Camp Gilboa

Camp Gilboa

Camp Gilboa is one of the seven North American machanot (summer camps) associated with the socialist-Zionist youth movement, Habonim Dror. It is located in the mountains of San Bernardino County, California, near Los Angeles.

Camp Gilboa has existed in the Los Angeles area since 1936. After closing down in the 1980s, Gilboa reopened in 1995.

External links

* [http://www.campgilboa.org official website]


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