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Although we’re running indoor programming, the spirits aren’t affected one iota. Everybody is just so happy to be back at camp. Kadima and B’Yachad continue to glow from their trips, […]

Hello everyone, This is your pal Tommy Hoffman sending you the first Ted Talk (yes, it’s a play on Theodore Herzl, not a bona fide Ted Talk (I’m not that […]

Well my friends… The bags are packed and John Denver is cued up for breakfast tomorrow morning. I’ll leave it to your camper to fill in the final details. Tonight […]

Well folks, the final Shabbat of second session is in the books. It was really something to see the progression from our first Shabbat of the session to our third. […]

Yes, it does take a village. Today, for a variety of reasons, I had the unique opportunity to be a different kind of villager. With some day-off scheduling and a […]

Evenin’ folks! There are so many rites of passage at Herzl Camp, and today one of the biggest happened. The Kadima Wall!!! Camp is full of milestones. Some are small […]

Today was Yom Yisrael at Machaneh Herzl, and there is something uniquely powerful about watching an entire camp celebrate the Jewish homeland together. One of the things I love most […]

Evenin’ folks! (late evenin’ that is) It was another stellar day at Machaneh! Unfortunately, your pal Tommy didn’t get out and about camp nearly as much as I usually do, […]

It was a crazy busy day, as always. Which really isn’t that crazy, because that’s just a normal day here. But tonight I want to focus on one little slice […]

Today was every bit as amazing as you’d expect it to be. There was a whole lot of red, white, and blue all over camp and a whole lot of […]