In 1923 the camp purchased property in Rhinebeck, New York, where it would remain until closing in 1979.
[1] It was the first Yiddish secular summer camp in America at the time.
[2] Affiliated with the Sholem Aleichem Folk Institute,[3] named after Sholom Aleichem, Boiberik was a secular, apolitical institution which emphasized Yiddishkeit or Yiddishkayt,[4] or Eastern European Ashkenazi Jewish folk culture, including songs, dance, food in the tradition of the Borscht belt, theater, and humor.
Although non-religious, Boiberik observed shabbos and kept a kosher kitchen.
Boiberik had interactions with and was somewhat similar to Camp Kinder Ring.