[Editor's note: I don't think  Camp Massad has ever been referred to as much in a major Israeli newspaper as it has been in this article below by  Mira Sucharov, who I remember vividly running around the campsite with Ara Garfinkel (now Morris) I didn't want my readers to miss a chance reading this article. I hope Sucharov is going to be at  Massad's on site 60th Re-Union. It may be fertile ground for future articles].

IN DEFENSE OF ZIONIST SUMMER CAMP

The blogosphere is buzzing with meditations on Diaspora identity, specifically on how much Jewish and Zionist indoctrination is a good thing. None of this is surprising, since it’s the beginning of summer, which means the season of camp: the ultimate vehicle for transmitting collective identity to young Jews.

Usually around this time of year, I pine for my own childhood camp experiences at Camp Massad in Manitoba. I find myself brainstorming tunes for cabin songs I’ll never again write, and thinking up names of Maccabiah teams I’ll never again lead.

 To read more, click http://www.haaretz.com/blogs/the-fifth-question/in-defense-of-zionist-summer-camp-1.370303#article_comments