The ICCA has created a one-of-a-kind cross-cultural experience in a local camp that brings together Jewish and Christian teens from Franklin, Tennessee, Nova Scotia, Canada, and the Israeli city of Shaarey-Tikva, Israel.

Building bridges between cultures comes close to home when we look at the immense two thousand year gap between Christians and Jews. In this camp, our aims are to:

 

1) Give Christian teens a deep knowledge and appreciation for their roots; 

2) Communicate to both Jewish and Christian teens a sense of the indebtedness we have to the Jews for their gifts to the world and to our faith;

3) Create an environment that is safe to learn about each other's cultures;

4) Provide the tools to write a new chapter in the story of Christian and Jewish relations. 

The camp is designed to awaken awareness in each participant of their potential to be a leader in whatever sphere of influence is available to them.

We create a context in which each individual can be known and appreciated for who they are. With an adventurous venue that includes teamwork, communication, and shared experiences, the activities were ranging from white water rafting, rock climbing, skeet shooting, and ice skating to building a garden at Nashville's Akiva school, learning about the Holocaust at Whitwell's "Train Car" museum, writing and recording in Nashville studios, recording in F.A.M.E Studios in Muscle Shoals, meeting Franklin's mayor, visiting the Tennessee State House of Representatives, hearing from Tennessee senators and state representatives, the camp culminates in participation in a Shabbat service at Nashville's orthodox synagogue and sharing in a Sabbath meal led by the Rabbi.