By Rabbi Toby Manewith, Director of Education at Emanual Congregation in Chicago, IL Captain Shemesh (Sun) and Mistress Mayim (Water) are standing in front of the collected campers of Kibbutz HaTzofim on a sunny morning talking about how they saved Tevatown (a...
By Yonah London, Rosh Eidah of Kallah What a crazy first week it has been in Kallah Bet! We have had a great time getting into our routine at camp and making it to all of our activites, but most of all, this week has been about creating a Kehilah (community) at camp....
By Rabbi Michael Sommer, Rabbi at Congregation Har Shalom in Highland Park, IL My family and I have been coming to camp so long that my oldest, David, who started when he was 2.5 years old is now old enough to be in my unit, Moshavah. Typically a faculty parent would...
By Lizzy Scheinkopf, Rosh Eidah of Moshavah One of my favorite things about being the Rosh Eidah of Moshavah is observing the transformation that takes place for all of the chanichim (campers) during the first few weeks at camp. Before going on the first tiyul...
By Becca Levy, Rosh Eidah of Tiferet This week Tiferet had a lot of excitement! On Saturday, we ended our second week at camp and officially began our third week with the Tiferet tradition of “Saturday Night Folk Night” followed by Havdallah. All of the...
By our Kallah Bet Segel: Rabbi Alan Cook, Rabbi of Sinai Temple in Champaign, Illinois, and Rabbi Phyllis Sommer, Director of Congregational Learning at Am Shalom in Glencoe, Illinois Each of the roads on camp has a different name. The Hebrew word for road is Derech,...
