Camp Kinderwelt
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Camp Kinderwelt, was a Jewish sleepaway summer camp of the New York chapter of the Farband
labor Zionist landsmanschaft (mutual aid association). Located in Highland Mills, New York
, Kinderwelt shared its 250 acres (1 km²) with the Farband's adult summer colony Unser Camp (with Unser meaning Our in Yiddish). Kinderwelt, founded in the 1920s, remained in operation until 1971, with Unser closing the following year. Despite its Yiddish name, most of the children attending Kinderwelt spoke English, creating a linguistic divide with the Yiddish speaking adults at Unser, aside from the "cultural" divide between the mostly American born children and the mostly European born adults. After the creation of the State of Israel, mornings before breakfast and late afternoons before dinner found the campers assembled at two adjacent flagpoles: one with the flag of the United States, the other with the flag of Israel.
The year following the creation of the Young Poale Zion Alliance in 1931, Unser Camp played home to the YPZA's first Camp Kvutzah
, which then moved to Accord, New York in 1933.
An episode of the American TV sitcom The Nanny
(Season:2 Episode 15: "Kindervelt Days") found its heroine attending a Camp Kindervelt reunion party, reflecting the fact that some staffers of the show were former Kinderwelt campers.
Farband
There were at least two American Jewish organizations colloquially known as the Farband -- the Communist-oriented Yidisher Kultur Farband and the Labor Zionist-oriented Yidish Natsionaler Arbeter Farband .-YKUF / Jewish Culture Association:The Yidisher Kultur Farband There were at least two...
labor Zionist landsmanschaft (mutual aid association). Located in Highland Mills, New York
Highland Mills, New York
Highland Mills is a hamlet in Orange County, New York, United States. The population was 3,468 at the 2000 census, at which time it was a census-designated place...
, Kinderwelt shared its 250 acres (1 km²) with the Farband's adult summer colony Unser Camp (with Unser meaning Our in Yiddish). Kinderwelt, founded in the 1920s, remained in operation until 1971, with Unser closing the following year. Despite its Yiddish name, most of the children attending Kinderwelt spoke English, creating a linguistic divide with the Yiddish speaking adults at Unser, aside from the "cultural" divide between the mostly American born children and the mostly European born adults. After the creation of the State of Israel, mornings before breakfast and late afternoons before dinner found the campers assembled at two adjacent flagpoles: one with the flag of the United States, the other with the flag of Israel.
The year following the creation of the Young Poale Zion Alliance in 1931, Unser Camp played home to the YPZA's first Camp Kvutzah
Camp Na'aleh
Camp Na'aleh is one of seven summer camps in North America run by the Labor Zionist youth movement Habonim Dror. Founded in 1932, it is the oldest of Habonim Dror North America's summer camps.-History:...
, which then moved to Accord, New York in 1933.
An episode of the American TV sitcom The Nanny
The Nanny (TV series)
The Nanny is an American television sitcom co-produced by Sternin & Fraser Ink, Inc., and Fran Drescher in association with TriStar Television for the CBS network...
(Season:2 Episode 15: "Kindervelt Days") found its heroine attending a Camp Kindervelt reunion party, reflecting the fact that some staffers of the show were former Kinderwelt campers.
