense of ritual, the fun things they are going to be doing and learning together: meals, Shabbat celebrations, community service, nighttime activities and meetings.
The Jewish Week, June 22, 2010

"Where God Meets Green"
[I]nstead of games of tennis there will be pickling and permaculture. Rather than visiting the canteen for ice cream, kids will pick snap peas to munch from their bunk’s own “snack garden.”
The Forward, June 16, 2010

"36 under 36: Vivian Lehrer, 29 and Yoni Stadlin, 31"
A day after Vivian Lehrer and Yoni Stadlin got married, they received the best wedding gift of all: a $1.1 million grant to pursue their fantasy project, a Jewish sleep-away camp focused on environmental sustainability.
The Jewish Week, June 15, 2010

"Specialty Camps Offer Angle for a Different Kind of Summer"
"We got some pushback saying starting a camp was a lot harder than you think -- sort of like, when you convert to Judaism, you get told 'no,' " [directo Yoni Stadlin] said. "But we found out this was a collective dream of many people."
Jewish Exponent, April 08, 2010

"Eden Village Camp: Planting the Seeds of Tomorrow"
Located one hour north of New York City, the beautiful camp aims to be a living model of a thriving, inspired, sustainable Jewish community, grounded in social responsibility and a vibrant Jewish spiritual life.
Boulder Jewish News, January 17, 2010

"How Green Is My Summer Camp?"
“Eden Village is not only the front edge of the Jewish environmental movement, but the future of the Jewish community,” incorporating many of the values the Jewish community cares about, said Nigel Savage, executive director of Hazon.
The Jewish Week, January 15, 2010

"How a greener Jewish summer can make a greener Jewish future"
Eden Village hopes to renew the "Jewish wisdom that speaks to the environmental concerns that today's young people care about, creating a substantive, relevant Judaism that is attracting youth who otherwise might have chosen a secular camp."
Haaretz, January 1, 2010

"Many camp menus are getting a makeover"
You may find a Campers work in the garden and share the fruits of their labor. Some of the plants campers grow are basil, mint, tomatoes and leaf lettuce.
Washington Jewish Week (pdf), December 17, 2009

"New Environmental Camp Nearing Opening"
Volunteers gathered to build trails, till fields, sing, and dance. The program plans to develop environmental awareness and Jewish identity and is the only camp with Jewish environmentalism as its founding principle.
UJA-Federation News, July 24, 2009

The Yiddish Forward, July 2, 2009 — Click the image below to read the article (it's in Yiddish!).

In our efforts to learn more about the world around us, we've included a background image of one of the plant species native to our campgrounds. On this page you can find the:

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