by akress | Jun 15, 2020 | Camp Harlam, Featured
By Lisa David These days, I’m really missing camp. I’m missing taking long walks outside, feeling the warmth of the sun or watching the stars glow. I’m missing seeing circles of kids with their arms around one another as they sing Siyum L’yom. I’m missing days where...
by akress | Jun 10, 2020 | Camp Harlam, Featured
by akress | Jun 9, 2020 | Camp Harlam, Featured
Dear Harlam Community, At Shabbat services on Friday nights at camp, our staff hold tallitot (prayer shawls) high over the heads of our campers as we join together in the Hashkiveinu blessing, creating a shelter of peace as we ask God for comfort and protection. When...
by akress | May 22, 2020 | Camp Harlam, Featured
By Judith Friedman Development Director We’re living through unprecedented times and the impact of COVID-19 is echoing through every part of our lives. Everyone is stretched thin for both time and resources, from managing working from home and virtual schooling to...
by akress | Apr 18, 2019 | Blog, Camp Harlam, Featured
April 8, 2019 – In an unprecedented national push for inclusion, 16 Jewish day and overnight camps have received grants through the Foundation for Jewish Camp (FJC) in the first phase of the $12M Yashar Initiative. Funded by The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation,...
by akress | Apr 3, 2019 | Blog, Camp Harlam, Featured
By Sara Cohen I did not grow up going to overnight camp. Neither did my husband. So when my oldest son started asking, at the age of 9, if he could spend a month at URJ Camp Harlam over the summer, I said no. The following year he asked me again, was a little older...
