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B'nai B'rith Perlman Camp (BBPC) is a Jewish summer camp located in Lake Como, Pennsylvania, United States. The camp first opened in 1954 on the site of the former Camp Windsor; it has also been known as Camp B'nai B'rith (CBB). Before being acquired by B'nai B'rith January 1954, the campground with a lake was known as Camp Windsor. Camp B'nai B'rith was renamed B'nai B'rith Perlman Camp (BBPC) on 19 August 1975, after the founder of B'nai B'rith Girls, Anita Perlman, following the purchase of Burr Oaks in Mukwonago, Wisconsin, named that one B'nai B'rith Beber Camp.〔Baer, Max F. ''Dealing in Futures: The Story of a Jewish Youth Movement''. Washington, DC: B’nai B’rith International, 1983, p. 301.〕 ==History leading up to B'nai B'rith's acquisition== In 1947, after hearing a report on the subject, the B'nai B'rith Supreme Lodge convention authorized the purchase of a camp to meet the growing need for a youth camp where leadership development and conventions could meet.〔Edward E. Grusd, ''B’nai B’rith: The Story of a Covenant'' (New York: Appleton-Century, 1966), 240.〕 In the spring of 1949, the B'nai B'rith-Henry Monsky Foundation was officially formed with the hopes of buying real estate, including a campground.〔Edward E. Grusd, ''B’nai B’rith: The Story of a Covenant'' (New York: Appleton-Century, 1966), 246.〕 The search for a campground began to come into life with a run-down property. B'nai B'rith District 3 operated a home for orphans in Fairview, Pennsylvania for a number of years, though it had become abandoned by the 1940s.〔''Dedicated to a Great Humanitarian'', () B'nai B'rith Perlman Camp, Starlight, PA: The Adult Lodge.〕 In the early 1950s, District 3's leadership made an offer to make the grounds "available to the Supreme Lodge for a youth encampment."〔Max F. Baer, ''Dealing in Futures: The Story of a Jewish Youth Movement'' (Washington, DC: B'nai B'rith International, 1983), 296.〕 Because the property was neither in good condition nor a good location, B'nai B'rith was able to close down the property, sell off the assets and transfer them, worth nearly $200,000, to the Monsky Foundation.〔Edward E. Grusd, ''B'nai B'rith: The Story of a Covenant'' (New York: Appleton-Century, 1966), 247.〕 The Foundation was then able to purchase for $175,000, in January 1954, a camp with a lake at an elevation of , originally known as Camp Windsor, located in Starlight in the northeastern corner of Pennsylvania.〔Max F. Baer, ''Dealing in Futures: The Story of a Jewish Youth Movement'' (Washington, DC: B'nai B'rith International, 1983), 297.〕 Five months later, in June, Camp B'nai B'rith was dedicated, and meetings were held there as well as a summer camp season for younger children.〔Edward E. Grusd, ''B'nai B'rith: The Story of a Covenant'' (New York: Appleton-Century, 1966), 263.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「B'nai B'rith Perlman Camp」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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