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Camp Achvah, the Glossary

Camp Achvah was the first Hebrew-speaking summer camp in North America.^[1]

26 relations: Arverne, Queens, Bella Abzug, Book discussion club, Brandeis University Press, Camp Massad (Poconos), Dalton Plan, Debate, Deerpark, New York, Fellow, Great Depression, Hebrew language, Informal education, Isaiah Zeldin, Jews, Language immersion, Leadership development, Long Island, Los Angeles Times, Mixed-sex education, Moshe Nathanson, New York (state), New York Jewish Week, Samson Benderly, Secondary school, Summer camp, Tisha B'Av.
Defunct summer camps
Jewish organizations established in 1927

Arverne, Queens

Arverne is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens, on the Rockaway Peninsula.

Bella Abzug

Bella Savitzky Abzug (July 24, 1920 – March 31, 1998), nicknamed "Battling Bella", was an American lawyer, politician, social activist, and a leader in the women's movement.

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Book discussion club

A book discussion club is a group of people who meet to discuss books they have read.

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Brandeis University Press

Brandeis University Press is a university press supported by Brandeis University, a private research university in Waltham, Massachusetts.

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Camp Massad (מַחֲנֶה מַסָד) was a Zionist Jewish summer camp in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania, which closed in 1981. Camp Achvah and camp Massad (Poconos) are Defunct summer camps and Zionism in the United States.

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Dalton Plan

The Dalton Plan is an educational concept created by Helen Parkhurst.

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Debate

Debate is a process that involves formal discourse, discussion, and oral addresses on a particular topic or collection of topics, often with a moderator and an audience.

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Deerpark, New York

Deerpark is a town in the western part of Orange County, New York, United States, and part of the New York metropolitan area.

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Fellow

A fellow is a concept whose exact meaning depends on context.

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Great Depression

The Great Depression (19291939) was a severe global economic downturn that affected many countries across the world.

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Hebrew language

Hebrew (ʿÎbrit) is a Northwest Semitic language within the Afroasiatic language family.

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Informal education

Informal education is a general term for education that can occur outside of a traditional lecture or school based learning systems.

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Isaiah Zeldin

Isaiah Zeldin (July 11, 1920 – January 26, 2018) was an American rabbi.

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Jews

The Jews (יְהוּדִים) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites of the ancient Near East, and whose traditional religion is Judaism.

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Language immersion

Language immersion, or simply immersion, is a technique used in bilingual language education in which two languages are used for instruction in a variety of topics, including maths, science, or social studies.

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Leadership development

Leadership development is the process which helps expand the capacity of individuals to perform in leadership roles within organizations.

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Long Island

Long Island is a populous island east of Manhattan in southeastern New York state, constituting a significant share of the New York metropolitan area in both population and land area.

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Los Angeles Times

The Los Angeles Times is a regional American daily newspaper that began publishing in Los Angeles, California in 1881.

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Mixed-sex education

Mixed-sex education, also known as mixed-gender education, co-education, or coeducation (abbreviated to co-ed or coed), is a system of education where males and females are educated together.

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Moshe Nathanson

Moshe Nathanson (August 10, 1899 - February 24, 1981) was a Canadian musicologist, composer, and cantor who is known for promoting Jewish folk music.

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New York (state)

New York, also called New York State, is a state in the Northeastern United States.

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New York Jewish Week

The Jewish Week is a weekly independent community newspaper targeted towards the Jewish community of the metropolitan New York City area.

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Samson Benderly

Samson Benderly (1876 – July 9, 1944) was a major figure in promoting Jewish education in the United States.

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Secondary school

A secondary school or high school is an institution that provides secondary education.

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Summer camp

A summer camp or sleepaway camp is a supervised program for children conducted during the summer vacation in some countries.

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Tisha B'Av

Tisha B'Av (תִּשְׁעָה בְּאָב) is an annual fast day in Judaism, on which a number of disasters in Jewish history occurred, primarily the destruction of both Solomon's Temple by the Neo-Babylonian Empire and the Second Temple by the Roman Empire in Jerusalem.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_Achvah

Also known as Achvah.