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Camp Massad (Machaneh Massad/מחנה מסד in Hebrew) was a Jewish summer camp, which originated as a day camp in 1941 and eventually grew to three sleep-away camps in the Pennsylvania Poconos .1Massad's creator, Shlomo Shulsinger, emphasized Hebrew language as a key value in a multi-denominational Jewish Zionist environment.2Here's a picture of the staff in 1941: [1] . Shlomo and Rivka Shulsinger are at the right of the picture. Given the goal of an immersive Hebrew-language environment, Massad became the locus for a good amount of new Hebrew vocabulary, e.g. to describe American sports. Massad's focus on spoken and written Hebrew extended to publishing a literary periodical and a hardback Hebrew-English dictionary. Like many Jewish summer camps founded in the 20th century, Massad offered parents the opportunity to put their children in a bucolic setting, an appealing alternative to the sweltering cities, where Polio was a concern. Massad's influence on other major Jewish camps was significant. The founder of Ramah attended, and Camp Morasha and Moshava both modeled themselves after it. The camp shut down in 1981. The Tannersville grounds are used during the winter for snow tubing, but you can still see the remains of many of the bunks and the dining room there. The Massad movement also created four camps in Canada ( Montreal , Winnipeg Beach , and Torrance ), two of which ( Camp Massad of Manitoba and Camp Massad of Montreal ) still exist.3
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Camp Massad ( ; Machaneh Massad ) was a Zionist Jewish summer camp in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania , which closed in 1981.Massad was founded as a day camp in 1941 by the HaNoar Ha'Ivri with thirty campers, and eventually grew to three sleep-away camps, Massad Alef, Bet, and Gimmel, serving over 1100 campers. Massad's founder, Shlomo Shulsinger, emphasized Hebrew language as a key value in a multi-denominational Jewish Zionist environment. The remains of the dining room and many of the bunks at the Tannersville grounds still exist, though the property is now used for snow tubing.
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Camp Massad ( , Maḥaneh Massad ) was a Zionist Jewish summer camp in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania , which closed in 1981. Massad's founder, Shlomo Shulsinger, emphasized Hebrew language as a key value in a multi-denominational Zionist Jewish environment. Massad was founded as a day camp in 1941 by the HaNoar Ha'Ivri with thirty campers, and eventually grew to three sleep-away camps in Pennsylvania, Massad Alef, Bet, and Gimmel, collectively known as the Massad Hebrew Camps in the United States ( ) At its peak in the late 1960s, the Massad camps hosted over a thousand campers and staff each summer.In its forty years of existence, the camp strongly influenced both Jewish camping and Hebrew culture in North America.
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Camp Massad ( , Maḥaneh Massad ) was a Zionist Jewish summer camp in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania , which closed in 1981. Massad's founder, Shlomo Shulsinger, emphasized Hebrew language as a key value in a multi-denominational Zionist Jewish environment. Massad was founded as a day camp in 1941 by the HaNoar Ha'Ivri with thirty campers, and eventually grew to three sleep-away camps in Pennsylvania, Massad Alef, Bet, and Gimmel, collectively known as the Massad Hebrew Camps in the United States ( ) At its peak in the late 1960s, the Massad camps hosted over a thousand campers and staff each summer. In its forty years of existence, the camp strongly influenced both Jewish camping and Hebrew culture in North America.
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Camp Massad ( Hebrew : מַחֲנֶה מַסָד , Maḥaneh Massad ) was a Zionist Jewish summer camp in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania , which closed in 1981. Massad's founder, Shlomo Shulsinger, emphasized Hebrew language as a key value in a multi-denominational Zionist Jewish environment. Massad was founded as a day camp in 1941 by the HaNoar Ha'Ivri with thirty campers, and eventually grew to three sleep-away camps in Pennsylvania, Massad Alef, Bet, and Gimmel, collectively known as the Massad Hebrew Camps in the United States ( Hebrew : מַחֲנוֹת מַסָד בְּאַרְצוֹת הַבְּרִית ) At its peak in the late 1960s, the Massad camps hosted over a thousand campers and staff each summer. In its forty years of existence, the camp strongly influenced both Jewish camping and Hebrew culture in North America.
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