What makes Camp Menorah so special? Camp Menorah, located on beautiful Lake Chebacco in Essex, MA, has provided nearly a ce...ntury of Jewish camping and culture to Boston-area boys and girls. It was founded by the 1916 donation of land to the Combined Jewish Philanthropies (CJP) by the A.C. Ratshesky Foundation as a summer refuge for urban Jewish kids. Until the 1950s, Camp Menorah, then...