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Project Spotlight: Eden Village Camp

Eden Village Camp’s Gendler Grapevine Project called T.I.R.E. (Tire Inflation for the Retrieval of Energy) uses a solar-powered generator and air compressor to inflate the car tires of those visiting the camp with the goal of improving gas mileage. Eden Village Camp staff inflating tires Located in Putnam Valley, NY, Eden Village Camp [...]

By |2016-11-29T10:43:37-04:00October 28th, 2013|Heard it through the GRAPEVINE|Comments Off on Project Spotlight: Eden Village Camp

Project Spotlight: JCC Camp Chi

We are pleased to share our first of 10 Project Spotlights for 2013. We hope you enjoy reading about the exciting work The Gendler Grapevine Project supported in 2013. Make sure to link to each camp's practical proposal to see how you can implement this project at your camp, organization, or even home. -Emily Loeb [...]

By |2016-11-29T10:44:03-04:00October 18th, 2013|Heard it through the GRAPEVINE|Comments Off on Project Spotlight: JCC Camp Chi

The Outdoor Rabbi – by Claudia Kraut Rimerman

As a high school junior and senior at boarding school, I found Rabbi Gendler to be a most unusual and inspiring leader. Unlike other clergy I'd known, Rabbi Gendler did much of his spiritual work outdoors. Joyfully he built a sukkah every year - joining the students in creating the structure with our own hands. [...]

By |2013-10-02T23:19:19-04:00October 2nd, 2013|Heard it through the GRAPEVINE|Comments Off on The Outdoor Rabbi – by Claudia Kraut Rimerman

Sukkot Reflections

Please enjoy this post written by Tajlei Levis, former student of Rabbi Gendler and Gendler Grapevine Project Executive Committee member.   In my memory, my first Sukkah has a golden glow: not just the afternoon light and dappled autumn leaves, but the warmth of discovering a Jewish community and new friends while participating in an [...]

By |2016-11-29T10:44:39-04:00September 18th, 2013|Environment, Heard it through the GRAPEVINE, Rabbi Gendler|Comments Off on Sukkot Reflections

Rosh Hashanah Reflections by Rabbi Gendler, 5774

When we first asked Rabbi Gendler to write a blog-post for the Gendler Grapevine website, we had a few hurdles to jump – the first being to explain what a blog is! I hope you’ll enjoy the reflection below as much as I did.  -Emily Loeb Executive Director The Gendler Grapevine Project   Dear Board [...]

By |2016-11-29T10:45:08-04:00September 4th, 2013|Heard it through the GRAPEVINE|Comments Off on Rosh Hashanah Reflections by Rabbi Gendler, 5774

Gendler Grapevine Water Bottles

We were excited to be able to give the 2013 Gendler Grapevine Projects an extra gift this year. In addition to funding 10 unique projects all over the country, we designed and distributed 5000 water bottles to the campers and camp staff at the Gendler Grapevine Project sites. Campers at URJ Camp Coleman show [...]

By |2016-11-29T10:45:33-04:00August 19th, 2013|Environment, Heard it through the GRAPEVINE|Comments Off on Gendler Grapevine Water Bottles

Welcome to the Gendler Grapevine

42 years ago I was asked to contribute an essay to a cutting-edge volume called The New Jews. The book was a collection of essays by various people early involved in what we’ve later come to call the Jewish renewal movement. I decided to write about the Judaism of nature, a reversal of the frequently [...]

By |2016-11-29T10:45:55-04:00June 27th, 2013|Heard it through the GRAPEVINE, Rabbi Gendler|Comments Off on Welcome to the Gendler Grapevine
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