Camp Keff

The Camp Keff experience is truly different than other day camps.

For more than fifty years, the PJCC’s Camp Keff has welcomed all children to take part in our camp and its activities because we firmly believe that a diverse and strong community of friends will make the world a better place. We invite every child to participate in building this shared community, centered in important human values experienced through a fun Jewish lens.

We have an important mission.

Camp Keff believes that a diverse and strong community of friends will make the world a better place. We are dedicated to ensuring that each child has fun, feels included, is respected for who they are, and is encouraged to express their unique self. Camp Keff is built on a foundation of Jewish values and fun summer camp traditions that help children grow into confident, thoughtful, and kind humans.

We understand the value of fun in children’s development.

Every day at Camp KEFF is designed to inspire creativity, confidence, and friendship through an ever-changing variety of outrageously fun activities. We are dedicated play enthusiasts because we know the importance of purposeful play in healthy human development. Scientific research shows that play “exercises” your brain by stimulating the development of your frontal cortex, the area responsible for cognition. Play helps to drive creativity, imagination, and problem solving. We also flex our friendship muscles through play, developing important life skills like cooperation, positive communication, empathy, decision making, and emotional resilience. And of course, when play involves movement—swimming, dancing, running — we work out our bodies as well.