We are just one week away from the start of Summer 2023 Staff Training! Supervisors arrive on June 1 and will continue to settle in Ortonville through June 12. We believe that we have the best camp staff in the world, and our robust training is second to none. In total, we will “Welcome Home!” over 360 staff members from all across the globe, including the United States, Canada, Mexico, Israel, Spain, England, South Africa, Australia, and South America.
During this action-packed two weeks of training, staff will become certified in the following areas: lifeguarding, wilderness, first aid, and “safe talk” (suicide prevention). These skills will be taught by trainers from across the country.
Other training topics include eating challenges, medical training, LGBTQ+ understanding and empathy, mental health awareness, camp policies, and special needs education. The staff will also spend time learning about their campers, planning amazing programs, and everything else needed to ensure camp is ready for when our first campers depart on June 18 (Alaska 1).
We are also excited to announce our full team of supervisors for this summer for all our camp programs.
Camp Maas
- Shiffman Village – Taylor Kane
- Applebaum Village – Eli Pinals
- Fishman Village – Angel Hearsey
- DeRoy Village – Asa Weinstein
- Charach Sheruth Village – Ashley Fogel
- Levison Village – Peter Samuel
- Berman Village & Grosberg Ruach Village Session 1 – Eliana Levy
- Hermelin Village – Elijah Klein
- Robinson Pioneer Village – Yevgany Cherkasskiy (Jeka)
- Grosberg Ruach Village (Session 2) – Rachel Peysakhova
- Kaufman Specialty Village – Owen Linden
- Atid Session 1 – Emily Magrin
- Atid Session 2 – Jodie Zwiren
- Head of Avodah – Lainie Sacks
- Housekeeping – Alexia Pantoja Lopez
- Cooking Teacher – Joan Melnick
- Farm Educator – Hannah Zonder
- Multimedia – Louie Varney
- Waterfront 1 – Alice Tomlinson
- Waterfront 2 – Hugo Tonye Bridges
- Waterski – Dana Rittiford
- Theater – Callum Waring
- Dance – Jamelia Stewart
- Tripping / Israeli Delegation – Barak Peretz
- Tripping – Max Newman
- Music – Rebekah Patterson
- Teva, Pioneer Skills and Fishing – Derek Szwarcok
- Ropes – Alejandra Tapia Marcial
- Sports – Josh Sacks
- Omanut (Arts & Crafts) – Megan Pitty
Teen Programs
- Western 1 – Shea Thomas
- Western 2 – Madison Holt
- Western 3 – Jeremy Lambert
- Alaska 1 – Betsy Saylor
- Alaska 2 – Connor Michaelson
- Agree Tripping Supervisor – Sammy Saperstein
- Head of Camp Kennedy – Lauren Yellen
- Nachman Israel Trip & TLV – Shoshana Bittker
- Nachman Israel Trip & TLV – Jillian Tukel
- Nachman Israel Trip & TLV – Daniel Komerchero
- Nachman Israel Trip – Rachel Peysakhova
- Israel Photographer – David Estrin
