CYJ Midwest is your child’s home away from home. At CYJ Midwest, your child will gain valuable life skills. We tailor our attention to each camper’s individual needs while teaching them the lessons of living as part of a community. Each camper will come back with more self-confidence, a stronger Jewish identity, and more knowledge about Israel. Most of all, they will have a great time!


For CYJ Midwest to be a place where our campers gain the tools to make choices about their connection to Israel and Judaism we must be intentional about our Judaic and Israel-related programming. If campers, staff, and parents can look back on the summer and recognize the quality of this kind of programming, we will have moved towards the realization of this vision.

The core of our educational philosophy is that programs should be experiences that cannot take place anywhere else. They should be active, engaging, valuable and especially fun! Our programs should give our campers a sense of connection to their history, to the Jewish State and to Judaism that makes them proud of their Jewish identity. They should inspire a curiosity that carries over into the school year.

We look forward to sharing our program with you as we implement it during the summer. Should you have any questions about how we implement educational programming at camp, please do not hesitate to contact our office.

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