Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction. The Jewish Camp: Between Fantasy and Reality 1
5. 1 “Under Optimum Conditions” American Jews and the Rise of the Summer Camp 29
6. 2 A Matter of Time Constructing Time for “Creative Survival” 50
7. 3 Jews Playing Games: Role-Play, Sociodrama, and Color War 76
8. 4 “A Little Suffering Goes a Long Way” Tisha B’Av, Ghetto Day, and the Shadow of the Holocaust 103
9. 5 The Language Cure: Embracing and Evolving Yiddishism and Hebraism 122
10. 6 “Is This What You Call Being Free?” Power and Youth Culture in the Camper Republic 149
11. 7 Summer Flings and Fuzzy Rings: Camper Romance, Erotic Zionism, and Intermarriage Anxiety 173
12. 8 Jewish Camping Post-Postwar 203
13. Conclusion 227
14. Notes 235
15. Index 275