Jewish summer camps offer researchers wonderfully rich opportunities to study Jewish life, learning, and development. Whether researchers focus on campers, staff, or their interactions, camp life provides a stage on which many of the dynamics of Jewish living play out. No wonder we have witnessed in recent years an increase in research on Jewish camps in North America. This special issue on Jewish education at Jewish summer camps celebrates that increase and calls attention to the variety of educational questions that researchers have begun to explore. This issue focuses on five educational questions about Jewish camps:

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关于犹太营地生活，研究可以教给我们什么？

犹太夏令营为研究人员提供了极其丰富的机会来研究犹太人的生活、学习和发展。无论研究人员关注的是露营者、工作人员还是他们的互动，营地生活都提供了一个舞台，犹太人生活的许多动态都在这个舞台上发挥作用。难怪近年来我们目睹了对北美犹太营地的研究增加。这个关于犹太夏令营的犹太教育的特刊庆祝这一增长，并呼吁关注研究人员已经开始探索的各种教育问题。本期重点关注有关犹太营地的五个教育问题：