Developing a Winning Attitude

Developing a Winning Attitude

By Rabbi Laurence Malinger What poses the greatest hurdle in achieving our goals – is it the difficulty of the mission, or our own internal fears and resistance? How much of our success is dependent on attitude and our self-confidence as opposed to actual skills? This...
Ruach, Rak Dan and Maccabiah

Ruach, Rak Dan and Maccabiah

By Katie Jones and David Wall Community is defined as a group of people who have characteristics in common or who share common interests. But after spending some time here at Camp Harlam, we see that it is more about coming to a place and leaving as a family. When we...
Swooped Up into the Weirdness

Swooped Up into the Weirdness

By Ellie Tepper Schulman Every time I hear the two prayers we are about to sing, hashkivenu and v’shamru, I still get butterflies and I am transported back to the summer of 2007. It was my first summer at Camp Harlam, and similarly to the majority of you, I had only...
Learning to Live Our Lives

Learning to Live Our Lives

By Sam Blum Just under three weeks ago, I graduated from college. As you could imagine, there were a few different speakers present. None of them were horrible – perhaps a little dour for my taste – but they got me thinking about what we say to our young people. David...