Camp Pembroke | Make it Last
Shabbat Shalom from Pembroke! It never feels real when we approach this part of the summer. How could it feel like we only just arrived and at the same time like we’ve always been here. Together, a family, a part of each other’s lives. Summer is so temporary, and yet, we now all have some […]
Camp Pembroke | Camp Standard Time
Dear Camp Pembroke, We spend 10 months counting down. We cross off days on calendars, hit refresh on the camp website, and pack trunks weeks in advance. We dream about Opening Day, first hugs, first grilled cheeses, first songs, first swims, first nights in the bunk. We spend nearly an entire year wishing time would […]
Camp Pembroke | Magic Between the Moments
Dear Camp Pembroke, There is a rhythm to Camp Pembroke. You can hear it before the Haksheevu echoes across camp in the morning. You can feel it in the footsteps heading along the gravel road to the waterfront. It lives in the laughter drifting across the porches after rest hour, in the songs that somehow […]
Camp Pembroke | Unpacking Camp
Dear Camp Pembroke, There are some moments at camp that you could never plan, no matter how carefully you build a schedule, and prepare a calendar. Last night was one of those moments and it very quickly turned from a chaotic disruption to a beautiful memory. As the heat settled over camp, we made the […]
Camp Pembroke | The Ultimate Camp Sleepover
Dear Camp Pembroke, There are some moments at camp that you could never plan, no matter how carefully you build a schedule, and prepare a calendar. Last night was one of those moments and it very quickly turned from a chaotic disruption to a beautiful memory. As the heat settled over camp, we made the […]
Camp Pembroke | Dear Camp
Dear Camp Pembroke, We wait all year for you. For the quiet winter months when camp feels impossibly far away, for the spring days spent counting down, for the moment when cars roll through the gates and suddenly, somehow, we are all back together again. We finally get to see you again. The first few […]
Camp Pembroke | Make it Last
Shabbat Shalom from Pembroke! It never feels real when we approach this part of the summer. How could it feel like we only just arrived and at the same time like we’ve always been here. Together, a family, a part of each other’s lives. Summer is so temporary, and yet, we now all have some […]
Camp Pembroke | Palpable and Powerful
Shabbat Shalom from Pembroke! There are certain moments at Camp Pembroke that feel almost sacred, ones where you can feel the history pressing in around you, like a warm blanket made of years and years of sisterhood. And there’s no part of camp more saturated with that feeling than Color War. There’s a moment at […]
Camp Pembroke | Get Messy and Grow
Shabbat Shalom from Pembroke! Camp is loud. It’s messy. It’s glitter stuck to everything you own and wet towels draped where they don’t belong. Tie dyed hands for days, some post-Messtival paint behind your ears, and dirt lines on top of tan lines. It’s the sound of 250 voices singing off-key, the chaos of 15 […]
Camp Pembroke | Don’t Race to the Finish
Shabbat Shalom from Pembroke! Don’t Race to the Finish Camp Pembroke isn’t just about where you end up—it’s about who you become along the way. From your first summer in Bunk 1A to your final days on the Hill or in 9AB, the process of camp changes you. Every summer has a different lesson: take […]
