Interactions at the fiber of Camp Yavneh take shape both formally and informally. We offer several alternatives to tefillot every morning, requiring that everyone participate in some prayer service. These span orthodox tefillot, several forms of egalitarian tefillot, learners tefillot, and women's tefillot. Campers from different backgrounds study in classes together daily. The Camp is committed to Shabbat observance which includes observance of all prohibitions, while enabling campers to spend their shabbat in a variety of activities.
Some people spend their day studying and talking, while others play sports.
Communal meals throughout the week and Shabbat include recitation of brakhot and birkat hamazzon which for some is a new experience, while for others provides the opportunity to help create and contribute to building community, which is essential for young people in order to feel a sense of connection to the Jewish people. Camp generally seeks opportunity for all types of educational programming, which often provides additional opportunities for campers and counselors to talk and express differences of opinions together, while also engaging a shared theme or activity. Every summer, in addition to the curriculum of daily classes, the Camp develops a theme which unites everyone around a universally shared Jewish concern. Some of the themes have included recently the celebration of Jerusalem 3000, the centrality of the Jewish value of human dignity and respect, and Ethnic Communities in the Jewish people. This is an important feature of camp.