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June 13, 2013 1:04 am at 1:04 am #609636The_Cool_JewMember
Anyone went to Camp Kol Torah in Wickliffe, Ohio or know anything about it? How much learning is there? How yeshivish are the kids there?
June 13, 2013 7:17 am at 7:17 am #977523YW Moderator-18ModeratorFrom what I hear it is very yeshivish. I believe Peekskill Yeshiva goes there.
June 13, 2013 11:59 pm at 11:59 pm #977524The_Cool_JewMember*BUMP*
June 14, 2013 4:32 am at 4:32 am #977525popa_bar_abbaParticipantI don’t know much, but I hear that the son of the guy who runs it is brilliant, worldly, highly educated, and incredibly good looking.
June 14, 2013 4:51 am at 4:51 am #977526EnderParticipantPBA: you are correct about three of the four
June 14, 2013 7:16 pm at 7:16 pm #977527The_Cool_JewMember*BUMP*
Please anybody have some information?
June 14, 2013 10:57 pm at 10:57 pm #977528popa_bar_abbaParticipantI do have more information. His son (the son of the son) says very clever things. And his wife makes some mean shabbos cooking.
June 16, 2013 1:14 pm at 1:14 pm #977529anonymouschochomMemberCamp Kol Torah usually gets a lot of Lakewood boys. They are pretty Yeshivish, and the Head Staff are true B’nai Torah and professional Mechanchim.
They promote themselves as a learning camp. A lot of emphasis is placed on the leaning there. However, in practice, it is not the same as it used to be.
June 16, 2013 11:44 pm at 11:44 pm #977530The_Cool_JewMemberHowever, in practice, it is not the same as it used to be.
Meaning?
June 17, 2013 4:02 am at 4:02 am #977531anonymouschochomMemberThey hire Rabeim for the learning, as apposed to counselors like some other camps. But most of them are not professional experienced Rabeim, like you might have in a New York area learning camp. They are more like “learning on the job” Rabbeim.
Night Seder is not too serious. The morning learning is O.K.. Those who want to learn can, in most shiurim. I do not think they learn as many hours as some learning camps. And the learning is not as intense or serious as it used to be.
The Mesivta program there is better. It is run by real Mechanchim and B’nei Torah. Most years, they get a good group of Bochurim, but not always.
June 17, 2013 3:19 pm at 3:19 pm #977532Yserbius123Participant<quote>Not the same as it used to be</quote>
Err…. It was like that 20 years ago when I first went. It later became even more learning oriented by having the oldest bunks (Prishus and Tzidkus) as kind of a quasi mechina where learning is in place of first activity.
It’s still a rather Yeshivish camp. I don’t think that they have an all-white shirt policy, but it’s pretty much what most counselors and campers will be wearing during davening and learning.
edited four years later upon request
June 18, 2013 8:22 pm at 8:22 pm #977533The_Cool_JewMemberThank you, anonymouschochom and Yserbius123.
October 6, 2013 5:36 am at 5:36 am #977534Veltz MeshugenerMemberWow, how did I miss this topic?
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