A Visit from Hanoch Piven

A Visit from Hanoch Piven

By Jackie Silver, Development Manager This week we welcomed Hanoch Piven, an Israeli artist who creates collage portraits with found objects. Campers, staff, and faculty had the opportunity to learn from Hanoch and construct their own self portrait from a wide...
Endings and Beginnings

Endings and Beginnings

by Zoey Natkin, Social Media Intern Havdalah is a beautiful and bittersweet end to Shabbat. It marks the end of a previous, fun filled week, but also the start of the week to come. As first session comes to a close, the  same feelings of ending and beginning develop...
Tips for a Successful Summer

Tips for a Successful Summer

Tips for a Successful 1st Summer We are so excited to welcome your camper “home” to Camp Kalsman for their first summer at camp! Camp Kalsman is a warm, inclusive place full of new friendships, growth opportunities, and inspiring, creative Jewish moments....
A MadDog Machon Summer

A MadDog Machon Summer

by Brooke Gerber-Perham, C’23 Advisor Everything, everything will be just fine. These lyrics from The Middle were sung by the CITs all summer long and it rings true. But in reality, everything was so much more than fine. At Camp Kalsman, our Machonikim or CITs...
Two Claps

Two Claps

by Lyn Strober-Cohen, Kalsman Alum and ’23 Kesher Counselor This iyyun, or introduction to a prayer, was offered during Shabbat of Session Aleph, and it resonates every Shabbat here at camp. Last year, almost exactly one year ago, I said that the “two...
The Frozen Chosen at Camp

The Frozen Chosen at Camp

by Rabbi Abram Goodstein As the Rabbi of Congregation Beth Sholom in Anchorage, Alaska I have experienced many wonderful opportunities to be part of a beautiful and tight-knit Jewish community. Alaska is far away from the rest of American Jewry. But I have discovered...