A beloved Camp tradition continues this summer

A beloved Camp tradition continues this summer

Brandon Murray | Camp Coordinator

Camp Komaroff is proud to continue the tradition of welcoming a new class of shlichut, camp counselors from Israel, this summer. These carefully selected young adults each bring their own unique life experience and special skills to camp. They are integrated into all aspects of camp life and weave Israeli culture and Jewish advocacy into the camp experience. Their dedication and enthusiasm often make their programming the most memorable of the summer.

Through a partnership with the Jewish Agency for Israel, Israeli camp specialists, counselors and educators are dispatched to Jewish day and sleepaway camps across North America. This program reaches tens of thousands of campers, providing them with a human connection to Israel. Each shaliach goes through an intensive screening and interviewing process to ensure they are the right fit for their community.

Camp Komaroff is searching for host families for our summer shlichut from June 15th-August 28th. The minimum hosting duration is five days to keep rehousing to a minimum. Hosts do not need to house all three shlichut at a time; one is appreciated. Assistance with transportation to and from camp is available. If you or someone you know is available to help host this summer, please contact Brandon Murray at bmurray@alpertjcc.org for more information about hosting.

Join us in giving our 2023 Shlichut a big Camp Komaroff welcome: Shalom Aleichem, we are so glad to see you!

Tamar Tal

Hometown: Shoham

Specialty: Israeli Culture

I have been a soldier in the IDF for 2 years. I served in the Ministry of Defense spokesperson’s unit in which I was in charge of publishing news items to the radio, the newspapers and TV channels. Before the army, I was in a pre-military preparatory program. [During] this year we were living in a Kibbutz in the North, and we were travelling, learning and doing volunteering projects with different populations in Israeli society. In the program I was in charge of teaching the other group members a little more about Shabbat and about the Jewish holidays.

Ella Eliraz

Hometown: Nes Ziyyona

Specialty: Pastry

I have been cooking and baking ever since I [can] remember. I have been in a professional kitchen in a kibbutz and volunteered with people with special needs. In my program before the army I cooked meals for over 40 people.

Adar Mashiach

Hometown: Beer Sheva

Specialty: Hebrew Teaching & Modern Dance

In high school I studied diplomacy and international communication, it was fully taught in English, in informal methods. I participated in Mechinat Kol Ami of the Jewish Agency, and in the army served as a mashakit tash (social worker within the IDF). As part of my job, I helped with the social and economic needs of many Olim who were about to draft, as well as Israeli teens. Now I serve as an officer at Yohalam unit, which deals with matters such as sexual harassment, gender equality, and the trans community in the army.