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Top Ten Signs You Went to Camp Raleigh
by Jennifer Horowitz

10. You have a habit of referring to people, places, and events whose names begin with an R as "the Big Reish."

9. On "lovely" days when it's raining, you look for hard pants and long shoes.

8. You never did figure out exactly which part of the camp overlooked "picturesque" Knapp Pond.

7. Ah, those memories: Big gym, little gym; old track, new track, Boy-Girl Sing, Cabaret themes, Raleigh Annex and Raleigh Lodge

6. Because of the mountains, the local radio station's weather forecast didn't always apply to the camp, but that's okay - for a few years, we had our own meteorologist who would post his forecasts on the Canteen door.

5. You were totally disillusioned when you found out that the chorus to the Moody Blues' Isn't Life Strange sounds nothing like the chorus to "Raleigh Lives in Our Hea-a-a-a-a-a-arts."

4. The docks were located by the stage in the big gym and had nothing to do with boating.

3. Remember being afraid of the Camp Hatikvah kids across the lake (before Hatikvah became Orthodox and moved to Pennsylvania)?

2. You always looked forward to getting an "LDT at the pole."

1. Whenever someone from your parents' generation mentions Camp Cedjwin, you get a nostalgic feeling, even though the place closed before you were born.

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From Adrianne Drazin (Segal) '86-'94
1. "The jello isn't kosher!" It's been 18 years. Can somebody please explain what the hell that was all about (we were always "too young to understand").
2. Was that a chandelier in the gym?
3. Why the heck was Michael Berle so serious when he made us do the "red, hot, dynamite!!" chant all the way across camp?? I was so shocked and disappointed when we lost colorwar. Did I not chant loud enough???
4. Hey drama staff: looking back, do you still think it was apropriate to have 8 year olds look at Rabbi Akiva & assorted holocaust scenarios all over boys campus on Tishah b'Av?
5. What was in that lake that we weren't allowed to swim in it? It's the country for gosh sakes!
6. Remember that "Look Your Best" day when they took us on a trip day to an outlet mall and topped it off with a makeover demonstration? Who says Raleigh is jappy??
7. "N.E.S.T.L.E.S. Nestles makes the very best!"
8. Funny how every alma mater had the token hebrew phrase. (I.e.:"And raleigh your spirit instilled in me, a comforting voice of security. Achdut v'rayut v' ahava, shana, achar shana.")
9. Why did the colorwar captains wear tuxedos on "Sing" night? Why did 16 year olds bring tuxedos to sleepaway camps?
10. "No colorwar in the bunk!"

From Alissa Neirenberg
Evidently, everyone who sends comments to this website cherishes the time they spent in Camp Raleigh. I proudly include myself in this group; Alissa (Weichholz) Nierenberg (yes, "Stan's daughter). Unfortunately, I bring sad news to you.
Shelly Rokach has passed away. I'm sure all our prayers go out to his family.

From Jonathan RackmanAlumn '87-'91
1) "A sports camp in a Torah environment", but the Drama budget dwarfed them all.
2) Row boating on the softball field during a flood.
3) Stacking milk cartons with the waiters every Sholosh seudos (sp?) 4) Joey Hoenig's "big gulp" soup.
5) Loosing a summers salary when the rain ruined all the girls "staff bunk" shoes. (We used them for a scavenger hunt.)
6) Rolo, dyxlexia, and the pool being drained one night, "by accident."
7) Alex wondering why we never invited him to the midnight BBQ's on the soccer field.
8) "Camp Rolaids" and all other camp signs borrowed for our M.A.S.H. pole.
9) Accepting social night activities.
10) The Dulitz dance.

and one for good measure:

11) The "Guess what we have more of: Champion sweatshirts or Ked's sneakers?" annual contest.

From Devora Leffel -'89-'95
1-Abbie Gewertz and Square Dancing...Prominade her home
2-Remembering to bring treats for Jonathan Rackman and Donnie Epstein so they will take you on a raid
3-The night that 49 girls got caught on a raid...and Jay Glatt asked if any girls were left on girls campus
4-The Orange County Fair...and getting sick after two minutes of being there
5-The camp plays that were taken very seriously
6-Trips to fiddles
7-What was with burning maxi pads?
8-writing your name all over a camp that would soon not exist
9-what was with the apples on shabbos?
10- all the wonderful songs that Raleigh sampled and are sung till this very day

From Lauren (Hamburger) Adler
1. Canteen cards
2. Taking the bus to boys campus when you had inter-camps at a Morasha (Us Japs certainly couldn't walk that far)
3. "Tip your waitresses"
4. Needing to go to the infirmary every morning...(cooincidentally at the time you had chinuch)
5. Girl / Boy sing
6. Not being able to remember a Tisha Ba'av without watching Operation Thunderbolt
7. Running to the dining room on shabbos morning to get the chocolatiest piece of bobka
8. Running your butt off all over camp to find a phone when they announced your phone call over the PA
9. Bob Bob Bob, Bob Bob Levine, Bob Bob Bob, Bob Bob Levine, He's so mean, he caught us walking and creeping when we should have been sleeping, Bob Levine.
10. Blueberries and sour cream for shalosh seudos

From Shimi Engleheart
1) you remember david freidman losing the motor in the lake.
2) you remember jacob hendel crashing the golf cart into the side of the gym (but don't worry, i'm all right)
3) you remember seth denenberg belting out a most incredible rendition of the "schaeffer jingle"
4)how come "line-up for shacharis" was always in 20 minutes- no matter what time it was they woke us up.
5) fans on or off
6) what was the point of boy-girl sing?
7) you remember the story of kamtza bar kamtza
8) how many stitches did steven stern really get in his arm
9) better goalie- johnny kaye or kenny goldwasser
10) you remember saturday nite roller skating, monday nite cookouts, all time favorite movies( brian's song & cromwell) muchapo & his gang,rafter ball, raleigh backboards, the juke box, color war, hy wettstein's miniature golf etc. etc.

From Eric Cohen:
1)skunks were nothing more than BB gun target practice
2)why walk to the camp's entrance when the porch of my back (after 10pm) was so much closer
3) Holy Sh!! they fold your laundry too!
4) you remember the laundry car, for various reasons...
5) you have rafting shirts in every color and size (and a fake tooth to prove it)
6) you were fearful of being sucked up woth sonja's ices when walking passed the nurses station
7) you know what happened to all of J glatts tshirts from years past after he sent them to the wash
8) you learned that to keep the beer cold its best kept in the backing of the toilet
9) the hockey rink was a night time looney bin
11) you knew better than to ask what went on in the small staff bunks (located adjacent to the campers bunks)
12) Liberty bowling- what happened to the Welcome to Liberty Lanes Mat anyway? 13)You got the heter to drink on tisha b'av- but only if you were thristy (or some deeply rooted justification)
14) it was the only time you had deviled eggs
15) never again was frikazee the highlight of your meal
16) the highlight of all of camp was the girls aeorbic competition during colorwar. (No guys had activities coincidentally)
17) The high score for the winner of the chinuch bowl was an impressive 15!
18) you know where your busk is
19) you were a "firefighter" if you could reach the "line"
20) J glatt wasnt nearly as scary as the prospect of returning from a raid only to catch a half naked Joe Shaw bending to retrieve his morning paper
21) You know the into, given by Shaw, to the Raleigh video by heart

From E. Creizman
Does anyone remember "Dom from Vietnam" who took groups on overnights and scared the heck out of everyone with the "CatKill."

From Josh Kurtz:
- You remember what you did on the soccer field at 11 o'clock at night... and it wasn't play soccer
- You know where the Jade Lounge is
- One word: Sports-O-Rama
- You thought the most religious person you ever met was Rabbi Dulitz
- You brought extra Shield soap to camp so you could get on Jay Glatt's good side
- You still listen to songs on the radio and think " Wow! this would make a great alma mater."
- Every time you are about to compete in something you still say to yourself " Let me win, but if I can not win, let me be braaaaave in the attempt."
- You were always curious how the girls' head counselor could be a guy, but after you found out who it was it all made sense.
- You had a girlfriend in bunk 1
- If you took a shabbos walk seven times around the track you were practically engaged
- You were always amazed how Larry Bird spent his off season in camp every summer, and then you found out it was just Stan.
- You can still hear Shelly Rokach in your head saying " Last night was another... (campers yelling: Raleigh first), the mens staff bas-ket-ball team beat Camp Ta- Wan- Da 84 to 37".
- You were always hoping Jay would fly away during Shabbbos benching.
- You thought Michael Berle was a genius
- On the way to see the girls on a raid you bumped into them
- Why do they call him Hot Rod? 18 to tell you 21 to show you

From Mike Cinamon - Camp Raleigh Fan Club President
After attending Camp Raleigh for 9 years, I have this to say...

!) What was the true intended purpose of the "Mattress Room" ?
2) Why do t-shirts need an "OU" ?
3) How old is Joe Shaw ?
4) Did Ray Young really build the Camp from a bucket of nails ?
5) Why couldn't the canteen keep any employees for the whole summer?
6) What really happened to Steve Seif's ducks that night ?
7) How many other camps provided a smoking area at the entrance of the camp?
8) How long did it take for the entire Livingston Manor fire department to get there that afternoon?
9) How much weight could that bridge actually handle ?
10) What was Wolly's secret sauce really made of ?

... And in response to Ms. Grusgott: I am proud that I had a fridge in my bunk almost every summer, sure I brought a TV to camp when I was staff and yeah, we DID have steak once a week. Camp Raleigh will live in our hearts forever.

From Suri Grusgott:
You thought it was standard to have a baker who made fresh bread every morning and waiters who asked how
you'd like your eggs.

You were the odd one out if your clothes were not delivered in trunks by a limo and unpacked by your
maid.(mine were in garbage bags, delivered by my shull's janitor in a catering truck and unpacked by me.)

Banquet was a black tie affair.

Who can forget, "A Sports Camp in a Torah Environment"

From Seth Galena
I never went, but always wanted one of those siddurs that said Camp Raleigh on them

From Anonymous:
5) you knew to keep your crush a secret or risk the humiliation of having your bunk do a "Quiet Please" on you and the other bunk not accept the invitaion for a "Social Night Activity"
4) you thought weekday benching ended with "ooh mikol tuv leolam al yichasrenu" - except of course every other monday when shelly announced Run for Fun winners after benching.
3)you knew the worst night to go on a raid was a night when Bob was on Super O.D.
2) if you were a girl it was totally acceptable to wait in line and wash your hair in the big sink next to bob's bunk in lieu of a proper shower- especially if time ran out b/c you were winning in tether ball or 'Animals, Animals, Out'
1) life just didn't get any better than the night of early dinner followed by leaving for "Woodburne and a Movie"

From Ephraim Shapiro:
memories from my very young years...
1-getting psyched for you first "big gulp" from the canteen...a fountain sprite in an 8oz dixie cup.
2-filling the lake with white limestone
3-fearing stan more than rolo

From jordan hiller:
10.) You spent your nights avoiding the Hawk and drying your sneakers cause he checked for dampness

9.) You had a favorite room at the Travel Inn

8.) If you had a car or knew someone who did, you could go to Peck's and pick up some wine coolers

7.) Three words: Fur, Fin, and Feather

6.) You know where the Robin Hood Diner is

5.) You feared Paul Rolnicki (Rolo)

4.) You made the occasional crack about Michael Berle's hair...cause everyone else did

3.) You watched a once great, thriving, summer paradise become a vacant, depressing wasteland

2.) You knew the the Raleigh Kollel was a horrendous idea

1.) You were corrupted and liked it

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