The 2022 Chabad Summer Camp Directory

Camp Emunah
Gender: Girls
Location: Greenfield Park, New York
Camp Amenities: 3 outdoor pools and two water slides. 3 tennis courts, 2 volleyball courts, 2 basketball courts, a hockey court and gaga pits. 3 playgrounds, 2 trampolines, a 300 ft. zip line and a rock-climbing wall.
Ages: Junior program 3-5th grade, Preteen program 6-7th grade, Teen Camp 8-9th grade, 10th-grade Traveling Shluchos program, Sunshine Circle for girls with special needs
Length of each session: 1 month
Website: www.campemunah.com
Director: Rebbetzin Chave Hecht, Mrs Baila Rochel Kievman /Teen Camp Director: Mrs. Tzivie Hecht
Contact: 718-735-0225 [email protected]

Camp Chomeish
Gender: Girls
Location: Moodus, Connecticut
Camp Amenities: Learning, Davening, trips. Theme days (Six Flags, Bowling, Cromwell Fun House, Lake Compounce Amusement Park, Berry Picking, Ice & Roller Skating), night activity, boating, campfires, drama and music, activities, poetry, ceramic crafts, archery, arts and crafts, swimming, Concerts, Shows, Carnival, Melava Malka, Color War, Field Day, Plays, Weekly Theme Days, Mock Wedding, Overnights.
Ages: 4-7th grade
Length of each session: 1 month
Website: https://www.campchomeish.com
Director: Rabbi Sholom Ber Stock
Contact: (203)­ 816-0770 [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]

Camp Pardes Chana
Gender: Girls
Location: Montreal Quebec, Canada / Kingston NY
Camp Amenities: Swimming, baking, sports, arts & crafts, rope course, kayaking, special theme activities and more.
Ages: Regular program 4-6th grade, VIP program 7th grade, CIT program 8th grade, Waitress program 9th grade
Length of each session: 1 month
Website: https://www.camppc.com
Director: Rabbi Avrohom & Dinie Gurary
Contact: [email protected] 514-600-1631

Camp Gan Yisroel United
Gender: Girls
Location: Bushkill, Pennsylvania
Camp Amenities: Learning, Davening, Farbrengens. Activities, theme days, electives, crafts, trips. Outdoor and indoor pool, multiple sports courts and fields, playgrounds. Winterized cabins.
Ages: CGI Girls grades 4-7, Teen Division grades 8-9, Waitresses grade 10
Length of each session: 1 month
Website: www.cgiunited.org
Directors: Malka Aisenbach, Geula Gniwisch
Teen Division: Chanie Kantor
Contact: 971-770-1836
[email protected]

Camp Gan Yisroel – Detroit
Gender: Separate camps for boys and girls
Location: girls in Kalkaska, Michigan and boys in Tustin, Michigan
Camp Amenities: For 61 years, Camp Gan Yisroel in Lubavitch City, Michigan has been providing boys and girls with a truly magical summer experience as they spend their days surrounded by good friends and dedicated staff members, inspiring them to grow in their Yiddishkeit and Chassidishkeit. From the exciting daily activities to the incredibly warm environment, Camp Gan Yisroel offers personal attention to each and every camper, with multiple programs geared to different age groups, providing an uplifting summer laden with fun, excitement and an opportunity for personal growth.
Ages: Boys BMD Program, Girls 10th-grade travel camp, Girls Teen camp
Length of each session: 2 months girls and 2 months boys
Website: https://www.cgidetroit.com
Director: Rabbi Moshe Shemtov
Contact: [email protected] 248-599-2703

Camp Gan Yisrael in the Poconos
Gender: girls
Location: Dingmans Ferry, PA
Camp Amenities: CGI Poconos’ activities provide our campers with a balance of aquatics, arts, athletics, and adventure. In addition, we also offer specialized activities that are designed to help our campers’ develop their abilities and skills (ex. self-defense, hand sewing, laundry, fashion design, team building, Challah baking, cooking, and much more.)
Ages: PreB Me (3-5th grades) B-Me (Batmitzvah Experience) Teen Experience (8-9th grade)
Length of each session: 1 month
Website: https://cgipoconos.org
Director: Gershon Sandler
Contact: 845.425.0903 [email protected]

Camp Gan Israel Toronto
Gender: Boys and girls
Location: Haliburton, Ontario
Camp Amenities: Hiking, Overnight Camping, Wilderness Skills, Nature Courses, Free Swim, Canoeing, Kayaking, Rowing, 16-foot lake water slide, Trampoline, Basketball, Touch Football, Soccer, Volleyball, Ultimate Frisbee, Handball, Aerobics, Painting, Drama, Dance (girls), Music, Arts & Crafts, Baking
Ages: Grades 4-7, Boys grade 7 BMD Program
Length of each session: 1 month
Website: https://ganisrael.camp
Director: Goldy Grossbaum
Contact: 905-731-7000 ext. 222, 225, or 235 [email protected]

Camp Gan Israel Parksville, NY
Gender: boys
Location: Parksville, NY
Camp Amenities: Activities, sports, trips, swimming
Ages: Barmitzvah Division
Length of each session: 1 month
Website: https://www.campganisrael.com
Director: Rabbi Yossi Futerfas
Contact: 845-292-9307 [email protected]

Camp Chayolei Hamelech
Gender: boys
Location: Lackawaxen PA
Camp Amenities: Camp Chayolei balances structure and creativity, competition and teamwork, organized specialties and optional activities, within a safe, nurturing, frum Jewish environment. The rich and varied programs offer campers of different strengths the opportunity to grow, learn, develop, and make new friends as they connect to their Jewish heritage. All of this happens in our beautiful facility of over eighty-four acres in Lackawaxen PA.
Ages: Gan 3-6th grade, SGP 7th grade, EGP 8th grade
Length of each session: 1 month
Website: https://chayol.com
Director: Shloime Rutman
Contact: 718-221-0770

Yeshivas Kayitz Tzeirei Hashluchim Tzfas
Gender: Boys
Location: Tzfas, Israel
Camp Amenities: Under the leadership of Rabbi Chaim Kaplan of Chabad-Lubavitch of Tzfas, and directed by Eli Rosenfeld, the Yeshivas Kayitz is based out of the beautiful and newly renovated campus of Yeshivas Beis Menachem Mendel in Tzfas. The goal of the program is to enhance every Talmid’s level of learning, davening and chassidishe hanhogah, all while enjoying the experience of a lifetime. Designed for bochurim entering grades 9 through 11, the six-week program offers a strong academic curriculum with personalized level-based learning, and is complemented with numerous on-site and off-site activities, professional sports leagues, Shabbatons, and exciting excursions throughout all of Eretz Yisroel.
Ages: Entering grades 9 – 11
Length of session – 6 weeks
Website: yktzeireihashluchim.com
Director: Eli Rosenfeld
Contact: 917.409.7430 [email protected]

Tzeirei Hatmimim
Gender: Boys
Location: Canadensis, PA
Camp Amenities: Learning with qualified teachers, Swimming, baking, sports, arts & crafts, activities, tons of trips
Ages: 10-14   5th-8th grade
Length of session – second month
Website: tzeireihatmimim.com
Directors: Rabbi Yosef Klyne and Rabbi Yitzchok Wolf
Contact: 347-423-1676

Machane Pioneers
Gender: boys
Location: Vermont
Camp Amenities: Pioneers Camp provides a unique, action-packed camp experience where your son will acquire life skills. We are geared to help campers gain a sense of responsibility, leadership skills and most importantly simchat chaim — a joy of life itself! Surrounded by a new environment and interaction with great teachers, each boy will develop confidence and glean skills to be used the rest of his life. Most importantly, campers will have a fun-filled summer! Experiential Educational camping designed to build skill sets which will grow with your son’s development.​ Pioneers Camp is located in the green mountains of Vermont. With 100+ acres of forestland, meadows, mountain brooks, and a waterfall on the property, it offers a beautiful and refreshing environment in which to learn the many skills and knowledge that’s taught at Pioneers Camp.
Ages: Junior Pioneers Ages: 10-12, Pioneers Ages: 13-14, Maglan Ages: 15-16
Length of each session: 1 month
Website: https://www.pioneerscamp.org
Director: Michoel Nagel
Contact: 973.349.2282 [email protected]

Chavaya Vermont Wilderness Program
Gender: Girls
Location: Vermont
Camp Amenities: Chavaya is a place for young Jewish women to actualize their true potential through experiencing nature and being creative. We offer a unique outdoor experience that represents a new model of Jewish education. You can expect your daughter to learn about nature and survival skills, create beautiful art and have fun! Activities include survival skills, swimming, animal husbandry, farming, art, horse riding, exciting trips and more.
Ages: Ages 9 – 14
Length of each session: 1 month
Website: www.ChavayaVermont.com
Director: Batsheva Nagel
Contact: [email protected]

Maui Kosher Farm Camp
Gender: boys program and girls program
Location: Maui, Hawaii
Camp Amenities: Every morning begins with feeding the goats, sheep, chickens, ducks, geese and quails. The typical activities include collecting eggs, milking goats, planting pineapples, harvesting avocados, papayas, bananas & anything else growing on property, clearing cane grass and our streams. The bochurim will learn the practical הלכות of living on a farm, get to watch and learn the intricacies of שחיטה and כשרות from farm to table, and much more. Maui has 9 microclimates, giving us access to 10,000-foot volcanoes, moon-like crater hikes, lava rock trails, waterfall crossings and bamboo forests. Living on the farm lends itself to much opportunities for creativity. We do lots of painting (rocks, pallets, cabins, ourselves), dying, weaving, building, art lessons and the like or food creation such as making our own coffee, cocoa, sourdough bread or noni juice from farm to table.
Ages: boys ages 13 – 15, girls ages 11-13
Length of each session: 3 weeks
Website: https://mkfsummer.com
Director: Mendel and Chani Zirkind
Contact: (917) 803-2835

Yeshivas Kayitz Program
Gender: boys
Location: Lakewood, PA
Camp Amenities: Our unique program is geared to see every Talmid as an individual. Led by Mechanchim whose goal is to give each child their full attention, and with a comprehensive program of academics and adventure. Yeshivas Kayitz Program is a summer experience of active living, learning and growing in yiddishkeit, chassidishkeit, and maturity.
Ages: 8th grade-Beis Medrash
Length of each session: 8 weeks
Website: https://ykprogram.com
Director: Rabbi Yisroel Levertov
Contact: (570)­ 300-5190

YSP – Yeshiva Summer Program Morristown
Gender: boys
Location: Morristown, NJ
Located on the beautiful, well-maintained grounds of the Rabbinical College of America, Yeshiva Summer Program YSP is known the world over for its great ability to ease the transition from Elementary to Mesivta. Primarily a learning program, it seeks to serve those scholars desiring to spend their summer in intense Torah study, coupled with recreational activities. The perfect balance, this program places great emphasis on the spiritual service of G-d, spending over eight hours per day in study and prayer, regular tests, as well as incentives and performance-driven goals.
Ages: 13 and 14
Length of each session: 6 weeks
Website: www.yspmorristown.com
Director: Rabbi Mendel Goldberg
Contact: (973) 267-9404 Ext. 111

Camp Lechatchila Ariber
Gender: girls
Location: Utah and Arizona
Camp Amenities: An overnight-travel hybrid program for girls who love the outdoors and nature and who are adventurous in both mindset and reality. The program will see trips such as hiking, rappelling, canyoneering, zip-lining, white water rafting and glamping, as well as specialty classes to learn unique skills like pottery, cooking, dancing and art.
Ages: girls completing 6th, 7th, and 8th grades
Length of each session: 3 weeks
Director: Rabbi Dovber & Srula Chaiton
Website: https://www.camplagirls.com

CGI Cabo
Gender: girls
Location: Los Cabos, Mexico
Camp Amenities: TBA
Ages: Girls going into grades 9 and 10
Length of each session: 3 weeks
Website: www.marecabo.com
Director: Rabbi Benzion and Sonia Hershcovich
Contact: +52-624-133-0489

Gan Israel Teen Camp Experience
Gender: Girls
Location: to be determined
40 girls Max
Ages: Incoming 9th 10th and 11th
Length of each session: 3 weeks- August 3rd- 24th
Email: [email protected]
Directors: Rabbi Mendy and Tzippy Weiss

Yeshiva Outdoor Adventure
Gender: boys
Location: Taos, NM and Colorado
Camp Amenities: Leading the way in wilderness education, changing lives, one summer at a time. Yeshiva Outdoor Adventure is a registered Venturing Crew under The Boy Scouts of America, requiring its staff to be well trained in many areas. It is a camp that brings learning and the outdoors to a whole new level. With a brilliant combination of camping and farbrengen, self-reliance and teamwork we empower our teens with independence and an appreciation for everything around them.
Ages: boys aged 15-16
Length of each session: 4 weeks
Website: https://campyoa.com
Director: Rabbi Michoel Harari
Contact: [email protected] or 1-818-237-6146

Camp YTT
Gender: girls
Location: Israel and Ukraine
Camp Amenities: The touring camp directed by Mrs. Miryam Swerdlov for over 20 years, the camp boasts an inspiring, fun and Chassidish atmosphere touring the entire Israel, along with state-of-the-art accommodations and transportation. The Ukraine trip visits Dnepropetrovsk, (the Rebbe’s city) where they visit the new Menorah Center, Reb Leivik’s Shul, Reb Beryl’s kever and many more incredible sights, Haditch, (Alter Rebbe), Nyezhin (Mitteler Rebbe), an incredible Shabbos in Mezibush (Baal Shem Tov), Barditchev, (Reb Levi Yitzchok) The Maggid and Reb Zushe in Annipoli.
Ages: 10-11th grade
Length of each session: 5 weeks
Website: https://campytt.com
Director: Mrs. Miriam Swerdlov
Contact: [email protected]

CGI Montreal
Gender: Boys
Location: La Minerve, Quebec, Canada
Camp Amenities:
Ages: Boys grades 3-6 / Section C (boys completed Grade 7)
Length of each session: 4 weeks
Website: https://www.cgimontreal.com
Director: Rabbi Yisrolik Mockin
Contact Info: 514.343.9606

Machaneh Mamosh Gan Yisroel West California
Gender: Boys and Girls
Machaneh Mamosh has hosted camp since 1995. Thousands of children have enjoyed the Gan Yisroel experience in the beautiful California mountains. Located on 92 acres outside Yosemite National Park, our camp features amazing activities including: Kayaking, Mishnayos baal peh, Athletics, Swimming, Drama, Horseback riding, Archery, Exciting trips. Where every day is a sunny day and every day is a Gan Yisroel day.
Girls ages 8-13 June 28 – July 25
Boys ages 8-13  July 27 – August 23
www.Ganyisroelwest.com
Directors: Rabbi and Mrs. Shlomo Menkes
Contact: 310-910-1770

Yeshivas Kayitz South Africa
Gender: boys
Location: South Africa
Camp Amenities: although the students are coming from Shiur Beis and Gimmel Mesivta – the Yeshivas Kayitz is fashioned more like a Zal. There are small – but exciting local trips almost every week. In addition, there are two big trips – a three-day trip to a game reserve and other activities around halfway through the summer, and a week-long trip to the ocean down south – towards the end. Each of these big trips – the Bochurim are accompanied by one of the Mashpiím – who learns and Farbrengs with them – adding a spiritual spice to the excitement.
Ages: Bochurim going out of Shiur Beis and Gimel Mesivta
Length of each session: 6 weeks
Website: https://yeshivajoburg.org/kayitz
Director: Rabbi Noam Wagner
Contact: 718 233 3393

European Tzeirei Hashluchim Sweden
Gender: separate camps for girls and boys
Location: Gothenburg, Sweden
Camp Amenities: A Tzeirei Hashluchim camp, BH filled with great farbrengens, lots of fun, warm chassidishe atmosphere, great trips, friendships, dedicated staff, giving them a renewed chayus in their shlichus.
The atmosphere in camp is permeated with warmth, chassidishkeit, caring, joy and friendship. A place where young shluchim meet friends just like themselves and return home with tremendous inspiration.
A joint project of Chabad Sweden and MyShliach of Merkos suite 302.
Ages: Girls: 7-15-year-olds
Boys 8-13-year-olds +yeshivas kayitz program 13-15-year-olds
Camp dates bezH:
Girls: Thursday 7 July – Wednesday 27 July – 8 – 28 Tamuz
Boys: Monday, 1 August – Thursday 18 August – 4 – 21 Av
Directors: Rabbi Alexander & Leah Namdar
Registration: Tzeireihashluchim.com
Contact:+WhatsApp: +46707711770

Yeshivas Kayitz Yerushalayim
Gender: boys
Location: Nachalot, Israel
Camp Amenities: The Yeshivas Kayitz is located steps away from the famous Shuk, and minutes from the old city of Jerusalem, giving the campers the ability to explore and learn all about Yerushalayim. Experiencing the sights, sounds and tastes of all Israel has to offer, will be complemented by structured seder, immersion in chassidishe farbrengens and hands-on learning. Oversight for such a unique program will be done by two qualified, energetic and experienced mechanchim. Our home base in Yerushalayim gives us the unique opportunity to explore the land. From a 3-day grand trip to the north of Israel & overnights in the Negev desert to sunrise in Masada & Shabbos in Chevron, YKY will give its participants an outstanding tour of Eretz Yisroel.
Ages: Mesivta aged bochurim
Length of each session: TBD
Website: http://ykysummer.com
Directors: Rabbi Shmulik Schneerson and Rabbi Yosef Avtzon
Contact info: [email protected]

Jewish Girls Retreat
Gender: Girls
Location: East Greenbush, NY
Camp Amenities: Large Pond, boating, 14 acres, volleyball Ct, bonfire pit, playground, animals: sheep, goats, chicken, trampoline, creative art clubs, Theme days, trips, hiking, night activities, swimming, Grow Workshop
Ages: YALDAH, BMC, Teen Division ages 7-15
Length of each session: 1 month, 1 week for taste of JGR
Website: www.Jewishgirlsretreat.com
Director: Mrs. Nechama & Avraham Laber
Program Director: Chana Laber
Contact: 5187279581 [email protected]

CKids Gan Israel
Gender: boys
Location: Florida
Camp Amenities: Junior Olympic Size pool, lake with canoeing, stand up paddle boating and kayaking, fishing, 4 inflatables in the lake, High rope course, rock climbing, archery, 2 zip lines, massive swing, two trips weekly, Sports leagues, workshops.
Mission: Every child is an entire world. At CKids Gan Israel we strive to harness their infinite potential through unconditional love, support and personal attention. A Summer spent in CKids Gan Israel ignites the spark of Judaism that resides within every single camper, allowing authentic Jewish pride to become the cornerstone of their lives.
For: Jewish Public school kids
Ages: grades 4 – 8
Length of camp: July 5 – July 25
Website: ckidsganisrael.com
Director: Rabbi Levi and Chaya Plotkin
Contact: 347-446-0479  [email protected]

Yeshivas Kayitz Postville
Gender: boys
Location: Postville, Iowa
Camp Amenities: Yeshiva style with small trips and sports
Length of each session: 6 weeks
Website: https://www.mesivtapostville.org/ykinfo.html
Contact info: [email protected]

Camp L’man Achai
Gender: boys
Location: Andes, NY
Camp Amenities: Camp L’man Achai is a Jewish overnight camp that combines an enriched Jewish atmosphere with the best recreation programs. Our camp’s breathtaking panoramic view of the Pepacton Reservoir Valley and the surrounding mountains and above all offer an opportune oasis for children to experience the warmth and beauty of their heritage in a safe, friendly, and warm environment. Camp L’man Achai is about making people feel welcome and at home in a traditional Jewish setting. It strives to let every camper take part in traditions they might not practice outside of camp and give them an opportunity to build meaningful and lifelong friendships, enjoy outdoor adventure and deepen their love of Judaism. We pride ourselves with A Heritage of Happy Campers.
Ages: Campers entering 4th to 7th grades, Campers entering 8th and 9th grade will join our exciting BMD program, Our teens program is for campers entering 10th to 12th grade
Length of each session: 6 weeks
Website: http://www.camplmanachai.com/
Director: Yitzchok Steinmetz
Contact: 845-676-3996 845-676-4681 [email protected]

Gan Israel Brazil Travel Camp
Gender: boys and girls
Location: Brazil
Camp amenities:
The program will travel to Rio de Janeiro, Iguazu Waterfalls, Recife and S Paulo.  Along with the beautiful scenery, the campers will have daily Shiurim and the opportunity to visit local shluchim and hear their stories.
The camp will be based in Gan Israel’s large and modern campgrounds located in the beautiful mountains in the region of Atibaia. The grounds feature comfortable accommodations, a shul, 2 swimming pools, gymnasium, mini-golf, beach tennis, and many other recreational amenities.
Ages:  9th and 10th grade girls / Bochurim coming out of Shiur Alef & Beis Mesivta
Length of each section: Girls 3 weeks / Boys 4 Weeks
Website: travelcamp.ganisrael.com.br
Director: Rabbi Dovid Weitman
contact info: [email protected]

Travel Camp South Africa
Gender: Girls
Location: South Africa
Camp Amenities: Tour the beautiful country of South Africa, they will visit: Johannesburg, Cape Town, Plettenberg Bay, Kruger National Park, Durban with amazing trips and activities and much more along the way. Throughout the program the girls will be given daily shiurim and will enjoy farbrengens with shluchim and shluchos from around the country.

Length of each session: 4 weeks
Website: www.travelcampSA.co.za
Director: Rabbi Pini & Rochie Pink
Contact: [email protected]
+27823417485

Orlando Overnight Camp
Gender: Girls
Location: Orlando, Florida
Camp amenities: Orlando Overnight Camp was founded in 2020, in response to the global pandemic. We strive to give our girls an amazing camp experience within the comfort of a luxury vacation home. The girls have the opportunity to be immersed in a spiritual environment, and gain not only from the staff but the campers as well. We offer an incredible variety of programs and activities, with top-of-the-line facilities and qualified staff who are committed to the enjoyment and safety of all our campers. Join us to create your own memories.
Ages: 12-14
Dates: July 26- August 23
Website: https://orlandoovernightcamp.wixsite.com/overnightcamp
Directors: Mushkie Brook, Shalehevet Teitelbaum
Contact: 347-327-4343 / [email protected]

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This listing was compiled for summer 2022 by reporters for COLlive.com. For any additions or corrections, email: [email protected]