Camp Naivelt is located in Brampton, Ontario, Canada. Brampton (pronounced bramton is the third-largest city in the Greater Toronto Area of Ontario, Canada and the seat of Peel Region. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page It originated as a children's camp, evolved into a family camp and remains in operation as a left-wing, secular Jewish camping community.
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Early years
Originally known as Kinderland, it was established as a children's camp in 1925 when the Jewish Women's Labour League (the women's auxiliary of the Jewish Labour League Mutual Benefit Society). Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ The Women's League was described as a "pro-Bolshevik" labour group, made up primarily of garment workers). The Bolsheviks, originally also Bolshevists ( Большевик Большевист (singular, derived from bolshe, "more" were a faction They leased some property at Eldorado Mills, along the Credit River. The Credit River is a River in southern Ontario which flows from headwaters above the Niagara Escarpment to empty into The Canadian National Railway (CNR) owned the land in the early years, at the south west edge of Brampton in the Credit River valley. Brampton (pronounced bramton is the third-largest city in the Greater Toronto Area of Ontario, Canada and the seat of Peel Region. The Credit River is a River in southern Ontario which flows from headwaters above the Niagara Escarpment to empty into
In 1936 the League attempted to purchase about 103 acres of the property. Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The CNR was openly resistant to selling to Jewish organizations and even posted vicious anti-Semitic signs at the entrance, warning "No Jews or Dogs Allowed" to discourage the land purchase. Antisemitism (alternatively spelled anti-semitism or anti-Semitism; also rarely known as judeophobia) is the Prejudice against or hostility However, the property was acquired through an individual not directly linked to the League, then transferred to them.
The United Jewish Peoples' Order (UJPO) was founded in 1945 through a merger of the Labour League and other radical Jewish organizations and has operated and managed the camp ever since. The United Jewish Peoples' Order is a secular socialist Jewish cultural political and educational fraternal organization in Canada
The children's camp remained in operation as an overnight camp until 1962 and as a day camp until 1971 serving up to 300 children each summer. A family-oriented adult campground that was used mostly on weekends and holidays developed adjacent to the children's camp that, at its peak, contained 90 cottages as well as room for tents. It is in this form that the camp continues to the present day.
Political and cultural history
Camp Naivelt (meaning "New World" in Yiddish) was essentially a volunteer, summer, youth camp for Jewish working class families. Yiddish (yi [[wiktייִדיש ייִדיש]] yidish or yi [[wiktאידיש אידיש]] idish, literally "Jewish" is a nonterritorial High It was referred to as a "Worker's Children Camp" and promoted Jewish culture and leftist political ideals. The Camp was described as:
- reflecting a secular, non-Zionist, socialist perspective. History of Zionism|Timeline of Zionism|World Zionist Organization|Zionist political violence Zionism is an international political movement that originally supported the Socialism refers to a broad set of economic theories of social organization advocating state or collective ownership and administration of the Means of production and distribution It was a community of like-minded, working class people, largely in the needle-trade. There were people who were active in union affairs and, yes, there were people who followed the Communist line. Communism is a Socioeconomic structure that promotes the establishment of an egalitarian, classless, stateless Society based
A radical, Communist element was always part of the Park's early history. Canadian Communist Party leader Tim Buck sometimes spoke there. History Origins The Communist Party was organized with great secrecy in a barn near the city of Guelph Ontario, on May 28 and 29 1921 Timothy "Tim" Buck ( January 6, 1891 – March 11, 1973) was a long-time leader of the Communist Party of Canada (known The Royal Canadian Mounted Police monitored activities and goings-on there from time to time through the late 1940s and 1950s. The Mounties were known to 'stake out' the park entrance, recording license plate numbers of those entering for public events.
A key function of Camp Naivelt was to promote the peace movement, social justice and labour rights, and to increase awareness of these issues among youth. A peace movement is a Social movement that seeks to achieve ideals such as the ending of a particular war (or all wars minimize inter-human violence in a particular place or Another principal aim was to give urban youth respite from the grime and heat of downtown Toronto. Toronto (təˈrɒntoʊ colloquially pronounced or) is the largest city in Canada and is the provincial capital of Ontario It also served as a refuge for children facing the threat of polio infection every summer. Poliomyelitis, often called polio or infantile paralysis, is an acute viral Infectious disease spread from person to person primarily via
When purchased the camp contained a merry-go-round and a meeting hall from the early years of Eldorado Park. Initially only tents were used for the campers. Later permanent frame cottages clad in insulbrick or clapboard were constructed. In the 1940s the UJPO built a band shell, boathouse, swimming pool and two bridges over the Credit River. At one point some 90 cottages were on the property. In the 1970s the present Eldorado Park was established when a portion of Camp Naivelt was sold to the City of Brampton. Brampton (pronounced bramton is the third-largest city in the Greater Toronto Area of Ontario, Canada and the seat of Peel Region.
Several dozen rustic frame cottages remain standing through the site; some arranged around large, open common areas and others in rows. These structures retain most of their original character-defining elements such as original wooden windows, doors and cladding (e. g. clapboard, insulbrick and shiplap siding). The cottages and setting form a significant and unique cultural heritage landscape in the City of Brampton.
Camp Naivelt has a deep and meaningful role to play in the exploration of Jewish cultural history in Canada. Jewish folklore, the Yiddish language, music, folk art and dance were studied at the Camp.
Contributions to the history of music in Canada
Perhaps Camp Naivelt's most significant heritage attribute is its long and vibrant association with Canada's musical heritage.
For example, the founding members of Canada's best known folk group, The Travellers, met as children at Camp Naivelt and formed the group there. For other meanings of the term see The Travellers (disambiguation For the American folk trio see Travelers 3 The Travellers were a Canadian Their version of Woody Guthrie's This Land Is Your Land is a virtual Canadian anthem. Woodrow Wilson "Woody" Guthrie (July 14 1912–October 3 1967 was an American Singer-songwriter and Folk musician Guthrie's musical legacy " This Land Is Your Land " is one of the United States ' most famous folk songs.
In July 1960, a summer evening concert was recorded at Camp Naivelt featuring the teenage voice of camp member Zal Yanofsky, who later co-founded the rock band, Lovin' Spoonful with John Sebastian. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Zalman "Zal" Yanovsky ( December 19 1944 &ndash December 13 2002) was a Canadian rock musician The Lovin' Spoonful is an American Pop rock band of the 1960s named to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000 John Sebastian (born John Benson Sebastian on 17 March 1944, in Greenwich Village, New York City) is an American Songwriter Lovin' Spoonful's hits include Summer in the City and Do You Believe in Magic.
The tape also features the young voice of another Naivelt attendee, Sharon Hampson, later a member of the children's group Sharon, Lois and Bram. Sharon Lois & Bram is the name of a Canadian children's musical trio composed of Sharon Trostin Hampson (born March 31, 1943,
Singer, songwriter, Eddie Schwartz who wrote, Hit Me With Your Best Shot for rock star Pat Benatar also went to Camp Naivelt as a child. Pat Benatar (born Patricia Mae Andrzejewski on 10 January 1953) is an influential four-time Grammy Award -winning American
Estelle Klein, the first artistic director of the Mariposa Folk Festival was another alumnus of Camp Naivelt. The Mariposa Folk Festival was founded in Orillia Ontario, and after being held in various places in Ontario for a few decades has returned there
Legendary American folk singer Pete Seeger (1919-), who composed, Where Have All The Flowers Gone, If I Had A Hammer, the civil rights anthem, We Shall Overcome and Turn, Turn, Turn performed at Camp Naivelt on several occasions - sometimes with a folk group he and Woody Guthrie (composer of This Land is Your Land) formed in the 1940s called "The Almanac Singers". Peter "Pete" Seeger (born May 3 1919 is an American folk singer political Activist, and a key figure in the mid-20th century American " We Shall Overcome " is a Protest song that became a key Anthem of the US civil rights movement. The Almanac Singers were a group of Folk musicians who as their name indicates specialized in topical songs especially songs connected with union organizing Seeger would visit the Camp for several days at a time from the 1940s to the 1980s.
Seeger co-founded the legendary folk group, "The Weavers". The Weavers were an influential American Folk music quartet based in the Greenwich Village area of New York City. Their rendition of Goodnight Irene was a major pop hit in the 1950s. " Goodnight Irene " or " Irene Goodnight," is a 20th century American folk standard. In the 1955 he, along with other members of "The Weavers", were blacklisted by the House Un-American Activities Committee. The House Committee on Un-American Activities ( HUAC or HCUA 1938–1975 was an investigative committee of the United States House of Representatives.
In the 1960s Seeger sparked the revival of American folk music. Pete Seeger provided major hit records for Peter, Paul and Mary, "The Byrds", Joan Baez and "The Kingston Trio". Peter Paul and Mary (often called PP&M) are a musical group from the United States who were one of the most successful folk-singing groups of the The Byrds were a popular American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1964 Joan Chandos Baez (born January 9, 1941 in Staten Island, New York) an American Folk singer and Songwriter known The Kingston Trio is an American folk and Pop music group that helped launch the folk revival of the late 1950s to early 1960s Seeger is a two-time Grammy award winner. The Grammy Awards (originally called the Gramophone Awards)—or Grammys —are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences In 1994 he was given the nation's highest artistic award as a recipient of the Kennedy Center Honors and the Presidential Medal of the Arts. The John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (on the building itself called the John F In 1996 he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum is a Museum located on the shores of Lake Erie in downtown Cleveland Ohio, United States
Paul Robeson (1898-1976), the great American baritone, stage and film actor and political activist, also visited Camp Naivelt and performed there. Paul LeRoy Bustill Robeson ( April 9, 1898 &ndash January 23, 1976) was a multi-lingual American Actor, athlete Like Seeger, he too faced persecution during era of Senator Joseph McCarthy, HUAC and "red-baiting" for his support of the Soviet Union, civil rights and labour unions. Joseph Raymond McCarthy (November 14 1908 – May 2 1957 was an American politician who served as a Republican U Red-baiting is the act of accusing someone or some group of being communist, socialist or in a broader sense of being significantly more Leftist The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 Robeson is best known for his performances in the musical, Show Boat and Shakespeare's Othello. Show Boat is a musical in two acts with music by Jerome Kern and book (based on a novel by Edna Ferber) and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein
American folk singer Phil Ochs, best known for the 'protest song' I Ain't A March'n Anymore visited Camp Naivelt and held an impromptu performance. Philip David Ochs ( December 19 1940 – April 9 1976) was a U
See also
External links
- Camp Naivelt webpage
- Camp Naivelt celebrates 75 years, Canadian Jewish News, July 20, 2000. The United Jewish Peoples' Order is a secular socialist Jewish cultural political and educational fraternal organization in Canada The Morris Winchevsky School (founded in 1928 is a supplemental Jewish school in Toronto, Canada. The Toronto Jewish Folk Choir is Canada's oldest Jewish choral group
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