Winkle’s Blog

Each session begins with a program called Homecoming. This opening night festivity is a celebration of camp beginning and a chance to welcome everyone home. Perhaps we should rename tonight’s Shabbat to homecoming. Why? Well tonight we not only will have a wonderful Shabbat hosted by the SITs of 2019, but tonight we welcome over […] Learn More ›

Earlier this week we joined in with camps all over the country to celebrate Camp Kindness Day. We are no strangers to kindness, or chesed, as it is one of our core values. When the opportunity to devote a day of programming to it came about, we jumped right in. And now as we enter […] Learn More ›

At camp we all live in one big kehillah or community. We eat our meals together and do our activities together, all in shared communal living spaces. It takes a lot to make the big cohesive kehillah. In fact it takes many kehillot. Camp Chi is made up of 10 villages- Garinim, Yeladim, Kadima, Shoreshim, Tsofim, Chalutzim, […] Learn More ›

Last week in our Shabbat post, we spoke about chesed, and the kindness we see throughout camp. There are three core values of Camp Chi- kavod (respect), chesed (kindness) and kehillah (community.) But what does it take to be a part of our kehillah? That, our friends, would be a lot of courage, or ometz lev. Ometz lev translates literally […] Learn More ›

At camp we all live in one big kehillah or community. We eat our meals together and do our activities together, all in shared communal living spaces. In order for our kehillah to be successful, everyone must buy in to the same rules and values. That’s what sets camp apart from other communities, our shared […] Learn More ›