URJ camps seek to instill joy, compassion, and belonging in our campers while nurturing their desires to repair the world and connect with each other. In 2023, our 14 URJ camps welcomed nearly 10,000 campers and staff members, including almost 500 first-time campers, helping them forge crucial lifelong bonds and connections.
Participants in our Israel immersives, Heller High and Yallah! Israel, learn important lessons that are only attainable through lived experience. These immersives bring our core values to life as the next generation deepens their connections with Israel and the Jewish People.
In 2023, we introduced the Teen Israel Organizing Fellowship with 30 inaugural participants. Fellows receive a $15,000 Heller High scholarship and learn about key community organizing principles. When they return from their semester in Israel, fellows implement the principles they learned to facilitate a community organizing project centered on Israel.
