Jacob Baim | Chicagoland
Jacob is currently a freshman at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign studying chemical engineering. He has been a counselor at Ramah Day Camp in Wheeling for 4 years after having been a camper for 10. He plays the cello in the Illini Strings orchestra and enjoys going to Hillel and playing video games with his friends.

Jamie Bielski | Darom
Jamie is a sophomore at the University of Florida majoring in Psychology with a Hebrew minor. She is from Jacksonville, FL and has been spending summers at Ramah Darom since 2013. Jamie is the UF Ramah College Network Coordinator, VP of Programming for UF Alpha Epsilon Phi, a Hebrew school teacher at B'nai Israel Gainesville, and a member of several student groups at Hillel. She will be returning to work at camp as a Gesher (incoming 11th grade) counselor this summer!

Elijah Don | Galim
Elijah is a freshman at Arizona State University and is studying Biomedical Engineering. Last year was his first summer working as a counselor at Ramah Galim and 9th summer at camp. By taking part in the fellowship, he is looking forward to further developing his connection to Israel and improving his ability to teach campers about the land. In his free time, Elijah is interested in writing music, playing chess, and skateboarding.

Annika Erickson | Galim
Annika is a sophomore in the Double Degree program between Barnard College and the Jewish Theological Seminary majoring in Linguistics and Bible respectively. This will be her second summer as a counselor at Ramah Galim! In her free time, Annika can be found hiking, yearning for the third temple, or eating Trader Joe's chili lime roll-ups.

Toby Fuller | Rockies
Toby is a freshman at Emory University studying Psychology. He has been a part of Ramah for 9 years and worked at Ramah in the Rockies last summer. In his spare time, he plays ultimate frisbee, explores the outdoors, listens to all sorts of music, and loves to explore Atlanta.

Asher Greenberg | New England
Asher Greenberg is from Ra'anana. He served as a tank commander, recently finished his first marathon and will start studying this coming fall. This will be his second summer at Ramah New England as an Amitzim Counselor.

Abby Mehr | Wisconsin
Abby is a sophomore at Ohio State majoring in STEM Education with a physics specialization. She is from the suburbs of Chicago and is so excited to spend her 11th summer at Ramah Wisconsin this kayitz! During the year, Abby is a co-music director of Meshuganotes Jewish A Cappella and an active member of Off the Lake Productions, Ohio State’s student run, service-based theatre organization. Abby is so excited to be a part of Maslul Yisrael 2023!

DJ Mevorah | Nyack
DJ Mevorah is a freshman at Binghamton University, currently studying business administration and biology. On campus, she is very involved in Jewish life, including being on Chabad’s general board. DJ is from South Orange, New Jersey and this will be her third summer working at Ramah Nyack! She is so excited to be participating in the Maslul Yisrael Fellowship to learn more about Israel, meet other Ramahniks and bring new ideas to camp this summer.

Danielle Mikdashi | Galim
Danielle is from Bat Yam, Israel and will be returning to be a madricha at Ramah Northern California. This year she has been a madricha with Ramah Israel from North American Jewish kids who have come to Israel to explore the country. Next year she plans to study education and hopes to be a kindergarten teacher. She is a Zumba instructor who loves to dance.

Sarah Miller | Rockies
Sarah is a senior at Binghamton University studying Nursing and English. Even though she is from New York, she cannot wait to return to Rockies for her third summer! In her free time, she loves to read, do art projects, and is learning how to knit. She is so excited to meet people from other Ramah camps and to learn about Israel with them!

Sarah Pretsky | California
Sarah is originally from Los Angeles, California and now lives in Atlanta, Georgia. She is finishing up her sophomore year at Emory University where she is pursuing a joint major in Psychology and Linguistics and a minor in Spanish. For the past 12 summers, Sarah has attended Camp Ramah in California and is excited for another summer back. During the 2020-2021, Sarah spent a year in Israel throughout the height of COVID and can’t wait to go back and see what the country is like with fewer restrictions!

Rachel Scheer | New England
Rachel is a sophomore at Muhlenberg College studying Psychology and Women's and Gender studies. She is excited to be spending her 11th summer at Camp Ramah in New England this summer as a counselor for Nivonim (incoming 11th graders). At Muhlenberg, Rachel is involved in Hillel dances in a tap dance group. At camp, you can find her in the omanut building or doing rikud!

Pearl Shapira-Stern | Nyack
Pearl is from Riverdale, NY and is a rising sophomore as Muhlenberg College. She hopes to study business and minor in Jewish studies, and this summer she will be working at Ramah Nyack for my sixth summer. On campus, she is a member of the Hillel executive board. She is looking forward to furthering her Israel education and is excited to plan interesting and educational Israel programming for camp this summer.

Ben Wechsler | Nyack
Ben is a freshman at the University of Maryland in the Smith School of Business after attending Yeshivat Eretz HaTzvi for a gap year. Born in London, England, he grew up in Fair Lawn, NJ and this will be his fourth year on staff at Nyack after four years of being a residential staff kid. He is involved in the Jewish community on campus, often leading services and leining torah and megillah. In his free time, Ben loves to watch and play sports, works for the Men’s Soccer team on campus, and works for a Sports Consulting firm.

Eli Weinstein | Darom
Eli is a student at UNC Asheville studying Philosophy. He went on Nativ 41. He is a creative and curious person, who is passionate about Jewish education.

Shayna Weinstein | Chicagoland
Shayna will be a sophomore studying computer engineering at the University of Kansas in the Fall of 2023. This will be her 7th year as a counselor at Ramah Day Camp after being a camper for 4 years. In her free time, she enjoys coding, watching Netflix, dancing, and hanging out with her friends.

Jonah Werbel | New England
Jonah is a second year at the University of Virginia studying Computer Science. Originally from Northern Virginia, he has spent the last 11 summers at Camp Ramah in New England and was privileged to spend his sophomore year of high school participating in Tichon Ramah Yerushalayim. He is very active in Jewish life at UVA where he serves as an intern with Hillel focused on first year experiences. Outside of classes, Jonah can be found cheering on his beloved Cavaliers and DC sports teams, swimming, or driving a bus for the university. He is thrilled for the opportunity to participate in the Maslul fellowship and can’t wait to bring what he learns back to camp!

Alyse Wicentowski | Poconos
Alyse was a camper at Ramah in the Poconos for 7 years and this upcoming summer will be her 3rd on tzevet. She is a freshman at Wesleyan University and is interested in studying something in the STEM field, possibly taking the pre-med track. She is heavily involved in Jewish life on campus and attends Shabbat services and events at both the Wesleyan Jewish Community (WJC) and Chabad.