Despite its corporate name Camp Moshava is in Pennsylvania, although its office is in New York.

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Camp Moshava serves roughly 1, 000 campers drawn from all over the United States, Canada, Europe and Israel.

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The recent decision by the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania in Camp Hachshara Moshava of New York v.

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Camp Moshava will support and inspire the social, emotional, intellectual and religious growth of its members within a fun camping environment.

FORBES: Pennsylvania Court Denies Property Tax Exemption To Another Religious Camp

Camp Moshava also provides its facilities to the local volunteer firefighting company and other firefighting companies for the purpose of staging training exercises.

FORBES: Pennsylvania Court Denies Property Tax Exemption To Another Religious Camp

Specifically, Camp Moshava allows an ambulance to be stored on its premises and owns its own fire truck, which is available for use by firefighters in the community.

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Since failure on any of the points denies the property tax exemption, the focus on the case was whether Camp Moshava relieves the government of some of its burden.

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Camp Moshava is a religious Zionist camp sponsored by Bnei Akiva of the US and Canada for the purpose of furthering the educational and ideological goals of Bnei Akiva.

FORBES: Pennsylvania Court Denies Property Tax Exemption To Another Religious Camp

In support, Camp Moshava contends that the Board has granted tax exempt status to two other charitable organizations that are purportedly similar to Camp Moshava in many material respects and that the Board has erroneously applied the law in granting the exemptions to the other organizations.

FORBES: Pennsylvania Court Denies Property Tax Exemption To Another Religious Camp