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Pushing through a challenge builds confidence and independence. In order to come to camp and to be successful, you have to learn to be confident and independent each and every day. What challenges do you push through each day?

Put your faith in yourself, your loved ones or even me if you’d like and find your inner beauty. I can’t wait to see all of you love yourselves.

Week 2 is going to rock. We have the all camp 4th of July Carnival as well Nefesh Mountain visiting for Shabbat!  

Havdalah began last Saturday night with the words “Od Yavo Shalom Aleinu”.  Sitting next to me were several Israelis whom I had met at the Seminar outside of Tel Aviv this past April.  Their Hebrew accents and the beautiful music made the prayer come to life.

I think gaining confidence is actually about acknowledging that you are fearful of something and despite that, working through it.

Our summer has gotten off to an amazing start here in Kineret! After taking swim tests and bunk photos we concluded our first day with Kineret University, a fun and exciting evening program that taught us all about Kineret’s special cheers, activities, and traditions.

One of the greatest gifts we are all blessed with is the presence of our URJ Camp Harlam. Here, our children – these campers – enter an environment that welcomes and values everyone. We create a sacred space that allows each of us to work on overcoming our fears and hesitations.

To all of you who are new in this community and haven’t gotten the hang of Harlamisms yet, don’t worry- If David can get it anyone can!

Check out our weekly schedules! It’s day two and campers are out and about having a blast.

But the beauty of camp is that it is actually all about the process. As we say in Philadelphia: “trust the process”. Tikkun Middot is about building character, and here at camp, I’d like to suggest we also put the emphasis on the act of building. Here, each day presents a new opportunity to be our best.