Speak Up and Speak Out

Speak Up and Speak Out

By Amy Kagan The theme of this past week’s Torah portion, teach us an important lesson—that it’s critical to speak up for ourselves. So, what does that story teach us?  A few things. First, let’s start with each of us as individuals.  Sometimes, we think ourselves so...
Weekly Round-Up for Week 1: 1st Session 2021

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. 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...
A Return to Chapel on the Hill

A Return to Chapel on the Hill

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...
Welcome Home!

Welcome Home!

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...
Why I Chose Camp Over Internships

Why I Chose Camp Over Internships

Why Working at Camp is Better Than an Internship By Cooper Schwartz I’m less than two weeks away from my college graduation and I’m finally about to finish a project I started at the end of my second year. As my sophomore spring was coming to a close, I was preparing...