706-865-2715
Affiliated with Marcus JCC of Atlanta
Overnight Camp
Session Lengths: 2 Weeks, 4 Weeks
Camp Barney Medintz is the overnight camp of the Marcus JCC of Atlanta, located in the north Georgia Blue Ridge mountains on 540 spectacular acres surrounding 2 large private lakes. Since 1963, “Camp Barney” has served nearly 1400 boys & girls each summer from throughout the southeast and approximately 26 states from all across the US. Nearly 90% return-rate each summer.
Every imaginable activity is offered! Water skiing, swimming, boating, ropes courses, zip lines, all court & field sports, tennis, mountain biking, karate, horseback riding, theatre, dance, music, movie studio, radio station, Israeli cultural programs, chef’s school, yoga, scuba, film festivals, sports tournaments, backpacking trips, whitewater rafting, caving and much more.
Extraordinary facility including 950 seat lakeside amphitheater, 2 lakes, 2 swimming pools, 3 water slides, cultural & performing arts center, gymnasium & sports complex, high adventure climbing walls & ropes courses, equestrian center, 18,000′ dining hall, modern health center, organic gardens, “mogan david” chapel/synagogue.
We are proud of our “best feature”: the careful selection of mature, experienced, talented, enthusiastic, warm & committed staff who care for, teach & mentor children & teens each summer.
Exceptional attention to the details: tasty & nutritious meals (kosher), keen focus on health & safety, experiential environmental education, meaningful & exciting celebration of Jewish life & our connection to our global Jewish community, exhilarating “guest” staff program (artists-musicians-chefs-athletes), emphasis on the growth & esteem of every child.
Jim Mittenthal has been the Director of “Camp Barney” for the past 22 years. He has a BA in architecture & sociology from the University of Florida, MSW-masters degree, social work from the University of Denver. Read More
Previously:
Director of a Jewish resident camp in Colorado.
Private practice, psychotherapy for children, teens & families.
Administrator & lead therapist, a center for drug, alcohol & eating disorders.
Campaign Director, Jewish Federation.
Lead Design, Children’s Museum.
Consultant, children’s museums throughout the US
Consultant, Jewish resident camps throughout the US
Susan Berger, serves as the Associate Director of Camp Barney Medintz. Over the past seven years her role has included: programming, camper and staff recruitment and retention, coordinating pre and post-Camp events, training, supervising and mentoring of Head Staff, and coordinating the scheduling process during Camp. Read More
Susan has a B.S. from the University of Florida and came to Camp Barney after having been the Marketing Manager of Jewish Family & Career Services of Atlanta and a Trainer in the Volunteer Department at the Georgia Aquarium. In her early years at Camp Barney, she was the Horseback Riding Director and JIT (15 year olds) Unit Head. Susan is married to Eddie, an Atlanta Dentist, and has three children, Sophie and Maddy (2014 CBM staff members) and Winston who will be a SIT this summer.
