Perlman Camp

04/07/2026

🌞 Summer is right around the corner, and there’s no better place to spend it than at Perlman Camp in beautiful Lake Como, Pennsylvania!🩵

We offer 2, 3, 4, and 7-week programs for boys and girls ages 7–16—packed with fun, friendship, and unforgettable experiences.

Not sure if your child is ready for a full session? No problem! Our Taste of Perlman Program is the perfect weekend experience for younger campers to get a feel for camp life—living in bunks with their peers, making new friends, and diving into action and adventure.

We also invite families to join us for our Family Camp, a special event where you can experience camp together through your child’s eyes and see what makes Perlman Camp so special.

Give your child a summer they’ll never forget 💙🏕️

03/23/2026

Thinking about summer sleep-away camp 🏕️

a warm & welcoming community fostering enriching summer experiences! 2026 Dates & Rates donate Click Here To Watch A Message From Our Camp Director Perlman Camp is a warm and welcoming, coed, all-around camp that creates transformational and enriching summer

03/13/2026

Another Tri-State Camp Conference in the books! 🏕️

So many new ideas, programs, and great conversations—Summer 2026 is going to be an exciting one! 🩵

03/02/2026

Happy Purim!

12/14/2025

Wishing our Perlman Camp family a warm and meaningful Hanukkah. 🕎💙

Let the lights shine bright—on the menorah and in the smiles of our camp community. We wish everyone a season filled with light, laughter, and latkes.

As we gather with loved ones, our hearts are also with the global Jewish community following the tragic events in Australia this weekend.

Moments like these remind us how vital it is to stand together, support one another, and commit ourselves to bringing more light into the world—exactly what Hanukkah calls us to do.

Hanukkah teaches us that even in moments of fear and darkness, we are commanded to bring light. Not because the darkness disappears, but because our tradition insists that light still matters. One candle, then another—each flame a quiet yet resolute declaration of hope, resilience, and faith.

Wishing strength, comfort, and light to all who need it.
💙✨
The Perlman Camp Team

12/02/2025

💙✨ TODAY IS GIVING TUESDAY! ✨💙

Perlman Family — today’s the day!

We’re launching A December to Remember, and our goal is to raise $71,000 in honor of 71 years of Perlman Camp. Every dollar donated today will support the renovation of our beloved hockey rink, transforming it into a vibrant new community hub for pickleball, rec sports, and connection.

✨ Every gift made TODAY will be matched — doubling your impact! ✨

This new space will serve campers for generations to come — giving them a place to play, grow, and build lifelong friendships.

👉 Make your Giving Tuesday gift here:
http://weblink.donorperfect.com/Decembertoremember

11/30/2025

🌟 Giving Tuesday Starts Tomorrow — and All Gifts Will Be Matched! 🌟

Perlman Family, we’re so excited to kick off Giving Tuesday tomorrow! This year, our goal is to raise $71,000 in honor of 71 years of Perlman Camp — and every dollar will go directly toward rebuilding our beloved hockey rink into a brand-new community hub for pickleball, rec sports, and connection.

✨ Every gift will be matched — doubling your impact!✨

This renovation will create a vibrant space where campers can grow, play, make memories, and build friendships for decades to come.

Want to help make this dream a reality?
Donate here: http://weblink.donorperfect.com/Decembertoremember 💙

Thank you for supporting our community and the future of Perlman Camp.
We’re so grateful for you — today and every day. 🧡💙

11/25/2025

🍂🧡 HAPPY THANKSGIVING, PERLMAN FAMILY! 🧡🍂

Feeling extra grateful today for the campers, staff, alumni, and families who make Perlman Camp the warm, joyful, unforgettable community we all love. 💙

Wishing you a day filled with gratitude, love, laughter… and yes, plenty of pie. 🥧✨

As we head into the season of giving, we’re excited to kick off our December to Remember campaign — raising funds to renovate our former hockey rink into a vibrant new community hub for pickleball, rec sports, and connection for generations of campers to come.

✨ Want to help make this dream a reality?
Click here to donate and support the rink renovation: https://bit.ly/47B7IK0 💙

Thank you for being part of our Perlman family. We’re grateful for you today and every day. 🧡✨

11/11/2025

Our next People of Perlman feature is Lauren Singer! Lauren spent 10 unforgettable summers at Perlman from 1996 to 2005, making lifelong friends and memories along the way. Today, she lives in the Westchester area, where she works as a dedicated speech-language pathologist.

🔵What’s your favorite part about camp?
My favorite part about camp isn’t a place on camp specifically, but the friendships that are made to last. Everyone knew everyone, no matter how old you were or what division you were in. As someone who has been on Alumni committees, I’ve formed new friendships and reconnected with old friends. I have met up with friends who are visiting NY from other countries. Camp is so special in that no matter where or when, the friendships that were formed so many years ago will last a lifetime.

🔵How has camp positively impacted your life?
Perlman Camp gave me the ability to build a sense of self & independence. I was unknowingly provided with an opportunity to become comfortable being myself and become a leader. While at camp, I led Color War teams in learning Entrance songs, Fight songs and Alma Maters - something I wouldn’t have been brave enough to do before attending camp. Post camp, I’ve been involved in Alumni Relations for many years through planning Alumni Weekends and bar nights providing Alumni with the opportunity to get together, recalling camp memories and creating new ones. Without Perlman teaching me the importance of leadership, I may have never taken on this role.

🔵What’s a favorite memory you have of camp?
One of my favorite camp memories was when I was a Pioneer (Pio Power 2001!). It was our first night in the village, my duffle had yet to be unpacked and lay next to my bed. It was an adjustment remembering how to sleep at camp. I opened my eyes in the middle of the night to see a skunk perched on my duffle. We stared each other down and I thought for sure I’d get sprayed. I called out to my tent mates. One who didn’t wake up, the other who told me “go back to sleep it would go away”. Eventually and luckily it did crawl out of our tent. The next morning we made sure to nail every inch of our tent to the platform. Each night, we would stuff all of our shoes (with three girls, you can imagine how many shoes we brought with us to camp!) in the entrance of our tent to avoid another intruder.

🔵Shoutout someone at camp that has had a big impact on your life.
Shoutout to the Pios of 2001 and our counselors. As we approach the 25th anniversary of our Pio summer, it remains incredible to me that we created such amazing, lifelong friendships. Whether we speak to each other often or see each other once in a while, it’s a bond that can never be broken. I cherish the time we have together and as our families grow, it’s so special to have a new generation of friendships blossoming.

Stay tuned for more People of Perlman stories and submit yours at the link in our bio.


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10/16/2025

You're Invited! 🎉

Join us for our next informational Zoom session to learn all about Perlman Camp!

📅 Date: November 3rd or 6th

🕕 Time: 7 pm

💻 Where: zoom

Come meet the team, ask questions, and discover what makes Perlman Camp a summer experience like no other!

RSVP or learn more:

[email protected] or scan the QR code

10/01/2025

Our next People of Perlman feature is Henry Weltman! His Perlman journey goes from a camper from 2006 to 2013, Pio in 2014, SIT in 2015, counselor from 2016-2018, and Pio counselor in 2019. A second generation Perlmanite after his father Roy, these days Henry calls Brooklyn home, where he lives with his brother Jacob. Professionally, Henry is an Associate Program Manager at the Foundation for Jewish Camp, continuing to shape the future of Jewish camping beyond Perlman.

🔵What’s your favorite part about camp?
I’ve always loved the lake. Not for swimming, but for boats. Paddle boarding, kayaking, canoeing. For years, I spent every hobby period out there, usually causing chaos with Jeffrey and Nate by capsizing other people’s boats (or our own). We became experts at the two-canoe rescue. Apologies to any lifeguards and Deb Glick.

Shabbat was another highlight. There’s nothing like getting “glammed up” in a Hanes white t-shirt for dinner, inevitably ruining it with grape juice, then changing for Israeli dance. Every Friday night I went berserk on the girls’ basketball court dancing, jumping around, and getting drenched in sweat. It was the most fun night of the week. Every week!

🔵How has camp positively impacted your life?
Camp has given me some of the greatest friends in the world. I feel so lucky, as an adult, to still have people in my life who I grew up with, cried with, laughed with, and even got into trouble with.

Beyond friendships, camp gave me a career. The professional development opportunities I had serving as a Pio Counselor, becoming a Cornerstone Fellow, and interning with the year-round team on development shaped me into the professional I am today. I love this work deeply, and I believe in the power of Jewish camp to change lives. Camp isn’t just something I did. It’s something that continues to inspire who I am and the work I choose to do every day.

🔵What’s a favorite memory you have of camp?
Probably being in Aladdin the musical with Jeffrey. I got to be Razuk, the head guard, got a couple lines and at the time that was huge. Jeff stuck it out and stayed in the play with me and I loved getting to spend so much hobby time with him.

🔵Shoutout someone at camp that has had a big impact on your life.
Blake Kennedy, Greg Saltzman, Jamie Yelham, Ido Rakovsky, PP14, PP19, my Levi Shabbat family (plus Julie Rose), and literally every nurse/doctor that ever worked at camp and put up with me, all of my B1 co counselors.

Stay tuned for more People of Perlman stories! Want to be featured? Submit your story here: forms.gle/GNWDJHhDYgBXmtSc7

10/01/2025

As we enter Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, we reflect on the year behind us and look with hope toward the year ahead. Just as camp gives us space to grow, learn, and strengthen our relationships, this holiday offers us the chance to pause, seek forgiveness, and renew our commitments to ourselves and to one another.

We wish you and your family a meaningful fast, a time of reflection, and a year filled with peace, growth, and connection. May this season of reflection inspire us all to lead with kindness, gratitude, and purpose.

G’mar Chatima Tova—may you be inscribed for a good year.