by rneil | Jun 29, 2021 | 2020 Updates, Blog
While our first week was really only 3 days- we were busy having fun and making new friends. Carmel: Carmel enjoyed their collective firsts at Camp Harlam. The first week, first Shabbat, and the start of new friendships. Crowd favorites included MTV night, bunk choice...
by rneil | Jun 28, 2021 | Blog, Camp Harlam
Check out what our campers are up to this...
by rneil | Jun 27, 2021 | Uncategorized
By Alex G. I’ll never forget the first time I heard “Stars in the Sky.” It wasn’t in the middle of the Chadar Ochel (dining hall), buzzing with excitement after the first day of camp. It wasn’t after the final banquet, the melody soaked with melancholy as our voices...
by rneil | Jun 27, 2021 | Blog, Camp Harlam
By Lisa David Shabbat Shalom. Just standing here now, with all of you, for our first Shabbat of the session, brings me such joy. We waited a long, long time to be able to join in this moment of simcha. Rabbi Jonathan Sacks once wrote about the concept of Simcha. What...
by rneil | Jun 27, 2021 | Blog, Camp Harlam
By Lyndsay Nelson and Celia Rubien Welcome Home! Our campers all heard these words countless times the other day when they arrived at camp. In past summers, we may have taken these words for granted, as we expected we would always be able to come back home. When we...
