Camp Gesher Explained

Camp Gesher
Native Name:	מחנה גשר
Location:	Pringle Lake, Cloyne, Ontario
Pushpin Map:	Canada Southern Ontario
Coordinates:	44.8658°N -77.2083°W
Principal Label:	Director
Type:	Jewish summer camp

Camp Gesher (Hebrew: מַחֲנֶה גֶּשֶׁר) is a Jewish summer camp near Cloyne, Ontario. It is a member of the Habonim Dror Zionist youth movement and the Ontario Camping Association.^{[1] [2]}

Camp Gesher originated in 1963 as a member of the Dror Hachalutz Hatzair Zionist Youth Organization, a merger of Camp Revivim (serving campers from Ottawa and Toronto) and Camp Kissufim (serving campers from Montreal).^[3] Gesher was the first camp to test the merging of the Habonim and Dror Youth Movements in 1975. It is currently under the leadership of Shoshana Lipschultz

Literary references

The Program, a novel by Hal Niedzviecki, takes place in part at Camp Gesher.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sobel. Emma. Camp Gesher: Helping Campers Become Community Leaders. UJA Federation. Doing Jewish In Toronto. 28 October 2013.
2. Web site: Camp Gesher : Camp: Summer Camp & Educational Activities for Kids in Toronto. 28 October 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131029200036/http://www.thekidscoop.com/toronto/camp-gesher. 29 October 2013. dead.
3. Web site: History. Camp Gesher. 20 November 2018.
4. Web site: Niedzviecki. Hal. Camp Gesher: an excerpt from The Program. Failbetter.com. 28 October 2013.