Bernie Camp
Camp Guide 2025
Camp Guide
Registration Is Open
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Bernie Camp creates a fun and welcoming community fostering a deep sense of belonging and connection with Jewish values in every camper and staff member.
At Bernie camp, we provide a nurturing, enriched day camp experience that celebrates the vitality of childhood. Here, every camper and staff member feels a deep sense of belonging to our community and our Jewish values. Campers build community and personal integrity through group activities, challenges, sports, arts, Jewish identity, and cultural exposure. Bernie camp is a revolving door, where campers form meaningful, lifelong connections; carry the values of camp home with them; return to give back to camp, and develop professionally as young adults. Join our Bernie Camp community for an unforgettable camp experience. Bernie Camp is for children entering 1-10 grade, with different group options depending on grade.
YELADIM (CHILDREN)
Yeladim means "Children" / GRADES 1 - 3
Yeladim exposes our youngest campers to a bit of everything Bernie Camp has to offer. Our Yeladim campers enjoy field trips, arts and crafts, sports, music, Israeli culture, and workshops with on-site visitors. Yeladim campers also participate in swim lessons and open swim time, Morning Circle, Shabbat, Friendship Circle, and Friday Activities!
MISCHAK (SPORTS)
Mischak means "sports and games" / GRADES 4 - 6
Mischak campers will have an athletic-focused experience at Bernie Camp. In addition to arts & crafts, field trips, music, and Israeli culture, Mischak campers will compete in tournaments, take hikes in the surrounding areas, and talk about social and leadership skills as they relate to sports and good sportsmanship.
OMANUT (ART)
Omanut means "art" / GRADES 4 - 6
Omanut campers have an enriched art experience in addition to all that Bernie Camp has to offer. On top of swimming, field trips, sports, music, and Israeli culture, Omanut campers collaborate on a session-long art project. This might be an art show or a performing arts production depending upon what the campers express the most interest in.
EXPLORERS
Explorers / GRADES 7 - 9
Explorers are those campers who are entering grades 7-9 in the upcoming school year. The Explorers have a very different camp experience from the rest of Bernie because they get to explore Salt Lake Valley. They will spend their sessions hiking, going on field trips, volunteering and doing community service, and learning about their community. During the third session, the Explorers are scheduled for two weeks of Bernie Camp but can participate in Teva – an off-site weeklong overnight camping experience for emerging 7-10 graders. Teva requires a separate registration.
COUNSELOR-IN-TRAINING (C.I.T.)
C.I.T (Counselor-In-Training) / GRADE 10
The objective of the C.I.T. program is to teach service, leadership, and basic job skills. It is an educational program with a curriculum designed to help young people develop the skills (technical and social) vital to many first jobs, especially those in a childcare environment.
C.I.T.s who have completed a training session can interview for placement in their additional session(s) and earn a stipend. A successful participant will be enthusiastic, dedicated, and hard-working. For their placement, CITs will receive a formal 'job' description, a letter of agreement, and the expectations they must meet to earn their stipend. Interviews will take place at the end of an individual's training session if they are signed up for a placement session.
Teva is not included in the third session options and requires a separate registration and fee.
Questions?
Contact Youth and Teen Director Kristina Obermark at kobermark@slcjcc.org or call 801-581-0098 x116
TEVA (NATURE)
Teva means "nature" / GRADES 7 - 10
Teva allows campers in grades 7-10 to stretch their wings and have a sleep-away camp experience with their JCC community. Offered for only one week during the summer, Explorers, and CITs can enjoy the peaceful nature that surrounds Eden, Utah. Teva is the only option for Explorers during the eighth week of camp and requires a separate registration. Teva is included in the registration for all Counselors-in-Training (C.I.T.s).