Innovating Religious Traditions at Jewish Overnight Camps during the Gaza War

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Title: Innovating Religious Traditions at Jewish Overnight Camps during the Gaza War
Language: English
Authors: Matt Reingold (ORCID 0000-0003-1723-9969)
Source: Religious Education. 2025 120(4):358-372.
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Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 15
Publication Date: 2025
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Descriptors: Jews, Resident Camp Programs, Camps, Summer Programs, Terrorism, Religion, Foreign Countries
Geographic Terms: United States, Israel, Palestinian Territories
DOI: 10.1080/00344087.2025.2523177
ISSN: 0034-4087
1547-3201
Abstract: This article presents data collected from six North American Jewish overnight summer camps about how the terror attack in Israel on October 7 resulted in changes and innovations in religious rituals and ceremonies. What emerges is clear evidence that current events in Israel directly shaped how overnight Jewish summer camps conducted religious services in the summer of 2024. At times, the inclusion of new texts and traditions caused conflict, but their inclusion also revealed how religious meaning was construed in light of terrible events in Israel and how liturgical additions infused new meaning into religious expression.
Abstractor: As Provided
Entry Date: 2026
Accession Number: EJ1500624
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:This article presents data collected from six North American Jewish overnight summer camps about how the terror attack in Israel on October 7 resulted in changes and innovations in religious rituals and ceremonies. What emerges is clear evidence that current events in Israel directly shaped how overnight Jewish summer camps conducted religious services in the summer of 2024. At times, the inclusion of new texts and traditions caused conflict, but their inclusion also revealed how religious meaning was construed in light of terrible events in Israel and how liturgical additions infused new meaning into religious expression.
ISSN:0034-4087
1547-3201
DOI:10.1080/00344087.2025.2523177