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Kutsher's Camp Anawana
Established	1921
Defunct	1992
Type	Jewish summer camp
Location	Monticello, New York;
Key people	Jerry Parker, executive director (1960-1992)
Formerly called	Camp Anawana

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Camp Anawana, later known as Kutsher's Camp Anawana, was a summer sleepaway camp overlooking Anawana Lake in Monticello, New York.

History

Camp Anawana was originally owned by Mrs. Anna Kahn.^{[citation needed]} The camp's main building was destroyed by a fire on June 29, 1946.^[2]

In 1955, the camp partnered with Clair Bee to host Kutsher's National All-Sports Camp, associated with the nearby Kutsher's Hotel.^[3] After the development of a sports-focused sleepaway camp, Kutsher's Sports Academy, the Kutsher family purchased Camp Anawana.^[4] Kutsher's Camp Anawana operated through the summer of 1992. Following the end of the summer camp program, the camp has been used by the hotel as Club Anawana, offering water sports and beach activities.^[5]

Programs

Activities at Camp Anawana included drama, Girls' Sing, intercamp sports, and color war. Later in the camp's history, Monday nights were movie nights. The last three days of a camp session included an awards night, a camp prom, and a banquet followed by a lakeside candlelight ceremony.

The camp's sports focus included sponsoring the Anawana Invitational Tournament for both basketball and volleyball, and a Biddy Basketball Tournament for younger boys Another favorite event was to attend the Maurice Stokes Game, an annual exhibition of professional basketball players held by Milt Kutsher.^[6]

Notable alumni

Matisyahu, musician^[7]^[8]
Neal Shusterman, author^[9]

Notable staff

John Beake, NFL coach^[10]

References

^ "People in Business". The Press of Atlantic City. 27 December 1992. p. F4. Parker also most recently completed 32 years of service as Executive Director of Kutscher's Camp Anawana, Monticello, N.Y.
^ "Camp Building Ruined by Fire". Middletown Times Herald. 1 July 1946. p. 12. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
^ Haynes, Roy. "Pro Athletes Cashing In on Sports Camps". Los Angeles Times. pp. 1, 3, 29. Bee, in 1955, joined with one of the camps willing to change. It was Kutsher's on Anawana Lake near Monticello which had catered to the Jewish families of New York City. Kutsher's, a complex of camps including a country club, added sports to its other activities. Today it has the nation's biggest sports camp.
^ "Sullivan County Historical Society History Maker Award 2008 kutsher2The Kutsher Family". Sullivan County Historical Society. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
^ McEnery, Mary Anne (2 April 1995). "Resorts Preserve Catskills' Family Values". The Record. Hackensack, NJ. p. T1. This summer, he said, Kutsher's is planning "Club Anawana," named after the resort's lake, which will be "a vacation within a vacation," complete with water sports and barbecues.
^ Carter, Bob. "Stokes' life a tale of tragedy and friendship". ESPN Classic.
^ Friedman, Gabe (28 February 2016). "9 famous Jews who attended Jewish summer camp". Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
^ "Music and Movies in the Catskill Mountains". Museyon.
^ Shusterman, Neal (21 June 2010). "How I Spent My Summer Vacation". Neal Shusterman's Blog.
^ Pepe, Phil (25 June 1970). "Beake: H.S. Grid Coach Becomes Super Chief". New York Daily News. p. 129. Retrieved 16 November 2021. In the summer of 1964, right out of Penn State grad school, Beake . . . went to work at Kutsher's Camp Anawana, working with kid high school players.

External links

Kutsher's Camp Anawana Alumni
Bessen, Jeff; Parker, Elysa (21 October 2015). "Remembering their summers at Camp Anawana". Long Island Herald.

[1] "People in Business". The Press of Atlantic City. 27 December 1992. p. F4. Parker also most recently completed 32 years of service as Executive Director of Kutscher's Camp Anawana, Monticello, N.Y.

[2] "Camp Building Ruined by Fire". Middletown Times Herald. 1 July 1946. p. 12. Retrieved 16 November 2021.

[3] Haynes, Roy. "Pro Athletes Cashing In on Sports Camps". Los Angeles Times. pp. 1, 3, 29. Bee, in 1955, joined with one of the camps willing to change. It was Kutsher's on Anawana Lake near Monticello which had catered to the Jewish families of New York City. Kutsher's, a complex of camps including a country club, added sports to its other activities. Today it has the nation's biggest sports camp.

[4] "Sullivan County Historical Society History Maker Award 2008 kutsher2The Kutsher Family". Sullivan County Historical Society. Retrieved 24 October 2022.

[5] McEnery, Mary Anne (2 April 1995). "Resorts Preserve Catskills' Family Values". The Record. Hackensack, NJ. p. T1. This summer, he said, Kutsher's is planning "Club Anawana," named after the resort's lake, which will be "a vacation within a vacation," complete with water sports and barbecues.

[6] Carter, Bob. "Stokes' life a tale of tragedy and friendship". ESPN Classic.

[7] Friedman, Gabe (28 February 2016). "9 famous Jews who attended Jewish summer camp". Jewish Telegraphic Agency.

[8] "Music and Movies in the Catskill Mountains". Museyon.

[9] Shusterman, Neal (21 June 2010). "How I Spent My Summer Vacation". Neal Shusterman's Blog.

[10] Pepe, Phil (25 June 1970). "Beake: H.S. Grid Coach Becomes Super Chief". New York Daily News. p. 129. Retrieved 16 November 2021. In the summer of 1964, right out of Penn State grad school, Beake . . . went to work at Kutsher's Camp Anawana, working with kid high school players.

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+{{Short description|Jewish summer camp in Monticello, New York}}
-'''Kutsher's Camp Anawana''' in [[Monticello, New York]], was a [[Summer camp|summer sleepaway camp]] overlooking Anawana Lake. Camp Anawana was owned and operated by the Kutsher family in partnership with Jack Landman, Red Karbel, and Jack Siegel from the early 1960s until the summer of 1992. (It did have several owners prior to that including the Kahn family).  The camp colors were blue and orange.  Right now, the area where the sports fields and bunks were is not used but the lake area is used by Kutsher's guests as "Club Anawana" - an area where they can partake in a variety of water sports as well as other sports such as street hockey and basketball.  The Kutsher family also owned (until 2005) the [[Kutsher's Sports Academy]].  The family still owns [[Kutsher's Hotel|Kutsher's Hotel and Country Club]] which served as the inspiration for the movie [[Dirty Dancing (1987 film)|Dirty Dancing]] along with [[Grossinger's]] even though the movie was filmed in [[North Carolina]].
+{{Infobox organization
-For many years, the directors were Jerry Parker, Red Karbel, Jack Siegel and Jack Landman.  The camp had a sports orientation and sponsored the Anawana Invitational Tournament (AIT) for both [[basketball]] and [[volleyball]].  There was also a Biddy [[Basketball]] Tournament for younger boys.  Tribal War was a weekly early evening activity for all but the oldest campers.  Campers were divided into four teams (Green, White, Blue and Red) and there were coed athletic events divided by age group.  Monday night was Movie night.  There were plays produced for each age group, Girl's Sing, intercamp competitions (over the years, camps we played included [[Camp Roosevelt (Monticello)|Camp Roosevelt]], [[Camp Ma-Ho-Ge]], and [[Camp Kewanee]]) and Color War.  The last 3 days of camp showcased Awards Night, the Prom and a banquet followed by a lakeside candlelight ceremony.  Another favorite event was to attend the [[Maurice Stokes]] Game - an annual exhibition of professional basketball players held at the [[Kutsher's Hotel]] or the sister camp [[Kutsher's Sports Academy]].
+| name                = Kutsher's Camp Anawana
+| motto               =
+| established         = 1921 <!-- use {{start date and age|1921|MM|DD}} -->
+| founder             = <!-- or |founders = -->
+| defunct             = 1992 <!-- use {{end date and age|1992|MM|DD}} -->
+| location_city       = [[Monticello, New York]]
+| location_country    =
+| type =[[Jewish summer camp]]
+| coordinates         = <!-- {{coord|LAT|LON|display=inline,title}} -->
+| owner               = <!-- or |owners = -->
+| key_people          = Jerry Parker, executive director (1960-1992)<ref>{{cite news| title=People in Business |work=The Press of Atlantic City |page=F4 |date=27 December 1992 |quote=Parker also most recently completed 32 years of service as Executive Director of Kutscher's Camp Anawana, Monticello, N.Y.}}</ref>
+| former_name         = Camp Anawana
+| footnotes           =
+}}
+'''Camp Anawana''', later known as '''Kutsher's Camp Anawana''', was a [[Summer camp|summer sleepaway camp]] overlooking Anawana Lake in [[Monticello, New York]].
+==History==
-The camp should not be confused with a [[Boy Scout]] camp of the same name in [[Pennsylvania]] or with the camp in the early-1990s [[Nickelodeon (TV channel)|Nickelodeon cable TV show]] ''[[Salute Your Shorts]]''.
+Camp Anawana was originally owned by Mrs. Anna Kahn.{{citeneeded|date=November 2021}} The camp's main building was destroyed by a fire on June 29, 1946.<ref>{{cite news |title=Camp Building Ruined by Fire |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/89071648/camp-building-ruined-by-fire/ |access-date=16 November 2021 |work=Middletown Times Herald |date=1 July 1946 |page=12}}</ref>
+In 1955, the camp partnered with [[Clair Bee]] to host Kutsher's National All-Sports Camp, associated with the nearby [[Kutsher's Hotel]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Haynes |first1=Roy |title=Pro Athletes Cashing In on Sports Camps |work=Los Angeles Times |pages=1, 3, 29 |quote= Bee, in 1955, joined with one of the camps willing to change. It was Kutsher's on Anawana Lake near Monticello which had catered to the Jewish families of New York City. Kutsher's, a complex of camps including a country club, added sports to its other activities. Today it has the nation's biggest sports camp.}}</ref> After the development of a sports-focused sleepaway camp, [[Kutsher's Sports Academy]], the Kutsher family purchased Camp Anawana.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sullivan County Historical Society History Maker Award 2008                kutsher2The Kutsher Family |url=http://www.scnyhistory.org/index.php/awards-sp-798223613/history-makers/329-the-kutsher-family |website=Sullivan County Historical Society |access-date=24 October 2022}}</ref> Kutsher's Camp Anawana operated through the summer of 1992. Following the end of the summer camp program, the camp has been used by the hotel as Club Anawana, offering water sports and beach activities.<ref>{{cite news
-Anawana was well known in the Catskills for its athletic abilities. During the 1960s and 1970s, Camp Anawana and
+|last1=McEnery |first1=Mary Anne |title=Resorts Preserve Catskills' Family Values |page=T1 |date=2 April 1995 |work=The Record |location=Hackensack, NJ |quote=This summer, he said, Kutsher's is planning "Club Anawana," named after the resort's lake, which will be "a vacation within a vacation," complete with water sports and barbecues.}}</ref>
-[[Camp Ma-Ho-Ge]], in nearby [[Bethel, New York|Bethel]], enjoyed a great sports rivalry. Ma-Ho-Ge was regularly invited to the Anawana Invitational Tournament in [[basketball]] and Anawana regularly participated in the Ma-Ho-Ge Invitational Tournament in softball. These hotly contested tournaments were in addition to Inter-camp games at least twice every summer with each camp visiting the other.
+==Programs==
+Activities at Camp Anawana included drama, Girls' Sing, intercamp sports, and [[color war]]. Later in the camp's history, Monday nights were movie nights. The last three days of a camp session included an awards night, a camp prom, and a banquet followed by a lakeside candlelight ceremony.
+The camp's sports focus included sponsoring the Anawana Invitational Tournament for both [[basketball]] and [[volleyball]], and a Biddy Basketball Tournament for younger boys Another favorite event was to attend the [[Maurice Stokes]] Game, an annual exhibition of professional basketball players held by Milt Kutsher.<ref>{{cite web|first1=Bob |last1=Carter |title=Stokes' life a tale of tragedy and friendship |url=https://www.espn.com/classic/biography/s/stokes_maurice.html |work=ESPN Classic}}</ref>
 == Notable alumni ==
+* [[Matisyahu]], musician<ref>{{cite news |last1=Friedman |first1=Gabe |title=9 famous Jews who attended Jewish summer camp |url=https://www.jta.org/2016/02/28/culture/9-famous-jews-who-attended-a-jewish-summer-camp |work=Jewish Telegraphic Agency |date=28 February 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.museyon.com/music-and-movies-in-the-catskill-mountains/ |title=Music and Movies in the Catskill Mountains |work=Museyon}}</ref>
-* [[Gary Baum]] - Director of Photography, The Class.  Also worked on ''[[Will & Grace]]''
+* [[Neal Shusterman]], author<ref>{{cite web |last1=Shusterman |first1=Neal|url=https://nstoryman.wordpress.com/2010/07/21/how-i-spent-my-summer-vacation/ |title=How I Spent My Summer Vacation|date=21 June 2010|work=Neal Shusterman's Blog}}</ref>
-* [[Risa Benson]] - has performed in off-Broadway productions, cabaret, tv, commercials, and film
-* [[Matthew Zachary Greenzweig]] (aka Matthew Zachary) - Musician, Public Health Activist
+==Notable staff==
-* [[Matisyahu]] - Hasidic Rapper, performed on SNL and Jimmy Kimmel Live, among other places
+*John Beake, NFL coach<ref>{{cite news |last1=Pepe |first1=Phil |title=Beake: H.S. Grid Coach Becomes Super Chief |access-date=16 November 2021 |work=New York Daily News |date=25 June 1970 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/89046215/ |page=129 |quote=In the summer of 1964, right out of Penn State grad school, Beake . . . went to work at Kutsher's Camp Anawana, working with kid high school players.}}</ref>
-* [[Neal Shusterman]] - author and screenwriter.  He credits his time at Anawana with being the impetus for his career as a young adult author.<ref>[http://www.geocities.com/kutsherscampanawana/memories4.html Camp Anawana Memories (S-Z)<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
-* [[Jeff Slevin]] - Composer
+==References==
-* [[Lynn Starr (Weissman)]] - professional singer
-* [[Lance Jones ]] - Australian Outdoor Educator and Youth Worker, credits his time at Anawana for several major Australian awards for camping and outdoor education. Executive Director of COMREC Australia Pty Ltd (www.comrec.com.au), nowadays Barrister and Legal Academic.
 {{reflist}}
 ==External links==
-* [http://www.campanawana.com The Official Camp Anawana Site]
+*[http://www.geocities.ws/kutsherscampanawana/ Kutsher's Camp Anawana Alumni]
+*{{cite news|last1=Bessen |first1=Jeff |last2=Parker |first2=Elysa |url=https://www.liherald.com/stories/remembering-their-summers-at-camp-anawana,72793 |title=Remembering their summers at Camp Anawana |work=Long Island Herald |date=21 October 2015}}
-{{NY Camp Facilities}}
+{{Summer camps in New York}}
-[[Category:Jewish summer camps]]
+[[Category:1921 establishments in New York (state)]]
-[[Category:Youth organizations based in New York]]
+[[Category:1992 disestablishments in New York (state)]]
 [[Category:Catskills]]
-[[Category:Sullivan County, New York]]
+[[Category:Defunct summer camps]]
+[[Category:Jewish summer camps in New York (state)]]

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