Camp Simcha and a sister camp, Camp Simcha Special, are operated by Chai Lifeline, a Jewish nonprofit serving families with children who have serious diseases.
Just days out from their campers’ return home, the company hired to transport all of their belongings home had announced its sudden closure.
The current implementation of rules involving mixed-biological gender housing is causing Jewish camps from varying ideological persuasions to take a position on the issue.
A police statement said the damage rant to about $450,000 in US dollars. It said the fire “was of an arson nature.”