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Music: The Heartbeat of Camp

Hello, Capital Camps! My name is Nathan Osheroff, but most of the camp community knows me as Nosh. I am the Head Songleader this summer
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Scaling New Heights at the Ropes Course

Hello Capital Camps families! My name is Zach Stern. In addition to serving as your campers’ local sports reporter at B’yachad each morning, I’m also
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Chugim Structure, Choice, & Skillbuilding

One of my favorite parts of a Capital Camps summer is the vast set of opportunities for our campers to experience new activities, discover their
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Parshat Korach: Preparing for Sacred Community 

This Sunday, Capital Camps will welcome our first campers of Summer 2026 to our beautiful campus in Waynesboro. After months of planning and preparation—and two
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Parshat Nasso

This Shabbat, we read Parashat Nasso, the longest parsha in the Torah. At first glance, it can feel like a portion filled with details, logistics, assignments, and repetition — each family group
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Parshat Emor

As we welcome Jewish American Heritage Month and embrace the rhythms of spring, the weekly Torah portion Emor invites us to pause and reflect. Emor is a portion rich with
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Passover Parsha from Ilana Kornblatt

On Wednesday and Thursday evening, Jewish families and communities around the world will gather for the Passover Seder. Together, we will retell the story of
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Purim D’var from Josh Micley

Next week, we celebrate the Jewish holiday of Purim. Many of us are familiar with traditions such as costumes and listening to the megillah. But what
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Parsha Beshalach

In Parsha Beshalach, the Israelites find themselves in the midst of the wilderness, having just left Egypt. They are tired, uncertain, and unsure of what
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Lighting Our Ninth Hanukkah Candle

On the first night of Hanukkah, I asked my kids a simple question: should we light the candles starting with one on the first night
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Parshat Vayetze

Earlier this month, on a crisp fall Sunday afternoon, our team led tours up at camp for prospective families. The air was still, but the
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Parshat Lech L’Cha

“To live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often.” This week’s parsha, Lech L’cha, is all about change for its central character,
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