Eden Village Camp

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Rooted in the Jewish vision of creating a more environmentally sustainable, socially just, and spiritually connected world, Eden Village Camp is dedicated to providing campers with an incredible summer experience while empowering them to promote a vibrant, sustainable future for themselves, their communities, and our planet.

We are the only Jewish environmental farm to table summer camp in the world!


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Peter Yarrow (from Peter, Paul & Mary) invites you to his NYC home for an Eden Village fundraiser!
Dear Friends, I'm very pleased to invite you to my home in Manhattan for a benefit supporting the extraordinary work of Eden Village Camp, the innovative Jewish farm-to-table & arts camp an hour north of NYC. Monday, April 30th 6:00 - 8:00pm Near Columbus Circle in Manhattan, NYC Local organic Kosher hors d'oe...

Curiosity = Freedom?
As we move towards Passover, we journey through the narrow places (mitzrayim) of Winter into the open, lush landscape of Spring. We can feel the season working its magic: the more time we spend outside, the more Spring does to us what it does to the cherry blossom trees! As we read in the Hagaddah (the Passover seder story), we are asked to ...

Celebrating Tu B’shvat… By Living Up in a Tree?
Jewish camp directors spend week aloft in a redwood “tree-sit” In preparation for Tu B’shvat, my husband and I lived this past week 150 feet up in the air into an ancient and endangered redwood tree in northern California. We cooked, slept and made Shabbat in the over-200-year-old trees as part of an environmental protection ...

“Camper Girl” takes on the White House!
Watch as our sometimes clueless, infinitely entertaining and always lovable friend (who may or may not bear a likeness to Joanna Katz) takes action in D.C., together with other Eden Village friends. Note: This is full of jokes that will make most sense if you were here during Summer 2011, but it works either way.

Living our Values at the Festival of Eden
Warm autumn sky, a mega-stage, bicycle-churned ice cream and over 450 people celebrating sustainable Jewish living.... On September 25, 2011, Eden Village Camp held our first annual Festival of Eden. The event was a tangible way for the community to experientially connect with principles of sustainability, environmentalism, and Jewish traditi...

The groundbreaking Festival of Eden – this Sunday!
Fun + Meaning == A Complete Life Compass. Come get a big dose of both fun and meaning at the innovative Festival of Eden, this Sunday, Sept. 25th, 2011, 12-7p at Eden Village Camp! 392 Dennytown Road, Putnam Valley, NY 10579 Celebrate the Organic Oneness of Life, all People and the Earth: farming and greening ...

Goal-setting for campers
When setting goals, the more specific and achievable we make them, the more likely we can reach them! Below is a fun list of goals our campers can look through in considering their own goals for their summer at Eden Village Camp. This is just a brainstorm to get them started! ~ Farm • Make challah from scratch • Learn to use a solar cooker...