The New York Times ran a long and loving article yesterday on a Catskills tradition: KlezKamp, a Yiddish culture festival-cum-bootcamp that runs the week between Christmas and New Year's at the Hudson Valley Resort and Spa in Kerhonkson. The gathering has been going for 26 years, and, for some participants, whole lifetimes, the NYT reports:
KlezKamp has been around long enough that some younger adults have spent part of almost every year of their lives there. Sarah Gordon, 30, a Brooklyn teacher, started coming at 6 because her mother, Ms. Cooper, was an organizer, and she is now teaching newcomers to sing in a language they may never have used before.
KlezKamp looks like a blast. To get a feel for it, check out the video of a dance at last year's festivities posted above.
