Canadian Young Judaea
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| Formation | 1917 |
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| Type | Zionist youth movement |
| Headquarters | 788 Marlee Avenue Toronto, Ontario |
Region | Canada |
| Membership | 2,000[1] (2017) |
Executive Director | Rita Epstein |
| Staff | 750[1] (2017) |
| Website | youngjudaea |
Canadian Young Judaea (Template:Lang-he-n, Yehuda HaTza'ir Canada) is a Canadian Zionist youth movement founded in 1917. The youth wing of Canadian Hadassah-WIZO, the organization offers a wide range of year-round and summer programs across the country.
History
Canadian Young Judaea (CYJ) was first started in 1910 as a Zionist club by Bernard Joseph at the age of 11 in Montreal. CYJ was officially established as the youth wing of Canadian Hadassah-WIZO and the Zionist Organization of Canada at the 15th Zionist Convention in Winnipeg in 1917.[1] By 1925, there were 75 clubs across Canada and, by 1935, national membership reached 5,000.[2] A. M. Klein served as editor of The Judaean, the movement's magazine, from 1928 to 1932 and as national president in 1934.[3]
CYJ soon grew from a city-based organization to one based around summer camps and Israel programs. The movement opened Camp Hagshama in 1942 in Mont-Tremblant, Quebec, followed by Camp Kadima in Nova Scotia in 1943.[1] CYJ became an affiliate of HaNoar HaTzioni in 1950.[2] Camp Biluim was founded in 1951 in Perth, Ontario, which offered older teenagers an intensive leadership development experience.[4] Camp Biluim moved to the site of Camp Hagshama (by then renamed Camp Kinneret) in 1972.[5]
Summer camps
CYJ is the umbrella organization for a number of Canadian Jewish summer camps, including Camp Shalom in Muskoka, Camp Kadimah in Lunenburg County, Camp Solelim in Sudbury, Camp Hatikvah in Kelowna, and Camp Kinneret-Biluim in Mont-Tremblant.[6] CYJ also runs a four-week summer tour of Israel and a post-secondary educational gap year program.[6]
In 2018, CYJ announced it would be launching a week-long overnight summer camp for LGBTQ Jewish campers called Machane Lev.[7]
References
- ^ a b c d Dodek, Michelle (31 March 2017). "Young Judaea at 100". Jewish Independent.
- ^ a b "Our Story". Canadian Young Judaea. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
- ^ Tulchinsky, Gerald (Summer 1984). "The Third Solitude: A. M. Klein's Jewish Montreal, 1910-1950". Journal of Canadian Studies. 19 (2): 107.
- ^ Pinsky, Marian. "National Headquarters of the Federation of Young Judaea of Canada". Museum of Jewish Montreal. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
- ^ Caswell, Henny (1 September 1988). "Young Judaeans meet for reunion". The Canadian Jewish News. Montreal. p. 28.
- ^ a b Silverstein, Barbara (16 August 2017). "Young Judaea to reunite alumni for 100th anniversary". The Canadian Jewish News.
- ^ Minuk, Susan (25 January 2018). "Canada's first LGBTQ Jewish summer camp to open this summer". The Canadian Jewish News.