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Shmueli woke up withstart. Opening his eyeshe quickly got out ofbed and washed Nelas Yadayim.

Aer making a bracha and pungon his tzitzis, Shmulli looked at his

calendar. Yud Av/ July 17 read

the date.

Todays the day!!! Shmulli ex-

claimed.

This was the day that all the

boys in Camp Achdus had been

ancipang for close to two

weeks. Finally, aer a long wait

they were going swimming!

I cant wait! Shmulli said, excit-

edly, as he got into his carpool.

Shmulli could see the excitement

in the other boys eyes. They were

eagerly awaing that nal moment

when they could jump back into

the pool.

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UPCOMING EVENT

ACCORDINGto Wikipe-dia, in phys-

ics and chemistry, heat is

energy transferred between

a closed system and its sur-

roundings by mechanismsother than work. If thats

true, then this week is gonna

be hot! You thought last

week was hot? Hah! Jokes on

you my friend. Between the

heat index, the humidity, the

Sun, the stars, and the hole in

the ozone layer, Camp

Achdus will bake this week!

But, due to the forethought of

our great leaders RabbisGedalia and Tuvia Gold-

stein, air conditioning is

lowing freely throughout the

Camp Achdus grounds! The

basic concept behind air con-

ditioning was employed by

the Jews in Ancient Egypt,

where reeds were hung in

windows and moistened

with trickling water. The

evaporation of

water cooled the

air blowing

through the win-

dow. This con-

cept has been

passed down

through genera-tions of Gold-

steins. They are

now sharing this

incredible age-

old knowledge with the staff

and campers of Camp

Achdus. We are eternally

indebted to you, Rabbis Gold-

stein! Now, for the weekly

wrap-up.

Monday

Although Achdus is al-

ways exciting, the happiness

is tempered by

the knowledge

that tomorrow

is Tisha Bav

and the holy

Beis Hamik-

dash has not

yet been rebuilt. The day

starts off as any other day.

Davening and Learning a

thunderous as always.

Ahron Nulman once again

learns up a storm as he

delves into the deep, ancienAramaic texts of Maseches

Brachos! Mr. Ira Sommers

joins us on Field #3 teachin

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Aer Davening and

learning it was me for the

days acvies.

When are we going

swimming? Shmulli asked

with baited breath.

Well, it looks like we

have a few acvies before

its me for swimming, his

counselor responded.

Shmulli couldnt wait.

The me had come. The

busses had arrived and

were loading. The ride was

lled with singing and sto-rytelling, as usual, and

then the moment had

arrived. They were there. It

almost felt as if me itself

had stopped as Shmulli

hopped o the bus and

swily walked into the

building. Already in his

bathing suit and goggles,

Shmulli was ready. He

jumped into the crystalclear water. It felt like a

breath of fresh air as he

swam around. All his

friends were there. They

were splashing and having

a blast. As Shmulli came u

for a breath of air he real-

ized that today wasnt a

special day. Every day in

Camp Achdus is special.

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W

hat should teens and pre-

teens do on Tisha Bava

day when there is no

camp, no breakfast, and nothing to do?And how do the same boys ind meaning

in a day which doesnt speak to them? Last

year, for the irst time, Camp Achdus

counselors addressed these questions. On

Tisha Bav

morning,

campers and

counselors

came together

for a teen-

friendly kinosprogram. The kinos were presented and

brought to life by leading personalities of

our communities, with a focus on drawing

out meaningful and inspiring messages for

our local youth.

The program seemed to ind an im-

portant niche, with 4 people participat-

ing in the inaugural event. Campers and

counselors came away with an increased

awareness of the tragedy of Tisha Bav, as

well as some ideas on how to help makethis Tisha Bav the last.

This years program met with even

greater success, attracting boys and

men ages to + from Rhawnhurst and

Somerton, as well as almost twenty more

who listened via teleconference. The list of

speakers included Rabbi Gedalia Gold-

stein, Rabbi Avi Nulman, Rabbi Akiva

Pollack, R Zevi Carlebach, Rabbi Tuvia

Goldstein, Rabbi Zecharya Michelsohn,

Rabbi Chaim Juni, Rabbi Moshe Ungar,

and Rabbi Yitzchok Leizerowski.

Following the program, many stayed to

watch a most moving video, produced by

the Chafetz Chaim Foundation, about

ahavas yisroel.

The inspiring speeches are available for

download at no cost from our website,

www.campachdus.com.

A More MeaningfulTisha BAvRABBI ZECHARYA MICHELSOHN

our younguns, like Mor-

dechai Mosheyev, how to

play the age-old sport of

Soccer. Mrs. Doris Lipsky

joins us in the Camp

Achdus Arts and Crafts

room. She made wonder-

ful paper braids with

many different boys in-

cluding Daniel Brenner

and Gershon Coleman.

Sports for all bunks fol-

lowed with competitive

Leagues. Yisroel

Oshinsky took over for

the dearly missed

Josh Gordon be-

cause the games

must go on! There

were no leagues for

older division;

BunkSufhad toprepare for the

Cantata! They set

up, prepared, and

practiced, and,

thanks to the hard work

of many dedicated Camp

Achdus Staff members,

The a cappela Tisha Bav

play and performance

was a massive success!

Thank you, Zevi Carle-

bach, Yehuda 10&baum,

Elimelech Oshinsky and

all the other for all of your

hard work!

The performance was

about a King who wants

to reward his most loyal

subject. He must disguise

himself and mingleamongst the common

folk. He inally inds a

poor repair man who is

absolutely loyal to the

king. By testing him again

and again, the king is con-

vinced of his great loyalty

and ingenuity. The a cap-

pela interludes by the

GrandeRoyal Achdus

Choral Enemble

(GRACE) were truly re-

markable and added a

beautiful musical ambi-

ance to the performance

The day is short as we

prepare for another Tish

Bav without our holy B

Hamikdash. Next year in

Yerushalayim!

Tuesday

Although there was n

oficial camp, the dedica

ed staff of Camp Achdus

hosted a morning

Tisha Bav event in

the social hall of

Ahavas Torah.

Speakers from all

over the city spoke

about the Kinnos in

an interesting, teen

friendly way. Parti

pants, young and

old, were riveted f

hours as the Kinnos wer

explained. A fascinating

video by the Chofetz

Chaim Heritage Founda(Connued on pag

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tion followed. Thank you, Zevi

Carlebach and the dedicated

staff who made this morning

possible!

Wednesday

A commotion breaks out in

the halls of Camp Achdus. Eve-

ryone is talking, everyone is

excited! Could it really be true?

Can it be that the greatest tal-

ent in Camp Achdus history is

back and better than ever?

Yes! The one and onlyA.D.

Horwitz has returned from his

year long sabbatical to the Ho-

ly Land. His irst order of busi-

ness is to run Camptime! Each

bunk donates a few camperswho will join the APACHE

RACES! Water Gulping, Shoe

removing, EZ Rolling, Bat Spin-

ning and Mary Had a Little

Lambing are all part of the fun.

Its great to have you back,

A.D.! And then, we are off to

swimming! Its the irst time in

nine days that we actually put

on bathing suits, and, ahhh, is

it refreshing! The moldy hall-ways of the YMCA have never

smelled so good! Serge the

Cosmonaut has returned to

teach us the

Russian Back-

stroke. The

Game Room is

once again not

available! Ya-hoo! The bus

gets us back to

camp just a bit

late but, hey, its worth it. Who

wouldnt want another few

moments of Camp Achdus

magic?!

Thursday

The Kiratorium is lying

this morning. Not with foot-balls, silly. We are not allowed

to play sports in there! No, it is

the Kol Torah! The angelic

campers and staff of Camp

Achdus are learning up a

storm. Our beloved Rabbi

Zecharya Michelsohn has

created a Ritas-Pizza-Canteen

contest! Mitoch Shelo Lishmah

Ba Lishmah has not been so

successful since the days ofSura and Pumbedisa!

Our league playoff series

has begun for the elder divi-

sion of

Camp and it

is getting

quite com-

petitive!

Three soc-cers and a

hockey! That

gives you

one big Cholent with Kishke,

Herring and Kigel! Whats

that net being set up by Rab-

bi Akiva and Pinchas

Oshinsky in the meadow

(A.K.A. Field # 3)? Its a really

cool volleyball court, all

ready for the Head Staffvs.staff volley ball game! Un-

fortunately, due to some

technical dificulties (like

certain Head Staff being too

busy to play), it became in-

town staffvs. out-of-town

staff. The pressure was on as

the campers cheered for their

counselors. The games were

close. But, most importantly,

Rabbi Akiva inally got some

exercise! Oh and did I mention

they were a lot of fun! Tzvikie

Gerstein took front

center for the out-of

-towners andAn-

drew Brenner for

the in-towners. The

games were split in

the end. What a

great time for all! A

shortened lunch

followed. But therewas still time for a

little singing, danc-

ing and magic! Eve-

rybody wants

Moshiach Now!

And now its off to

swim for all those

who wanted to

swim. The water

was wet as usual, but not too

wet! Well, the day is over

and...everyone goes home?

NOT A CHANCE!!!! At Camp

Achdus, everything goes and

the day is extended in order t

bring our lovely happy smiley

faces to the Millenium Skate

World in an extremely fancy

neighborhood in Camden New

Jersey! Skates and Blades are

handed out and the skate loo

is turned into an Achdus Won

derland. Jewish Music is blast

ing as Motty Brennan and

Moishy Kremansky are skating for their lives (literally!)

The largest skating chain in

Camp Achdus history was al-

most made! We only needed

three more people to hit the

600 mark. So close, yet so far!

Immanuel Gola and Eli

Vaynberg did some really co

skating tricks and Rabbi Ge-

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Thank youto Binyomin Rosskamm, Yehu

Tenenbaum, and Akiva Logue

picking up our new freezer an

bringing it to camp, on the very

day of Tisha BAv.

Welcome bacto A. D. Horwitz, who came all

way from Eretz Yisrael, where h

learning in Yeshivas Mir! What

unbelievable surprise!!!

Mazel Tov!To our own R Zevi Carlebach

the occasion of his oifruf this Sh

bos in Brooklyn! He invites the

re Achdus family to his chasu

this Wednesday in Toronto.

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This is a solicitation...

ut not for money. Please

ead...Gevurah is the Hebrew

ord for strength. In particular,

vurah refers to moral strength,

e kind that is needed to defeat

e yetzer hara (evil inclination)

nd do good deeds that one inds

allenging.

For the past week, we have

een collecting gevurah notes

bout campers from their coun-

lors. Each gevurah note is en-

red into its owner's personal

vurah chart, which is saved on

y computer. When a chart is

mpleted, its owner receives a

ize and the chart is printed

nd sent home.

Campers who are brought to

me with a gevurah note are so

excited because they feel so good

about themselves! One camper

who had previously been

brought to me numerous times

for negative reasons now comes

to me on his own throughout the

day to tell me about all the good

things he is doing! The irst time

I spoke to him, I had to convince

him that he is not a bad boy.

One week later, he is lying high

on all of the positive attention

that he is receiving and needs no

convincing!! Another boy had

gotten into a rut from all of the

negative attention he was receiv-

ing for not listening to his coun-

selor and was not open to cor-

rection. I told him that I was

surprised that he gotten into any

kind of trouble because he issuch a good boy and challenged

him to begin illing his gevurah

chart right away by apologizing

to his counselor, which he did!

Focusing on our past good deeds

and potential for excellence in-

fuses us with self-conidence and

the will to excel further!

And if you think that older

children will not go for this kind

of childish incentive, let me tell

you what happened tonight, in

my home. Some of my staff came

to my house for melava malka.

While they were here, I asked

them to share with me positive

information about their camp-

ers. One counselor in particular

had a lot of positive information

to share. When I saw this, I

opened this counselor's gevurah

chart and made an entry:

Shared a

lot of posi-

tive infor-

mation

about his

campers.

This coun-

selor and his friend were sur-

prised to see that I have gevurahcharts for staff members as well.

A moment later, I watched as

these two counselors straight-

ened up the toys in my living

room! They wanted more en-

tries on their charts!! Everyone,

no matter what age, yearns for

and thrives on positive attention.

Dear parents, this is a s

tation. Please give me your

gevurah entries! Please sha

the excitement and joy of yo

child's moral victories with

child and with me! You wil

the tremendous impact that

will make. Your child will b

focused more on his strengt

and less on his weaknesses

addition,you will be more co

zant of all the great things th

make your child so special. T

particularly helpful for getti

through tantrums and the li

You can send in paper gevur

notes with your son to campyou can email them to me. E

way, I will enter them into yo

son's gevurah chart a

announce them to the

camp when appropri

Please, Hashem, give

as parents and

mechanchim, your tir

soldiers, the gevurah

focus on the positive aspects

people and of life and, thereb

appreciate and deserve all th

good and beautiful!Warmest regards,

This is a so-

licitation

but not for

money.

AN OPEN LETTER FROM RABBI GOLDSTEIN

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Yaakov Horwitz - takes

care of Tzvi Ganz, thanks

Rabbi Goldstein for every

day of campDovid Nulman - Bright-

ens everyone's day with

his smileYonatan Hassidim -

Collected and put away,

by himself, the sports

equipment used for his

bunk's game on one of

the hoest days of the

summer!Dovid Tzvi Lando -

While praccing color

war song, was mivater

the last big chair to an-

other camper and took a

small chair for himself!Dovi Goldman - Asked

friends to stop making

fun of another boy!Emanuel Gola andAa-

ron Badush - Made Alef

Gadol bunk room neat

and spotless!Avraham Goldstein

-

Cleaned his bunk room

and stacked the chairs!Yaakov Bell - Apolo-

gized aer making a mis-

take.Yisrael Weinberger -

Oered to share his

snack with a friend as an

incenve to his friend to

parcipate with the

bunk!

Betzalel Goldstein -

played quietly with his

brothers on Tisha B'Av

morning unl 7:30!!!!

and did not wake up his

parents even though he

was up at 6:00 to greetthe birds...He also shar

beaufully with his

brothers, including the

in his building a new

LEGO set, giving away h

remaining shscks, an

organizing all kinds of

imaginave play all

day! He davened beau

fully in the morning and

washed the dishes from

baking.Yosef Chaim was a rea

gibor today!! He

davened beaufully in

the morning. He went

mincha with his father

and sat nicely the enre

me. He even held ope

the door for his father

and other adults when

mincha was over. He

cleaned up his toys at t

end of the day, and got

ready for bed very nice

Hello,I hope email willdo. David did great wit

fasng! He went to shu

for shaharis and minha

and the rest of the day

took it easy spending

me with his cousin.Ware very proud of him.Yana. BrillYossi did a great job of

avenging and watching

tosh b av videos with m

Simcha Pechter

Gut Voch!WOW!I am happy to hear about

your eorts!Yasher Koach... no deedshall go unnoced! So...

Aaron B.D.- On Shabbat, he came

home to pick up Aviad to take him to

Shul. He sat with him and took care of

him unl davening was over! (I looked

at them from the woman's side and

Nachat does not describe the feeling!)Aviad B. D. - On Shabbat night, all

three kids play together- at some point

they got bored and came into thekitchen, following Aaron...Maya asked

Aaron, what should we play now?

Aaron said, why are you asking me?

Maya said, because you know the

COOL stu. Aaron said, but you do,

too! Maya said, yes, and Aviad said,

I can build something amazing, lets

go downstairs to the playroom and I

will show you! So, they went and

played happily ever aer...:)Rilana Ben David

Thank you for the beauful programs

you run at camp. We know our son is

in good hands! :)Chani Goldstein

Thank you for doing this in Camp, its

an amazing thing.Avrohom Zev Abraham is going today

with a dierent carpool to camp that

he isnt so happy to go with but he had

a lot of Gevura and went nicely to the

carpool anyways. We are proud of

him! Please put this in his chart. Thankyou!

Yaakov Arye and Ciril Abraham

Dear Rabbi Goldstein!This Gevurah note is to let you know

that Mordechai Mosheyev was on his

best behavior on Tisha Bav while he

was helping me to run the Tisha B'av

camp that we hosted in our shul.

Thank you,

Mordechai's Mom

Reuven Simcha was very helpfulwhen his parents were fasng. He

played and watched his younger sib-

lings.Tzvi Rudin

Gedalia,Here are Gershons gevurah com-

pliments that allowed our Tisha B'Av to

be more meaningful:a)He woke up early but then of his

own accord went back to bed, thus

allowing us to daven more peacefullyb)He played very calmly and re-

specully with his sister thus allowing

his old sisters to rest

c)He sat through Eicha with such

self control sing on my lap and allow-

ing me to listen easily.

d)He didn't fuss at all with anything

I asked him to do while I was home!

Rabbi Alexander ColemanSimcha has been helping me deliv-

er boxes of food for JRA for a yearnow. At rst it was with me. Now he

brings the boxes to the door and

hands them to people all by himself. I

am very proud of him.Gregory Kaplun

Hillel woke up early on Tisha B'Av

morning, went to shul all morning for

all the kinnos and then came home for

only a few minutes before going right

back for Mincha! In the aernoon, he

spent his me helping out and playing

quietly with his cousins and siblings,

even when it wasn't easy!Thanks!

Dovid and Meira FriedmanSimcha played quietly and let me

rest. Mrs. Kaplun

Rabbi Goldsteins letter drew an outpouring of positive

responses. TheAchdus Times is proud to offer a selection

of the letters we received:

M O R E G I B O R I M

This is just a sampling of the amazing sto-

ries we heard about our precious campers,

your sons!

Keep those Gevura notes coming!!!You can

send them to Rabbi Goldstein by email, at

[email protected].

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MONDAY

Sports with Mr. Sommers;

arts & cras with Mrs.

Lipsky; swimming.

TUESDAYTrip Day!

Swimming.

Alefand Ches will go to

Chuck-E-Cheese!

REGULAR DISMISSAL for

Alefand Ches.

Daled, Vuv, and Sufare

going to the Trenton Thun-

der baseball game at Wa-

terfront Park!

LATE DISMISSALfor Vuv

and Suf, who will return

home close to 11 pm (see

yer). Daled will not be

returning home at all that

night. They will, instead,

return to Camp for their

long-awaited

DALED OVERNIGHT!!! See

yer for packing list. Please

remember not to bring any

electronic devices, as we

dislike conscang them.

WEDNESDAY

Sports with Mr. Sommers

arts & cras with Mrs.

Lipsky; swimming.

THURSDAY

Swimming.

FRIDAY

Challah baking!

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Upcoming Events

Do youknow thata porcu-pine can be made of

twigs and leaves? The

boys in bunk Alef Kaan

do! We took a short

walk outside and found

all the things we need-

ed to help us decorateour porcupines. Our

porcupines had some

really cool quills!

MONSTERS!!!! Bunk

Daled Kaan was lled

with them, some had

one eye, some had two,

and some had even

more! There were

some with big teeth and

some with tails. But,

don't worry; they were

just small puppets.

Weaving a coaster

with newspaper strips is

not as easy as you may

think. The greatest

diculty that you may

encounter is keeping

the woven strips inplace while weaving

each subsequent

strip. You should also

beware of inky ngers,

stained by bleeding

newspaper ink. But,

don't despair; your n-

ished product will make

all of your hard work

pay o!

RED TEAM! BLUE

TEAM! Want to get into

the Color War spir-

it? What beer way

than to make your own

team pennants? Go

Team, Go!!!!

This Week

Mizrach signs de-

picng the Kotel were

what we painted this

week. We remember

that on Tisha B'Av many

horrible tragedies hap-

pened to us. All we

have remaining of our

beauful Temple is the

Western Wall, where

many go to pray each

day. In our homes and

shuls when we daven

(pray) we face to the

east (mizrach) in the

direcon of Jerusalem.

Wow, what an

incredible irst

half we had

cant believe its

over!

Dont worry,

though. The bes

is yet to come!

See ya next

week!

Oops! Last weeks issue of theAchdus

Times erroneously reprinted Mrs.Lipskys article from two weeks ago. We

at the Times ofice rarely err, but we ix

our mistakes when we make em. Hereis the true last weeks article:

MRS. DORIS L IPSKY This Week in the Arts

dalia Goldstein did some back-

wards stuff that made Rabbi Akiva

look like an amateur. Even though

Rabbi Akiva has been

skating for most of his

Camp Achdus life! [Not-

so-]hot pretzels were

served with Americancheese. Yummy! The

childrens bellies were

illed and they were

once again able to re-

turn to the skating rink

with renewed vigor!

The buses pulled out

of the Millenium park-

ing lot at 6:15 pm with

Yehuda 10&baum on

blades, hanging on to

the back with one hand and play-

ing guitar with the other. Quite a

sight on Interstate 95. Wow! What

a talented counselor. Camp Achdus

is so lucky to have him on staff!

Well, Tomorrow is

another day at the

greatest camp in

the world!

Friday

This weeks WEST

(Weekly Erev Shab-

bos Talk) was giv-

en by none other

than Rabbi Akiva

Pollack, himself!

Davening, Learn-

ing, Ritas, Pizza,

Canteen, Volleyball,

Tether Ball, A.D.,Choir, Shabbos Party, Concert and

sooooo much more! Good Shabbos!


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