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Get your summer ready for grades K-6 with one week of Gan Alonim Camp in Simi Valley.

About Gan Alonim Camp

Gan Alonim is for children entering Kindergarten through 6th grade. The day begins at 9:00 am and ends at 3:30 pm.

Gan Alonim Day Camp is a nurturing and loving environment where children feel free to explore their world and be adventurous in a safe setting. The Gan staff is committed to helping your children grow and learn by facilitating their participation in daily activities which emphasize fun, appreciation of nature, friendship, safety and Jewish culture.By sending your child to Gan, you are offering a summer full of experiences that provide memories that last a lifetime. The warm summer days at Gan are spent learning Israeli dances, going swimming, singing songs, creating art, riding horses, discovering nature and sometimes sitting on the grass eating popsicles with friends and counselors.

From the time that you drop your children off at the bus or the gate of the Gan field, you can rest assured that they are in an emotionally and physically safe environment that is dedicated to engaging children in a way that is conducive to developmental growth, independence and maturity.

Give your children the gift of camp by sending them to Gan Alonim Day Camp this summer!

About Camp Alonim

Camp Alonim is a program of the American Jewish University, an organization founded in 2007 when the Brandeis-Bardin Institute merged with the University of Judaism.  Originally, Camp Alonim was a program of the Brandeis-Bardin Institute, which had a long and rich history.  Dr. Shlomo Bardin was an educator who believed that American young people were assimilating at alarming rates and sought to create programming to stem this tide.  He started with the Brandeis Collegiate Institute (B.C.I.), which is a summer residential program for college students to explore the place Judaism will hold in their adult lives by engaging in art, music, drama, Israeli folk dance, and learning with dynamic scholars.  In 1947, 2,200 acres in Simi Valley were purchased and B.C.I. settled into its permanent home where it has been inspiring college students for over 60 years.   

Dr. Bardin established Camp Alonim in 1953 with the same educational philosophy as the original program: to truly touch young people, they would have to experience Judaism through their senses--through art, music, Israeli folk dance and drama. In the nearly 60 years since, we have added sports, nature, and interactive learning to the repertoire of experiences we offer our campers.  Both Camp Alonim and B.C.I. are still thriving today and run simultaneously during the summer months in separate areas of the Brandeis-Bardin property.

In 1972, the neighboring land owner, James Arness, star of TV’s “Gunsmoke,” donated his 950 acres, making the Brandeis-Bardin property 3,200 acres.  Since then, 200 acres by our front gate have been sold, bringing our property currently to approximately 3,000 acres.  This is the second-largest piece of land held for Jewish communal purpose, second only to the State of Israel.

Item Special Note

Subject to grade availability. Choose one week Monday-Friday for Summer 2016 (dates TBD). Certificate cannot be combined with any other certificates. Families with a camper who is already enrolled will not be able to redeem this certificate for that camper.

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