The New Promised Land: Maine's Summer Camps for Jewish Youth ...

Acknowledgments
My sincere gratitude goes out to Professor David Friedenreich in the Religious
Studies department at Colby College, who gave me the idea of investigating summer
camps. I would like to thank the entire History department faculty at Colby College,
and specifically Professors Rob Weisbrot and John Turner. I am indebted to Mickey
Friedman, Ed Rosen, Judy Tenney, Marion Walldorf, Lynn Weiner, Mags Weinstock,
and Joshua Weiss, who served as my interviewees and provided me with invaluable
information. I also would like to mention Peter Hirsch of Camp Androscoggin, Andy
Lilienthal of Camp Winnebago, and Bob Strauss of Camp Wigwam, each of whom
were eager to help me find alumni and to share their resources with me. Lastly, I
would like to thank my fellow thesis students, Alexandre Caillot, Audrey Lomax,
Eoin McCarron, Lindsay Peterson, and Carter Stevens, who were supportive
“bunkmates” throughout this process.
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