Introduction : the Jewish camp : between fantasy and reality
"Under optimum conditions" : American Jews and the rise of the summer camp
A matter of time : constructing time for "creative survival"
Jews playing games : role-play, sociodrama, and color war
"A little suffering goes a long way" : Tisha B'Av, Ghetto Day, and the shadow of the Holocaust
The language cure : embracing and evolving Yiddishism and Hebraism
"Is this what you call being free?" : power and youth culture in the camper republic
Summer flings and fuzzy rings : camper romance, erotic Zionism, and intermarriage anxiety
Jewish camping post-postwar.