Making Shabbat: Celebrating and Learning at American …

Making Shabbat: Celebrating and Learning at American Jewish Summer Camps, Joseph Reimer’s account of Shabbat at three highly regarded non-Orthodox Jewish summer camps, is another example of slow and deliberate Jewish educational research and the insights it can yield….In drawing attention to how Shabbat is made at camp, Reimer uncovers how seemingly banal actions can set a foundation for rich experiences….[This] book …exemplifies exactly the sort of rich and insightful scholarship necessary for nurturing vibrant, lived North American Judaism.