This morning the campers woke up to the beginning of Maccabia.  The teams for this year are Moach, red, and Koach, blue.  The team captains for Moach are Flora Weiss and Josh Cooper, and the captains for Koach are Zach Ashman and Shlomit Braun.  The chanichim captains for Koach are Ariella Zwelling, Daniel Otani, Akiva Garfinkel, Lexi Sugar, Raylie Aberman, and Jack Meiselman.  The chanichim captains for Moach are Shlomit Menashe, Yossi Zimmerman, Isabelle Gillman, Michael Goldberg, Yoni Asher, and Yardena Ben-Simon.

Today all of the chanichim participated in different sports for maccabia points.  The chanichim also built an enclosure for an egg and threw the egg and enclosure off the migdal to see if the egg would break.  Tonight for the night tochnit, all of the chanichim from each team participated in a stomp.  Videos from these stomps can be seen on tonights Moshava Minute.

The Machane Chutz took place this Wednesday and Thursday. When the chanichim first got to the campsite, they set up camp. Then the girls went swimming while the boys ate dinner and the boys swam while the girls ate dinner. For dinner the chanichim cooked hot dogs, hamburgers, and even some potatoes. They roasted marshmallows and slept under the stars. In the morning they cooked their own eggs over a bonfire, continued on to play sports and then headed back to camp.

The hero of the day that the chanichim learned about was Esther. Because Esther is part of the Purim story, we all dressed up as Pirates and had a pirate themed dinner. After dinner, the chanichim had a gold coin search, just like there was a search for a new queen, and then exchanged their coins for tickets and entered in a Chinese auction. The auction consisted of many different prizes, and just like Haman had a raffle, each prize was raffled off. Although not everyone won a prize, each chanich/a had a wonderful time.

After two fun-filled weeks at Machaneh, all of the matchilim have arrived safely back in Chicago.  They had an amazing time up here at Moshava and we look forward to seeing them back here next summer for the full 4 week session! We will miss them all!

Machaneh is off to a great start!  In addition to the already awesome programming at Machaneh three huge inflatables honored us with their presence at Machaneh.  The weather today at Machaneh was amazing and the chanichim took full advantage of it.  The chanichim went swimming, went on the blob in the lake, and also played sports with their kevuzot.  The first league games were played today and they were quite intense.  Everyone in Machaneh is very excited for the first Shabbat, and everyone is counting down the minutes until it starts.

Camp Moshava is off to a great start, and the campers are settling in and enjoying  the sports, swimming, shiurim, and of course all of the special programming that Moshava offers.

Visitors’ Day is fast approaching and we are excited to welcome you to camp.  Please take this opportunity to see your camper and the environment where he or she is having such a terrific summer!  We want you to meet our stellar staff of madrichim and tzevet, ask questions, and get to know us.

Visitors’ Day will take place Sunday, July 10, between the hours of 12 noon – 5:30 p.m. Chicago time. We invite you to come and experience Camp Moshava, and we look forward to seeing you!

The Perlstein Resort & Conference Center is having their visitors’ weekend/Shabbaton in the Wisconsin Dells which is one hour from Moshava. While this is not a camp sponsored weekend, it is a nice way to spend Shabbat closer to camp. Please see the information below and contact them directly for further assistance.

Click here for more information about the visitor’s weekend/Shabbaton

<p>My name is Danny Kroll and I am the Rosh Machal this summer at Machaneh (Twitter: <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/machalwildrose">@MachalWildRose</a>).  This will be my fifth summer on "The hill" and my third summer as Rosh Machal.  The first week of Machal will focus on uniting the 45 Machal chanichim into one solid unit.  Machal will kick off with what has become an annual first night tradition...</p>

Hi, my name is Avi Varnai and I’m the Rosh Mosh this month. You may recognize my name from being on tzevet previous summers and from last nights Moshava Minute.  This months noseh (theme) is Giborei Ha’am, in which the chanichim will be learning all about different heroes who have played an integral role in Jewish history. Each day the chanichim will learn about a different hero and have peulot relating to that hero’s life. For example, for Noach, the chanichim will be building an ark, for Sara they will be baking challah and much more (you didn’t think I was going to give away ALL of the surprises, did you?) Its going to be a great month filled with new peulot, trips, and amazing tzevet! Can’t Wait!!

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