From left to right: Larry Keegan, Jerry Waldman, Robert Zimmerman (AKA Bob Dylan), Louis Kemp, David Unowsky. “It was a Zionist summer camp, and you sang Zionist songs in Hebrew.” He said that last sentence in the same tone that he might have said, “The doctors botched my hernia operation” or “We got beaten at the Oscars by The English Patient.” “Is this the kind of summer camp where you sing songs with lyrics about how great the camp is, and then there’s team songs with how great the team is?” Gross asked. One of the Coens (the interview was on radio, so I couldn’t differentiate between them-let’s call them Acerbic Coen and Sardonic Coen) thought that Dylan’s Herzl heritage was merely an urban myth, but Acerbic Coen pointed out that no, Dylan’s biography features photos of him playing his guitar at the camp. Gross mentioned that Dylan and the Coens had all attended Herzl Camp. The Coen Brothers were recently interviewed on NPR’s Fresh Air with Terry Gross about their new movie, Inside Llewyn Davis, which is about a Bob Dylan-esque folk singer. In fact, it’s not surprising that someone harboring dark obsessions about Jewish power and influence in American life has begun to connect the dots (how else can you explain “Funkytown’s” success?). The guy who wrote “Funkytown.” Those are some serious Elders of Zion. OK, so maybe “nexus” is a little strong, but take a look at some of the camp’s other alumni: Bob Dylan. Hidden in the expanse of red pines is Herzl Camp, a Jewish summer camp where I spent six years as a camper and another four as a counselor. Past the signs in Webster advertising the “meat raffle” (it’s exactly what it sounds like). Want to see it? Drive north from Siren and just keep going. Forget New York: The nexus of American Jewish cultural and political achievement is found deep in the woods of northwestern Wisconsin. For former campers as well as those who never went, a refresher course on summers at the lake.
The latest bogeyman for Israel-bashers is the Zionist summer camp, which purportedly turns our children into fascists.
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