Since 1950, BHE-AVC has been the foremost in Jewish Adult Vacation Centers and Senior Camping offering seniors an enjoyable, recreational and social experience that stimulates body and mind.

We provide a warm atmosphere conducive for meeting new friends and expanding your interests.

Our staff is a mature group of men and women dedicated to creating a memorable vacation experience for you and making you feel like part of our "family".

We pride ourselves on providing an enriching and spiritual Jewish experience. We celebrate Shabbat with services in our beautiful synagogue, a traditional dinner and inter-generational programs with our children's camp.

Mission Statement

The Berkshire Hills-Emanuel Camps family exists to provide children and senior adults, regardless of financial means, with a shared, fun, rewarding, and safe summer camping experience, through diverse activities and programs, in a Jewish environment.

Vision Statement

Berkshire Hills-Emanuel Camps' vision is to further our leadership in the field of traditional camping by continuing to foster community building, personal growth and intergenerational interaction while enhancing and developing our programs and facilities to meet the changing needs and interests of our constituents.

Berkshire Hills Emanuel Camps values are:

1. Family - "Generation to Generation"
2. Jewish Continuity
3. Adaptability - We change with you and for you
4. Excellence
• Board
• Staff
• Volunteers
• Programs and services
• Experiences and outcomes
5. Fun - We believe that everyone is entitled to a happy childhood and "elderhood"
• Playing
• Learning
• Living
6. Informal Education
• Individual growth
• Social interaction