Wacky Wednesday Comedy Showcase: Sam Levenson on Sending Kids to Camp

Sam Levenson (1911-1980) was one of the most popular Jewish comedians on television from the 1940s through the 1970s. He was a panelist on The Price is Right, What's My Line, and Password. He had his own show, The Sam Levenson Show, hosted the game show Two For the Money, and appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show 22 times.

His Jewishness was apparent from his speech and his stories about his large immigrant family in Brooklyn. It came through most clearly in his recordings of growing up Jewish in New York.

When we posted a Levenson story back in 2014 there were no video clips available, so the video on our post was a 78 rpm turntable spinning with audio background. Recently some videos have become available that we'll be sharing with you in the coming weeks and months.

Today's post is one of Levenson's appearances on the Ed Sullivan Show in which he delights the audience with his commentary about the joys of sending kids to camp. Enjoy!

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Haredi Kids Pursue Fitness With Yiddish Exercise in Summer Camp

Yeshiva students, especially Haredi boys studying for long hours each day, need stamina to pursue their learning goals. After all, turning pages demands a high degree of physical fitness.

It's always been a mystery to us as to how these young men are able to maintain their study regimen, day in and day out.

Now the secret has been revealed in a video just posted on YouTube. It gives us an inside look at some of these kids in summer camp Ohel Baruch Krasna in Monticello, NY performing gymnastics with an exciting and interactive exercise song in Yiddish, led by their physical education instructor.

Enjoy!

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Camp Morasha Flash Mob Takes Over Syracuse Mall

If you've been following this blog, you're probably aware that we're suckers for flash mobs, especially when they have a Jewish or Israeli connection. Here's a recent one that should bring a little Yiddishe nachas. 

A few hundred boys and girls, campers at Camp Morasha, took over the Destiny USA (formerly Carousel) Mall in Syracuse, New York this summer to put on a choreographed dance extravaganza called Anu B'nei Morasha that proclaimed who they are and what they do. 

Morasha is a Modern Orthodox co-ed camp based in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania, with over a thousand campers attending each summer. It runs a Morasha Yachad program that gives more than 40 disabled campers an inclusive camping experience together with their mainstream peers.

Some wearing shorts and T-shirts, others wearing pants and skirts, the dancers blend together into a single entity, but if you look closely you'll see an invisible line dividing the boys and girls.

About 3 and a half minutes into the video, the solid mass splits into two sections, revealing an aisle through which some campers with developmental disabilities, including two in wheelchairs, and their counselors march forward as the dance continues to its conclusion. 

Enjoy!

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