Deprecated: mysql_connect(): The mysql extension is deprecated and will be removed in the future: use mysqli or PDO instead in /home/momentma/public_html/momentmag.com/wp-includes/class-wp-mysql.php on line 32 by Sheri Oppenheimer For many women, Jewish overnight camp was the place where we felt the most beautiful. There were no Spanx underneath our Shabbat dresses. We danced in the rain because our counselors told us that it made our hair soft. In the evenings, the mountain air would cool down our sun-kissed skin, and flashlights and campfires would illuminate us. Through all of the singing and dancing, do you ever remember not feeling like yourself? Worrying about what you looked like in your bathing suit? Feeling bloated? Camp was an enchanted place where we came alive. As soon as we got out of the car and waved goodbye to our parents on arrival...

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