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Eeden Village West centers its program on shared responsibility for animals, a farm, and communal spaces, with campers acting as active co-creators rather than consumers. The program maintains an entirely vegetarian kitchen and uses all-organic products in its kitchen, cleaning, and laundry. Campers and staff live, work, and play together in a Jewishly diverse, multi-generational community that focuses on ecological health and social systems.
Eden Village West’s mission states that it models and teaches reverence for the earth’s systems and awareness of the social systems of which people are a part. The mission describes a commitment to maintaining a small environmental footprint and promoting healthy lifestyles, including adjusting menus as needed to keep high standards for organic and vegetarian food. The program’s mission also states that it recognizes each person as b’tzelem Elohim (created in the image of the Divine), celebrates the unique gifts of each individual, and creates communities where each person is appreciated.
The mission explains that campers become leaders through shared responsibility for animals, the farm, and communal spaces, and that campers both receive and offer mentorship, with the program honoring the wisdom of every age group. It states that challenging experiences can push people past their comfort zones and that the program appreciates resilience and beauty that emerge from diversity in family backgrounds, structures, Jewish traditions, and economic situations. The mission notes that more than 40% of all campers receive financial aid and that campers represent all denominations and practices of Jewish spirituality, with Eden Village described there as the most Jewishly diverse camp in the country.
The program has a stated focus on ecological health and social justice and describes humans as caretakers for the larger community of life. The mission explains that the program is 100% committed to its standards for organics, rather than using organics only when possible. It also states that while at camp, participants take a break from commenting on their own or others’ appearance or clothes, a “No Body Talk” practice that is intended to free time and energy for play, friendship, and skill-building.
According to the mission, many staff and campers identify within the full non-binary spectrum of gender, and the program supports each community member in being in housing that most aligns with their gender identity. The mission states that the community strives to make Eden Village a place where children feel empowered to be themselves and where a truly welcoming community is created. Leadership for the program includes Brad Cohen as Executive Camp Director and Aubrey Golding as Assistant Director.
Parent and caregiver testimonials describe children returning home with a “spark and a glow” and feeling alive, and one parent calls sending their child to Eden Village one of the best parenting decisions they have made. Other testimonials describe the camp as “a wonderful, supportive, joyful, and inclusive community that lives its values every day” and say that the program “doesn’t just teach values, they embody them.” Several parents report that their children had “life-changing experiences,” “the time of his life,” and came home “a real grown, expanded person with fuller thoughts and observations.”
Last updated March 28, 2026.
Eden Village West’s mission states that it models and teaches reverence for the earth’s systems and awareness of the social systems of which people are a part. The mission describes a commitment to maintaining a small environmental footprint and promoting healthy lifestyles, including adjusting menus as needed to keep high standards for organic and vegetarian food. The program’s mission also states that it recognizes each person as b’tzelem Elohim (created in the image of the Divine), celebrates the unique gifts of each individual, and creates communities where each person is appreciated.
The mission explains that campers become leaders through shared responsibility for animals, the farm, and communal spaces, and that campers both receive and offer mentorship, with the program honoring the wisdom of every age group. It states that challenging experiences can push people past their comfort zones and that the program appreciates resilience and beauty that emerge from diversity in family backgrounds, structures, Jewish traditions, and economic situations. The mission notes that more than 40% of all campers receive financial aid and that campers represent all denominations and practices of Jewish spirituality, with Eden Village described there as the most Jewishly diverse camp in the country.
The program has a stated focus on ecological health and social justice and describes humans as caretakers for the larger community of life. The mission explains that the program is 100% committed to its standards for organics, rather than using organics only when possible. It also states that while at camp, participants take a break from commenting on their own or others’ appearance or clothes, a “No Body Talk” practice that is intended to free time and energy for play, friendship, and skill-building.
According to the mission, many staff and campers identify within the full non-binary spectrum of gender, and the program supports each community member in being in housing that most aligns with their gender identity. The mission states that the community strives to make Eden Village a place where children feel empowered to be themselves and where a truly welcoming community is created. Leadership for the program includes Brad Cohen as Executive Camp Director and Aubrey Golding as Assistant Director.
Parent and caregiver testimonials describe children returning home with a “spark and a glow” and feeling alive, and one parent calls sending their child to Eden Village one of the best parenting decisions they have made. Other testimonials describe the camp as “a wonderful, supportive, joyful, and inclusive community that lives its values every day” and say that the program “doesn’t just teach values, they embody them.” Several parents report that their children had “life-changing experiences,” “the time of his life,” and came home “a real grown, expanded person with fuller thoughts and observations.”
Last updated March 28, 2026.
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