Get to know our Summer 2025 Team! Meet Jackson, one of our Program Coordinators at LAJF and a Co-Assistant Camp Director.
Each summer at Camp Rising Sun is a reminder of what’s possible when young people from around the world come together to grow, lead, and connect. This year, we’re thrilled to welcome an incredible and diverse group of campers, but we’re also reckoning with who isn’t here and why.
Click to read this open letter to the CRS community from LAJF Director of Programs, Elyem Chej.
Get to know our Summer 2025 Team! Meet Chayel, our Program Coordinator at LAJF and one of this summer’s Assistant Camp Directors.
The CRS Israel Selection Committee hosted a three-day seminar in Jerusalem for incoming 2025 campers. It was a transformative experience, equipping the selected campers with the tools, perspectives, and community to represent Israel thoughtfully at CRS. Click to read about it.
Earlier this month, we brought together education-minded Rising Sun alums to discuss and brainstorm social justice education and inclusivity at Camp, and the future of our programs. Aptly titled the Educators Think Tank on Rising Sun Programming, our two-part event brought a high level of brainstorming and takeaways we are excited to share with you.
For 90 years, the Louis August Jonas Foundation has been committed to helping young people grow intellectually, ethically, and globally through Camp Rising Sun, our full-scholarship, summer leadership program for teenagers from around the world. In the upcoming weeks, we will take a deeper look at our curriculum, which has inspired in so many young people worldwide, a commitment to compassionate and responsible leadership for the betterment of their communities and the world.
In this issue, we will focus on our educational framework, which is based on fostering independent learning and on emotional intelligence for compassionate leadership
We were thrilled to be joined by over 100 alums through all 3 events to celebrate our 90th anniversary. Thanks to their generosity, we surpassed our fundraising goal of $25,000 during the final session! With a generous match from alumni Steen Sauerberg, we were able to raise over $85,000 for our Virtual 90th Anniversary Campaign.
We have concluded our first ever Virtual CRS, and our campers are excited to tell you all about it! Our Virtual CRS blog project group worked hard on putting together a daily recap, favorite VCRS memories from all campers, and topical articles for you all to learn from. If you’ve been curious what Virtual CRS looked like, now’s your chance to learn all about it!
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The Louis August Jonas Foundation (LAJF) and Camp Rising Sun (CRS) have a long-held commitment to the principles of diversity, stemming from our mission. In that spirit, LAJF and CRS do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, creed, color, sexual orientation, nation of origin, gender, sex, or gender identity.
