At peace camp, youths from Jerusalem and Boston explore religious, cultural differences
By Jennifer Smith GLOBE CORRESPONDENT
The children hopped around on stage and beckoned for their parents to join them in chipper camp songs. They looked like any group of preteens just back from camp, but they had just returned from more than a week of sharing confusion and fears over their religious identities. The experience was meant to help them navigate the historically fraught relationships among Muslims, Jews, and Christians.
They are 12- and 13-year-olds from the Boston and Jerusalem areas. In a celebration at the Temple Beth Zion in Brookline on Sunday filled with singing, dancing, and demolishing a substantial slab of cake, the two-dozen children, members of Kids4Peace Boston, wrapped up a 10-day summer camp, which encourages religious understanding and tolerance through getting to know peers from different cultures.
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