Speak Up and Speak Out
There are many times during the summer we get to express our bunk’s choices around activities…each voice is important in making this decision, but there’s also a valuable lesson in making sure that all voices are heard. I’m sure we’ve all been in a situation where a small, quiet voice has presented what turns out to be the best idea.
Weekly Round-Up for Week 1: 1st Session 2021
While our first week was really only 3 days- we were busy having fun and making new friends.
Week 2 Unit Schedules: 1st Session 2021
Our Units are out and about enjoying Arts, Athletics, Swimming and more!
An Ode to “Stars in the Sky”
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...
A Return to Chapel on the Hill
As the sun sets on our first Shabbat of 2021, I continue to feel such great pleasure from each of our “firsts” from this important return to Kunkletown. These past few days of the session were packed with first hugs, first campfires, first friendships established and hopefully first letters home!
Welcome Home!
This year, Welcome Home is more powerful than ever because of our inability to all be together in 2020. Our challenge to you, our campers, this summer is to make Harlam a home for everyone and to make it an inclusive and loving environment to learn and grow in summer after summer.
Why I Chose Camp Over Internships
Summers on staff at Harlam have many transferrable skills to college and beyond, including problem solving, adaptability, and supervision.
An Inclusive Community is a Stronger Community
Written by Amy Kales, Camp Parent Seven years ago, I was anxiously preparing to send my eight-year-old son, Noah, off to Camp Harlam for his first sleep-away camp experience. Having not been raised Jewish (I currently identify as Jewish by Marriage), in an area where...
I Take Camp With Me Wherever I Go
I Take Camp With Me Wherever I Go - By Danny New It’s been 11 years since I set foot in Camp, and yet I still dream about it once a week. Isn’t that weird? Well, to be honest: It’s probably only weird to people who didn’t go there. I wish I could have visited - I’ve...
MESH Moment of the Month: April
The research on thriving reminds us that Judaism is not simply a common denominator, but at camps like Harlam, Judaism is a source of communal thriving.