Capital Camps & Retreat Center

Be Limitless

Capital Camps is the Jewish Community Overnight Camp of the mid-Atlantic region, just over one hour from Washington and Baltimore, for campers entering grades 2 through 12. Providing a nurturing community with experiences that build their independence, strengthen their Jewish identity & create memories that will last a lifetime. and affiliated with the Jewish Community Center Association (JCCA), American Camp Association (ACA), Foundation for Jewish Camp (FJC), JCamp 180 (a program of the Harold Grinspoon Foundation), Jewish Community Federation of Richmond, Jewish Federation of Greater Washington (JFGW), The Associated: Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore, and United Jewish Federation of Tidewater. Scholarships are available.

*We welcome transgender, intersex, non-binary and gender-non conforming campers

Meet The Director

Lisa Handelman

Disability Inclusion Specialist, Jewish Federation of Greater Washington, 2015-2020; Founder & Director, Capital Camps' inclusion program, 2005-2020; Middle School Director at Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School, Adjunct Professor at George Washington University, Program Coordinator at Sulam. Degrees in psychology & special education.