This year’s camp is open to families. We don’t have counselors yet, so kids need their grownup(s) to camp with them! We imagine elementary school to middle school aged children would likely enjoy the programming most.

The short answer: it costs what you’re able to pay.

The longer answer: the actual cost per attendee is approximately $262. With that said, we do not want anyone to be left out due to financial constraints, so we are offering a sliding scale model. Please note that sliding scale models work when those who are able to pay beyond the cost do so.

We do not have a permanent physical site at this time. For this summer’s family camp, we will be renting an established camp on Lake Geneva in southern Wisconsin. If you would like more specific information please reach out. You will get details on the location upon registering for camp. 

When and if other cities/regions start chapters of Camp Doikayt, we will provide updates!

Our first camp experience will be held on Labor Day weekend of 2026! You can view more details and reserve a spot by clicking on the Family Camp program option on our events page.

If this summer’s session goes well, we will be looking to expand the offering to additional dates and eventually offer additional non-family camp sessions for youth, as well as year-round community events. We plan to continue to host family camp each summer over Labor Day as well.

A couple of weeks before camp families will receive a detailed packing list that includes clothing,
bedding, toiletries, and optional comfort items to help families feel prepared and comfortable.

We have created a newsletter, which you can subscribe to by scrolling to the bottom of any page on this website where you can sign up.

We will be posting periodic updates on our website too.

We do not have any social media accounts because we want to focus our energies on building camp, not responding to comments on social media posts. We are a small volunteer-run group at this point and do not have the bandwidth at the moment, in short. This is also in the interest of protecting the privacy of families associated with camp.

No.

We use this term in honor of the great civil rights and feminist activist Audre Lorde who said that it is not enough to be non-racist. We must stand directly in opposition to the wrongs we see played out before us. This was relayed to us by Rabbi Brant Rosen of Tzedek Chicago when we asked the same question of him. There is no getting around it. 

At this moment, it seems to us that if you’re going to hold a Jewish summer camp in the US there are options something like this: 

-be a Zionist identifying camp

-be a “don’t talk about politics” or perhaps a no-ideology camp (the same as silence = complicity, to us)

-have an agenda or ideology but don’t be outward about it

-be an Anti-Zionist camp and say what you mean 

The last one seemed the obvious choice for us.

We also borrow from the philosophy of Mariame Kaba: that Anti-Racism “does not only react against [white] supremacy, but [it is] an active, continuous project of building new, caring societal structures.” We see Anti-Zionism in dialogue with all of these ideas.

In short, we use this term because we are not interested in sharing Nationalism with the next generation. 

We are building something from the ground up here and we have a long way to go. Even in these early days of planning we have been so grateful to friends of Camp Doikayt who have volunteered their talents and expertise. Whether you’re an attorney, a designer, an accountant, a photographer, a teacher, a fundraiser, or feel you have something else to offer, we’d be happy to have your help!

It literally means “hereness”, which is a sentiment we borrow from the Bundists of the past. We aim to do our part of Tikkun Olam by way of mutual aid and genuinely connecting with the people and places where we reside here and now.