Canadian Young Judaea (, ) is the largest

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. The movement was founded as the

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of Canadian Hadassah-WIZO and the Zionist Organization of Canada in 1917, and is affiliated with HaNoar HaTzioni. Young Judaea operates five

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s across Canada.

History

Canadian Young Judaea was established by Bernard Joseph at the 15th Zionist Convention in

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in 1917. Acting as the

of Canadian Hadassah-WIZO and the Zionist Organization of Canada, Young Judaea held biennial and regional conferences and facilitated transnational social contact between members with its Correspondence Club. At weekly meetings, activities included lectures and discussions on

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, current affairs and topics related to

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. By 1925, there were 75 clubs across Canada and by 1935 national membership reached 5,000.

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served as national vice-president in 1926. A. M. Klein served as editor of ''The Judaean'', the movement's magazine, from 1928 to 1932 and as national president in 1934. Young Judaea became officially affiliated with HaNoar HaTzioni in 1950. Young Judaea soon grew from a city-based organization to one based around

s and

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programs. The movement's summer camps were modelled after the pioneering ''

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im'' in Israel. Young Judaea opened Camp Hagshama (later renamed Camp Kinneret) in 1942 in

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, followed by Camp Kadima in

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in 1943. Camp Biluim was founded in 1951 in

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, which offered an intensive

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program for older teenagers. Camp Biluim moved to the site of Camp Hagshama in 1972.

Summer camps

Canadian Young Judaea is the

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for a number of Canadian Jewish

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, including Camp Shalom in Muskoka, Camp Kadimah in Lunenburg County, Camp Solelim in Sudbury, Camp Hatikvah in

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, and Camp Kinneret–Biluim in

. Young Judaea also runs a four-week summer tour of

and a post-secondary educational gap year program. In 2018, Canadian Young Judaea announced it would be launching a week-long overnight summer camp for LGBTQ Jewish campers called Machane Lev.

References

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History

Summer camps

See also

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