When Ohel Children’s Home and Family Services made an offer to buy Camp Lavi in the Poconos, it unleashed a firestorm from parents, alumni and members of the Modern Orthodox community — and exposed an unusual complication in the bankruptcy sale of a sprawling summer camp empire. Nearly 200 emails and letters were sent to the U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Christine Gravelle in New Jersey this summer, asking the judge to keep Camp Lavi “ours” and consider bidders other than Ohel, who they feared would shut down the camp.  “What makes Camp Lavi so special cannot be measured on a balance […]

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