a day at herzl

Located on 120 acres in Webster, WI on the shores of Devils Lake, Herzl Camp is accredited with the American Camping Association and offers summers filled with friendship and fun! Just 2 hours north of the Twin Cities, campers and staff come from Minnesota, Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska, Missouri, Colorado, Indiana, Tennessee, Canada, Israel, Hawaii and beyond to try something new and to take part in long-standing Herzl traditions.

Our commitment to you is to give your camper the best Jewish camping experience possible. Call us - We are ready to help you get started on the greatest summer of your life!

Here’s an overview of Herzl Camp basics:

Health & Safety

Herzl Camp provides medical coverage 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at camp with full-time nurses and doctors. Our Marpeah (Health Center) staff care for all routine health issues at camp. Emergency services are provided at nearby Burnett County Medical Center, a fully-equipped trauma center.

Food

98% of our campers rate our food as excellent! We are proud to serve three healthy, nutritious kosher meals and a Nosh (snack) each day that campers love! Meals are served family style with excellent vegetarian options for all meals.

Judaics at Camp

As an independent, trans-denominational camp, we’ve created uniquely "Herzl" Jewish services; celebrating Shaharit daily, and reading Torah on Shabbat. Services are lead by a different camper program each week with guidance from our Chinuch staff. At Herzl Camp, Conservative, Reconstructionist, Reform, and Orthodox children pray together daily.

Shabbat is a restful time at Herzl and rich with tradition. We dress in white and welcome Shabbat with song and a caravan to services. Candles are lit. Hands are washed. Kiddush. Motzi. A delicious meal followed by Birkat and singing and Israeli Dancing. Throughout Shabbat, we alter our activities to make the day more restful, more reverent, and different from the rest of the week. Shabbat ends with the entire camp performing Havdala together.

Here’s a sample schedule to give you an idea of your child’s typical camp day:

7:30 am	Boker Tov (Wake up)
7:55 am	Hanafat Hadegel (Flag raising)
8:15 am	Aruchat Boker (Breakfast)
9:00 am	T'fillot (Services)
9:45 am	Nikayon (Clean up)
10:30 am	Chug Alef (Activity Period 1)
11:30 am	Chug Bet (Activity Period 2)
12:30 pm	Aruchat Tzohoraim (Lunch)
1:40 pm	Minucha (Rest)
2:45 pm	Chug Gimel (Activity Period 3)
3:36 pm	Nosh (Snack)
3:50 pm	Chug Dalet (Activity Period 4)
4:45 pm	Tzrif Time (Cabin Time)
5:30 pm	Personal Nikayon (Shower time)
6:15 pm	Horadat Hadegel (Flag Lowering)
6:30 pm	Aruchat Erev (Dinner)
7:40 pm	Tochnit Erev (Evening Program)
9:00 pm	Lights out Programming and Leila Tov