Rachamim: Acting with Your Heart

Rachamim: Acting with Your Heart

Saturday morning our Galil (rising 8th graders) campers led a heart-felt service based on the middot, rachamim (acting with your heart). By Ari F. and Jacob F. We are campers in GB1. This service, we are focusing on rachamim, or acting with your heart. We have seen...
A Hole in One!

A Hole in One!

By Lisa David  As our session continues and our campers continue to create and collect memories with an eye towards their upcoming departure, I too am thinking about what they bring home after a summer at Harlam. Our mission talks about providing much more than a fun...
Helping Campers Connect to Israel

Helping Campers Connect to Israel

By Itamar Gendelam In Greek mythology, Atlas was a Titan (half God, half warrior) condemned to hold up the celestial heavens for eternity. Thanks to this punishment Atlas will be forever known as a symbol of long lasting suffering and an ability to carry a heavy...
Our Time Here at Camp is Ours

Our Time Here at Camp is Ours

By Cori Miller Time is a funny thing here at camp.  I often realize that I know not the date, that I have to take a moment to even remember the day.  I recognize that a moment can turn into hours and often, at the end of the day, I struggle to imagine it possible that...
What’s New in Chugim (Arts) for 2019

What’s New in Chugim (Arts) for 2019

By Harry Evans As a person who loves camp, the opportunity to work as a part of Chugim (Arts) here at Camp Harlam has always been very interesting. The opportunity to work with an array of different individuals here at camp is something that I feel personally blessed...
Two Camps, Two Homes

Two Camps, Two Homes

By Rabbi Chuck Briskin “How many of you are first timers at Camp Harlam?” I raised my hand. It had been fifteen years since I was a first timer at a camp. It was a strange and unsettling feeling. For fifteen of the past 18 summers I had served on the faculty at Camp...