Awesome Sukkah Party

Looks like the Nageela- Jersey Sukkah party was a huge success. I'm really jealous! Here are a few pictures taken by Corky (I think). There are also a bunch of pics of it up on Facebook (Shaya, you can add them to the Nageela alum group).

Sukkah Party!

All Nageela campers and staff are invited to a
Nageela Sukkah Party,
this Sunday, October 19th from 2:00- 6:00 PM
It will be located at 239 Lennox Ave.
Keyport, NJ

ENJOY!

Happy Birthday!

Happy 3rd Birthday
to Tova Locker!

Happy Birthday!

Camp Nageela would wish happy birthdays to the foloowing recent and soon-to-be birthday boys...

Yuri Volk ...9/26
Aaron Stoner ...10/6
Brandon Weber ...10/9
Jake Schenkler ...10/24
Allan Spektor ...10/28

Mazal Tov to Russel Spiro on his recent Bar Mitzva!

MAZAL TOV!

The entire camp Nageela family (and the Locker/ Gewirtz families) wish a huge- bigrig sized
MAZAL TOV
to former Nageela camp driver
AVI APPEL
on the birth of a baby boy!

Swedish Chef Plays Basketball

Week of Weturn

Hope you all had a great Rosh Hashana (if you were Nageela, then you almost certainly did). This is a big week- leading up to Yom Kippur. It's a time to thinnk about the past year, and how we can make next year better.
I'm open to posting ideas here on how to be a better person/ jew. Let us know your brilliant brainstorms.

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Nose warmer

fuMy favorite part is Kermit's first sentence.

Those hebrew words are just too hard...

If any Nageela camper ever complained that the words in Jewish songs are too hard, check out this video.


And to think we do Aleinu in English!

Space case

I'm so spaced out, I didn't even notice that
we've passed 15,000 hits!
Keep on bloggin boys!

Locker's Dictionary

Gargoyle (n.)

olive-flavored mouthwash.

Without a doubt...

There's only one way possible to be the yearbook guy. This is it.

Let it be

I know, it's only a 2 second clip... thats what I have. SOrry.

Video Nageelacast

TOP 10 results

Alright, the votes are in! These quotes are all accurate (except for a few of them which I completely made up from thin air). Enjoy!

TOP 10 RESONS AZI WAS NOT COLOR WAR GENERAL:

10. Azi should not have been Color War general because he was too busy playing bumper cars.

Jacob Berman, Bunk 2

9. The CWC (Color War Commitee) knew he was going to sleep through the whole thing, and that was exactly what he did.

Daniel Shpilsky. cabin 4

8. He was asleep for all of color war, as clearly shown in the green team music video.

Jeff Weisz, bunk 9

7. Because he's the spitting image of Rabbi Shenker, it would be too much of a moral dilemma for judges to take points away from his team

Jeff Weisz, Bunk 9

6. Who would feed the goats if Azi was general.

Sam Lipke, Bunk 9

5. Azi couldn't even keep the goats under control last year, how's he supposed to keep a whole color war team i check?

Jeff Weisz, Bunk 9

4. He has the audacity to think that Brian Regan is not funny!

Rabbi Staum

3. Who is Azi?

Yisroel Hecht

2. Because he needed to take me to Night Canteen every night

AY, Bunk 7

1. He was color war general!

Yoni Hoch

How to unlock a door

No joke. I found this on a 'how to' website. I think I have a new place for Nageela maintenance staff to learn their job.

Instructions

Difficulty: Easy

Things You’ll Need:

• Keys
• Vaseline
• Locks

Step1

Place the key in the lock.

Step2

Rotate the key counterclockwise.

Step3

Rotate the key a full turn if the lock is a deadbolt.

Step4

Listen for a click or "chunk" noise.

Step5

Open the door.

Step6

Pull the key out.

If the key will not open the lock, try turning it the other way.

Baruch Atoh Adon... i?

Got an iPhone?
This blessed application makes it a blessing in disguise!

Check it out!

Popular video

Green team music video has over 600 views on youtube. Spread the word around!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5M9_qLNhFgU

TOP 10 CONTEST

OK! Back by popular demand (meaning Sam asked for it), here's a top 10 contest.

TOP 10 REASONS that Azi wasn't color war general:

Please don't post your answers in the comments section, rather email them to me, so that I can put them all together into a new blog post in a couple of days. Thanks

Camp Nageela would like to wish a big, phat, and juicy Mazal Tov to
Aaron Breslin
Jacob Buckman
Jacob Smalkin
who celebrated their Bar Mitzvas Sunday (of course with the help of some Nageela staff)
and to
Aaron Gollubier
who is celbrating on Monday,

Ouch

Q: What has four legs and an arm?

A: A happy pit bull

First Shabbos

I don't know about you, but I always find my first shabbos away from Nageela to be really hard. Aside from the fact that my hosts thought I was nuts when I wrapped myself in a talis and started speaking yiddish during lunch (for some reason the pickle juice ceremony didn't bother them), I miss seeing all you guys with that awesome shabbos energy - amped up.

I hope you all brought shabbos home in some way. If there's any way any of the Nageela staff can help or advise you, drop us an email.

Ah, the good times...

Would you like some fries with that?

What would this summer have been like without good old Dave?

Vegas

Just arrived home in Las Vegas a few hours ago... Fist thing I did (after making sure Tova and Zahava had pacifiers) was set up my comp so I could post on the blog. It was about 108 degrees here today. Thats pretty cool for August, so we're in good shape.

Started reading the yearbook last night but didn't get too far. Great articles so far. You big old softy, Jeff.

Mazal Tov

Just got back from Yaakov Simanowitz's wedding. It was awesome! Great to see all you guys who showed up for it.
I propose we have a wedding every two weeks or so just to keep the camp spirit going.
Who's next?

Home Again

What a strange mix of emotions. Leaving camp, coming home. Happy, sad, ticklish.
Waht am I talking about? I don't know. I was up all night binding yearbooks and burning CDs and it's been many hours since my last Mountain Dew.

But camp is empty. It's kind of depressing. Just a few hours ago it was full of the sounds of life, and now all I can hear is the horse chewing on somebody's croc that he left. Or is that an iPod he's eating? Hard to know.

How is being home? Post a comment to let us know.

Almost done

We're wrapping up here in camp. It's kind of sad, seeing everyone pack up and get ready to leave. I'm sure everyone is excited to see their families again tomorrow, but it will be bittersweet, as we've all enjoyed camp so much.

Green Team Music Video

Check out this music video created as part of one of the color war competitions.

and the winner is...

After two intense days of incredible skits, music videos (available soon on youtube), sports competitions, swimming races and songs, color war is finally over.
The winning team...
RED!
Congratulations to all the campers and staff of the red team, and red's general and captain: Yoni Hoch (counselor, Bunk 4) and Josh Garbarsky (the Paintball guy)

VISITING DAY!

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

no, can I, please?

Is it just me, or is that NO SMOKING sign somewhat ironic?

Oh Say

Here's a picture of Nageela's very own Rabbi Staum singing our National Anthem at the Binghamton Mets game, last Thursday.

What a Trip!

It's past 2 AM, and I'm just settling in to type this after an incredible 2 day journey deep into upsate NY. Here's how it went.

Tuesday - Letchworth State Park

• 3 coach buses pull out of Camp Nageela
• We arrive at Letchworth State Park (near Rochester) and eat a picnic lunch
• 5 mile white water rafting trip down the Genese River, including beautiful canyon scenery, waterfall, and rock scrambling
• BBQ supper

Wednesday - Niagara Falls

• Observation Deck
• Maid of the Mist
• Lunch overlooking the falls
• Walk over the footbridge to Goat Island
• Cave of the Winds
• Getting soaked on the Hurricane Deck
• Arrive safely back in Nageela.

Pictures are now up!

Scroll to the top of the page to see a slideshow of pictures from this summer to date.
click on a picture to see a larger version.