{"id":1223,"date":"2026-03-30T16:13:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T16:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aju.edu\/brandeis-camp-institute\/?page_id=1223"},"modified":"2026-08-19T20:51:26","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T20:51:26","slug":"newsroom","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aju.edu\/brandeis-camp-institute\/newsroom\/","title":{"rendered":"News & Events"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n \n Marking BCI\u2019s 85th Anniversary, Jewish Leaders Reflect on a Program That Shaped Their Lives\n <\/a>\n <\/h3>\n \n \n

\n Years ago, Rabbi Sara B.\u00a0Arias was showing Camp Alonim\u2019s Israeli delegation around American Jewish University\u2019s Brandeis-Bardin Campus in Simi Valley when she asked the young visitors what the landscape reminded them of.\n <\/p>\n \n \n \n \n Learn more\n about Marking BCI\u2019s 85th Anniversary, Jewish Leaders Reflect on a Program That Shaped Their Lives<\/span><\/span>\n \n <\/a>\n \n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\n \n \u2018I Went as an Israeli and Came Back a Jew\u2019: How BCI Shaped Community Leader Gidi Grinstein\u2019s Life\n <\/a>\n <\/h3>\n \n \n

\n In the summer of 1994, Gidi Grinstein arrived at American Jewish University’s Brandeis Camp Institute (BCI) as a 24-year-old Israeli naval officer preparing for what he expected would be a long military career. Twenty-eight days later, he left with a …\n <\/p>\n \n \n \n \n Learn more\n about \u2018I Went as an Israeli and Came Back a Jew\u2019: How BCI Shaped Community Leader Gidi Grinstein\u2019s Life<\/span><\/span>\n \n <\/a>\n \n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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