Author: Barbara Stevens

• Easily Extraordinary: Introducing Mitzvah Projects

  Posted by Barbara Stevens on 05/15/2018 | Share:
  

  Every year, a few Cohen Campers do something I consider extraordinary: they set up their own camp fundraiser, inviting friends and family to give to their camp’s Scholarship Fund. They do this in place of gifts for their bar or bat mitzvah, or for their birthday. Cohen Camps Alumni do it, too, as a way […]

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• At Passover We Say, “NEXT year in Jerusalem.” For Our Teens, It’s Got To Be “THIS year.”

  Posted by Barbara Stevens on 04/27/2016 | Share:
  

  By Barbara Stevens, Camp Tevya Alumna and Cohen Camps Development Director Imagine you’re a Camp Tevya teen. The Dor L’Dor Israel Leadership Program—an extraordinary joint experience for each camp’s oldest campers—is something you’ve heard about and have looked forward to ever since you were a young camper. The reading of DLD letters from Israel back […]

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• Chai Match EXCEEDED! Thank you!

  Posted by Barbara Stevens on 04/25/2014 | Share:
  

  Wow. Thank you. You met the Chai Match goal – and then EXCEEDED it, unlocking all those matching funds. Your Tevya Spirit is inspiring. I just want to share how rewarding and meaningful I found the conversations I was so privileged to experience over these past week weeks, leading to this incredible moment. As many […]

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