Camp Moshava

What Camp Moshava does

Camp Moshava is a nonprofit Modern Orthodox Jewish overnight summer camp located at 245 Navajo Road in Honesdale, Pennsylvania, founded in 1936 and affiliated with Bnei Akiva of North America, the Religious Zionist youth movement. The camp serves children from Grade 2 through Grade 9 (plus a Machal CIT program for Grade 9+) through a tiered product set: Mini-Mosh (Grade 2, 4-day intro), Kaytana (Grades 3-4, 2-week), and Main Camp (Grades 3-8, organized across five Eidot/divisions). Operations run across two main sessions per summer, with Session 1 beginning June 23 and Session 2 beginning July 21.

The underlying operating model is labor-intensive and seasonal. Year-round leadership comprises Director Alan Silverman (40+ years tenure), Rosh Moshava Channah Spiegelman (25+ years), Operations Director Miriam Kopel, and Administrative Director Ofra Goldstein; seasonal headcount includes counselors, specialty instructors, kitchen staff, technical staff, and an Israeli Mishlachat emissary contingent. Technology infrastructure is built on the third-party CampInTouch platform for registration, billing, and family communication; there is no proprietary technology product.

The business model is tuition-based and distributed across individual B2C families within the Religious Zionist community, with go-to-market relying primarily on Bnei Akiva network referrals, community word-of-mouth, alumni channels, the camp website, and Instagram. Revenue is not publicly disclosed and the entity is structured as a nonprofit with no investor reporting, funding rounds, or M&A activity. Geographic concentration is in the Northeast US, with extended reach through the broader North American Modern Orthodox community and Israeli movement ties via the Mishlachat program.

Name

Camp Moshava

Legal name

Camp Moshava I.O.

Website

https://moshava.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1936

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Camp Moshava is a nonprofit Modern Orthodox Jewish overnight summer camp in Honesdale, Pennsylvania, affiliated with Bnei Akiva, serving children Grades 2-9 through tuition-based multi-session programming since 1936.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Children's Overnight Summer Camp

NAICS

Recreational and Vacation Camps (except Campgrounds) (721214)

SIC

Hotels, Rooming Houses, Camps & Other Lodging Places (7000)

akta.pro primary industry

Multi-Activity Enrichment Camps (Academic + Arts + Sports) (EDAMALAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Group Camping & Scout Camps (THAGAOAI), Leadership, Debate & Model UN Camps (EDAMALAK)

Keywords

• Overnight summer camp
• Religious zionist education
• Jewish youth programs
• Summer camp sessions
• Children's summer programs

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Summer Camp Tuition: Revenue is generated through session-based tuition fees for campers attending summer programs. The camp offers multiple programs: Mini-Mosh (4-day introductory program), Kaytana (2-week program), Main Camp (4-week session with five Eidot divisions), and Machal (for Grade 9 completers). Two sessions are offered per summer: Session 1 and Session 2.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Camp Moshava I.O. operates a Modern Orthodox Jewish overnight summer camp in Honesdale, Pennsylvania, offering tiered age-based programs (Mini-Mosh for Grade 2, Kaytana for Grades 3-4, Main Camp for Grades 3-8 with five Eidot divisions, and Machal for Grade 9) across two summer sessions. Programming combines traditional recreational camping activities with Religious Zionist education grounded in Bnei Akiva's Torah Va'Avodah ideology, Hebrew language immersion, and Aliyah-oriented community formation.

Product overview

Camp Moshava I.O. is a traditional overnight summer camp operating as a single unified program. The camp offers tiered program divisions based on age/grade: Mini-Mosh (Grade 2, 4-day intro), Kaytana (Grades 3-4, 2-week), Main Camp (Grades 3-8, five Eidot divisions), and Machal (Grade 9+, oldest division). Programs incorporate Religious Zionist education, Bnei Akiva ideology of Torah Va'Avodah, and daily activities including sports, arts, and Israeli cultural programming. Session 1 typically begins late June; Session 2 begins mid-to-late July.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Mini-Mosh Program Introductory 4-day, 3-night overnight camp program for children who have completed Grade 2, designed as an entry point into the Moshava camping experience.
• Kaytana Program Two-week overnight camp program for children who have completed Grades 3 or 4, providing a shorter camp experience tailored to younger campers.
• Main Camp Core overnight camp program consisting of five Eidot (divisions) for children who have completed Grades 3-8, representing the primary multi-week camp experience.
• Machal Program Oldest camper division overnight camp program for children who have completed Grade 9, offering an extended camp experience tailored to older teenagers.
• Camp Moshava I.O. Overnight Summer Camp (Integrated Offering) Overnight summer camp program affiliated with Bnei Akiva, operating from Honesdale, PA, educating campers in Religious Zionism and Torah Va'Avodah values across multiple age-tiered divisions.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Camp Morasha: A Modern Orthodox Jewish overnight camp in Honesdale, PA — same town as Camp Moshava. Directly comparable because it serves an overlapping Orthodox Jewish demographic with multi-session, multi-age-tier programming and similar staffing models.
• Camp Beber: A Jewish overnight summer camp in Wisconsin serving similar school-age cohorts. Comparable because it runs multi-session overnight programming with traditional camp activities combined with Jewish educational and cultural content.
• Camp Ramah: The Jewish Conservative movement's overnight camp network with multiple sites across North America. Comparable because it offers tiered, multi-session overnight Jewish summer programming with Hebrew immersion and educational content to similar grade ranges.
• Camp Yavneh: A Modern Orthodox Jewish overnight camp in New Hampshire. Comparable because it serves a similar Orthodox demographic, offers multi-session overnight programming across multiple age divisions, and emphasizes Hebrew language and Zionist education.
• Camp Stone: A Modern Orthodox Jewish overnight camp in Pennsylvania. Comparable because it targets an overlapping Orthodox Jewish audience with multi-age, multi-session overnight programming, religious education, and Hebrew immersion.
• Camp Tavor: A Jewish sleepaway camp in Michigan with a social-justice oriented mission. Comparable because it combines traditional overnight camping with values-based Jewish programming for similar age ranges.
• Camp Moshava Ba'ir NJ: A sister Bnei Akiva-affiliated overnight camp. Closely comparable because it shares the same Religious Zionist (Torah Va'Avodah) ideology, Bnei Akiva network pipeline, Israeli staff programming, and tiered grade-based division structure.

Broad incumbents

• URJ Camp Harlam: A Reform Jewish overnight camp in Pennsylvania operated by the Union for Reform Judaism. Comparable because it offers tiered overnight Jewish camp programming, though it serves a different denominational stream than Moshava's Orthodox audience.

Others

• Bnei Akiva of North America: The parent ideological and organizational network that feeds Camp Moshava. Relevant because it provides the community pipeline, mission framework, and feeder families that define Moshava's market position and recruitment channel.

Regional players

• Camp Ramah in Canada: The Canadian branch of the Camp Ramah network. Comparable because it runs a similar Jewish overnight camp model with Hebrew immersion and tiered programming, but operates in a different national market than Moshava.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/campmoshavaio
• Xx.com/MoshavaIO

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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