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Hi Herzl Family! All is right with the world up here at Machaneh Herzl…15 Israeli campers are sleeping under the Herzl stars tonight! They arrived this evening and our Kadima […]

Hi Herzl Family! It was another magical Shabbat here in paradise! There’s a gabillion things I could tell you about over the last two days. It still amazes me (and […]

Hi Herzl Family! On Thursday mornings we do an all camp sleep-in and push flag to 9:00 (as opposed to 8:15). Of course I’m wide awake at 6:30 because it’s […]

Hi Herzl Family! As you walk across Camp from the flag circle toward the North end, you cross this little bridge that was built back in 1992 by the precursor […]

Hi Herzl Family! Remember the first night of second session when I said that some nights I’d write a few paragraphs or sometimes it may be a sentence or two. […]

Hi Herzl Family! I have told you in the past about how much happens in a day or in an hour here.  Let me run you through a 20 min […]

Hi Herzl Family! When I walked out of the porch this morning, it felt as if a wet, heavy wool blanket had been lifted off the entire Machaneh.  The temperature […]

Hi Herzl Family – This is going to be a little off the beaten path of Ted Talk but I think it’s prudent. The last two years, I have made […]

HerzlCast gold! Executive Director Tommy Hoffman is joined by Amudim and Ha’atid campers. “Can’t beat it!” they say — and we think you’ll agree.

It’s the first Shabbat of second session. There are now just under 400 campers and Ozrim at Macheneh Herzl. Add approximately 120 counselors, program directors, and specialists, along with 60+ […]