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Camp Gan Israel offers a wide range of activities including sports, water fun, crafts, trips, Challah baking, and field trips. Campers take part in activities such as baseball, football, hockey, kickball, soccer, water slides, slip n slides, cooking, art, science experiments, carnivals, dress-up days, Shabbat parties, and Judaica projects. Additional offerings include outings and experiences like Scooter's Jungle, Angles Baseball Games, miniature golf, nature hikes, laser tag, amusement parks, a rock wall, go-carts, a game truck, Mad Science, giant slides, and a game room with ping-pong, pool (billiards), foosball, and air hockey.
• Ages: 5–11 years old
• Schedule: June 22–August 7
Camp Gan Israel is led by Rabbi Dovid Lisbon. The program states that all activities, from sports and water fun to crafts, trips, and Challah baking, are designed to enhance self-esteem, teach cooperation, increase responsibility, and imbue campers with Jewish values, customs, and culture, and describes itself as a comprehensive program that strengthens body and soul while offering fun, excitement, friendship, and meaningful educational experiences. Camp Gan Israel is under the auspices of the Jewish Community Center - Chabad and is part of what it describes as the largest and fastest growing network of Jewish day camps in the world, affiliated with youth programs of the Jewish Community Center, Growing Garden Preschool, Academy of the Arts TK–8th Grade, Hebrew School, and CTeen.
The camp notes separate schedules for older and younger divisions, weekly Judaic themes taught through activities, stories, songs, and games, and in-camp entertainment each Monday with special outside visitors. It lists sports activities supervised by a coach and staff, water fun brought to camp instead of going to a pool, and two beach visits for the older division with extra safety procedures. Activities are described as being under the direction of an experienced crafts director, and the game room is equipped with multiple game tables. The program highlights an emphasis on safety and security with counselor-to-camper ratios structured for high supervision, and offers registration by week or session with 3-day and 5-day options, extended care, and what it describes as great supervised weekly trip days to local entertainment and nature locations. The camp also notes that it has a well-earned reputation as a trendsetter with innovative ideas, creative programs, and new activities, that campers enjoy a wide range of activities and field trips in a warm, safe, and vivacious atmosphere, that it exposes the beauty of Jewish heritage, and that the first 50 campers to register receive a free gift.
Last updated July 21, 2026.
• Ages: 5–11 years old
• Schedule: June 22–August 7
Camp Gan Israel is led by Rabbi Dovid Lisbon. The program states that all activities, from sports and water fun to crafts, trips, and Challah baking, are designed to enhance self-esteem, teach cooperation, increase responsibility, and imbue campers with Jewish values, customs, and culture, and describes itself as a comprehensive program that strengthens body and soul while offering fun, excitement, friendship, and meaningful educational experiences. Camp Gan Israel is under the auspices of the Jewish Community Center - Chabad and is part of what it describes as the largest and fastest growing network of Jewish day camps in the world, affiliated with youth programs of the Jewish Community Center, Growing Garden Preschool, Academy of the Arts TK–8th Grade, Hebrew School, and CTeen.
The camp notes separate schedules for older and younger divisions, weekly Judaic themes taught through activities, stories, songs, and games, and in-camp entertainment each Monday with special outside visitors. It lists sports activities supervised by a coach and staff, water fun brought to camp instead of going to a pool, and two beach visits for the older division with extra safety procedures. Activities are described as being under the direction of an experienced crafts director, and the game room is equipped with multiple game tables. The program highlights an emphasis on safety and security with counselor-to-camper ratios structured for high supervision, and offers registration by week or session with 3-day and 5-day options, extended care, and what it describes as great supervised weekly trip days to local entertainment and nature locations. The camp also notes that it has a well-earned reputation as a trendsetter with innovative ideas, creative programs, and new activities, that campers enjoy a wide range of activities and field trips in a warm, safe, and vivacious atmosphere, that it exposes the beauty of Jewish heritage, and that the first 50 campers to register receive a free gift.
Last updated July 21, 2026.
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