When the opportunity to go back to camp as a married staff member arises, men jump. What’s that like for their wives?
Thing is though, camp men grow up, get married, and have families. But camp fever never dies. When the opportunity to go back to camp as a married staff member arises, these men jump. What’s that like for their wives?
Being a good wife seems to be a prerequisite to having your husband attending camp. Almost all of those interviewed spoke of their husband’s undying love for camp and their desire not to interfere with that. “I’d be a monster to say no,” says Sarah Rochel Feigelstein, whose husband has been an assistant head counselor in Camp Munk for the past ten years. Sarah Rochel’s husband was in camp until a week before his wedding and then missed a year when they were living in Israel during shanah rishonah, but he spent every day of that summer on the phone keeping tabs on what was going on. He was miserable. So, when given the chance to go back to camp, there really wasn’t a question.
Mrs. Leah Trenk wins the contest, though, by having celebrated her Shabbos sheva brachos in Camp Munk. Her husband was a rebbi in Camp Munk until his passing two years ago, and they attended camp for the 54 years they were married.
Shani Lichtman was also doing camp since shanah rishonah; her husband was the assistant head counselor at Camp Agudah for 27 years and has been the head counselor of Camp Ruach Chaim for the past 10 years.
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