Camp Blog

Wed Aug 6

DATE: August 7, 2025

We woke up at the Chutz site, davened Shacharit, had some breakfast and then had shiur. Today we “met olim” from different countires: Rav Sharon Shalom who walked from a small village in Ethiopia all the way to Sudan over two months! From Sudan a plane flew them to Israel! We heard from “Natan Sharansky” all about being imprisoned in Russia until finally, after 9 years, he was let out and freed to Israel.  We also learned about Operation Magic Carpet bringing olim from yemen and about Rav Aharon Lichtenstein who made aliyah to Israel from America and helped create Yeshivat Har Etzion. It was inspiring to hear from all of these examples of aliyah, passion, idealism, zionism, hope and mission. All actors were part of our Beit Midrash staff plus a few other members of tzevet who “got the role”!

Rabbi Binyamin Blau, the Rabbi from Cleveland’s Green Road Synagogue, and our Rosh Moshava Didi Blau’s father, taught tzevet a few times out on the Chutz and back at machane today. It was a privilege to hear from him and learn with him.

Everyone packed up and walked back to Machane right in time for lunch. We were able to have a few peulot this afternoon, and it felt good to be back in our routine…and really good to shower!! Tonight, after dinner, we enjoyed our much anticipated Erev Shira. We sang (and even spontaneously danced) to some old Israeli songs and a couple of new Israeli hits as well. We had some tzevet members play keyboard, drums and sing. Enjoy the pictures from that – as wholesome an activity  as one can have 🙂

Machal spent the day at the Holocaust Memorial Musuem in DC and then had a few hours to walk around the Mall.  They drove to Hershey, PA and slept at a campground there.

Returning camper applications will open on 10/1, new campers will open on 11/1

Registration for summer 2025 opens 10/1/24 for returning families, 11/1/24 for new families.

Please contact Randi Mashmoor with any questions at:

randi@campstone.org

or 440-465-5486. Thank You!

Staff applications will open late November.

New camper application opens on 11/1. Returning campers can register now.

Returning Camper Registration

Registration for summer 2023 is now closed. There are a few select spots remaining.
Please contact Randi Mashmoor at:

randi@campstone.org

or 440-465-5486. Thank You!

About the Chanukah Raffle

Dear Camp Stone Community,

It is an incredible feeling to reconnect with everyone once again at the beginning of our 2021 camp season.

We are writing to you today, first and foremost, to express tremendous gratitude.

Hakarat HaTov, literally “recognizing the good”, is an important and fundamental principle in our community. We, at Camp Stone, want to express our Hakarat HaTov to everyone receiving this email for your unwavering support, especially this past summer. Whether you provided financial assistance through your donated tuition dollars, participated in Indoor World, or connected with the Camp Stone community in other ways, together we had an incredibly successful, albeit different, summer experience.

There is no substitute for being in Sugar Grove, Pennsylvania, and this summer, B’ezrat Hashem, we will be back at Camp Stone, in person, in full force.

To achieve that goal, we must continue to ensure the financial success of our home away from home that we all know and love so deeply. The logo on top, featuring the slogan “Stone. Forever.” also features a Ner Tamid, an “eternal flame.” The year 1969, etched into the logo, is the year camp was founded. Symbolically, the overall image represents the idea that Camp Stone began many years ago and must endure forever, always burning brightly, and always an integral part of our collective conscience.

On that note, we are excited to announce that our annual Chanukah Campaign will be a raffle taking place over all 8 nights of Chanukah with prizes for both campers and parents/alumni!!

Please go back to the web page  to purchase raffle tickets and help us achieve 100% participation from our entire camp community!

Looking forward to being in touch with all of you in the near future.

Sincerely,

Yakov & Estee, Co-Directors