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...
MESH Moment of the Month: April

MESH Moment of the Month: April

Moments of MESH: The Impact of Spirituality By Rabbi Stacy Rigler Spring has sprung…and with it, the excitement we feel as camp families, though me may also feel anxiety, anticipation, and perhaps even fear of the upcoming summer. In the Jewish cycle of the...
The Gift of Jewish Summer Camp

The Gift of Jewish Summer Camp

The Gift of Jewish Summer Camp By Rabbi Michael Holzman A friend told me that he saw me in a Harlam promo video, “Parent’s Perspective,” and seeking a bit of camp fame, I had to immediately click the link. Down the Harlam Vimeo rabbit hole, I found bright sunny days,...