Camp Massad of Manitoba מחנה מסד | |
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Location | |
Coordinates | 50°31′35″N 96°58′36″W / 50.52627°N 96.9766°W |
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Former name | Massad Gimmel |
Type | Jewish summer camp |
Established | 1953 |
Grades | 2–10[1] |
Language | Hebrew |
Affiliation | MCA |
Website | campmassad |
Camp Massad of Manitoba (Hebrew: מַחֲנֶה מַסָד, translit. Maḥaneh Massad) is a Jewish and Zionist summer camp located north of Winnipeg Beach, Manitoba, in the Interlake Region near Winnipeg. It is the only Hebrew immersion camp in Western Canada.[2]
The camp attracts campers from Winnipeg, other parts of Canada and various cities in the United States.[3] Camp Massad is a registered charity and an accredited member of the Manitoba Camping Association.[4]
The camp was founded in 1953 by members of Habonim under the leadership of Soody Kleiman, supported by the Keren Hatarbut.[5] Eddie Yuditsky, principal of the Winnipeg Hebrew School, served as Massad's first director and Leona Billinkoff as the first 'camp mother' (a position she would keep until 1978).[6] The camp was officially incorporated as a branch of the Hebrew Camps Massad of Canada, Massad Gimmel, in 1962.[7]
The Hebrew Congregation of Winnipeg Beach synagogue, founded in 1950, moved to the site of Camp Massad in 1998.[8]