Leaders Assembly
Learn, Share, Innovate. The biggest ideas and boldest solutions for the field of Jewish camp come from its leaders.
The biggest ideas and boldest solutions for the field of Jewish camp come from its leaders. The Leaders Assembly is a biennial two-day conference that brings together hundreds of professionals and lay leaders from the camping world, as well as funders and Jewish communal professionals, to address the opportunities and challenges facing the field of Jewish camp.
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Past Programs
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Leaders Assembly 2010
March 14, 2010
Keys to the Cabin: Unlocking a Changing World
Several hundred nonprofit camp staff and lay leaders, philanthropists, and community professionals gathered together March 14-15, 2010 for a stimulating and invigorating gathering filled with groundbreaking research findings, innovative new program announcements, and exciting introductions.
The 2010 conference, held at the Westin Jersey City Newport in Jersey City, NJ, addressed the opportunities and challenges facing the field of nonprofit Jewish camp and the Jewish community. This year’s theme, Keys to the Cabin: Unlocking a Changing World, emphasized new areas of growth for individual camps and the entire field, empowering attendees to see themselves as “keys” to the success of the Jewish camp endeavor, while learning the “keys” to reach that success in these uncommon times.
As part of a series of interviews with Jewish educational leaders, the AVI CHAI Foundation interviewed Jewish summer camp directors and lay leaders at Leaders Assembly about how Jewish camp forms Jewish leaders. Two videos were shown during the conference and can be viewed below.
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Leaders Assembly 2008
March 15, 2008
Over 500 attendees convened in a two-day conference to discuss how to address the challenges and opportunities facing Jewish Camp, with the goal of vastly increasing Jewish summer camp enrollment.
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Leaders Assembly 2006
March 05, 2006
Over 400 attendees convened at the inaugural conference to discuss how to make Jewish camp a priority on the overall Jewish agenda, and how to attract and allocate the community's support and funding. Major announcements included the initiative “The Executive Leadership Institute (ELI)”—a training program to increase camp excellence.
Blog
Gather round for news, perspectives, and tales of Jewish summer camp.
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Takeaways from FJC
August 31, 2010
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How Do You Start a Green Camp?
August 12, 2010