Contact

Below, you will find contact information for all of the One Happy Camper programs, including the JWest Campership Program. Please click here to determine which program seems right for you.

To learn more about community-sponsored programs, contact your community’s local administrator.

If your community is not listed, please review the regional and camp-sponsored programs and contact the person listed.

To learn more about the JWest Campership Program, please contact the Foundation for Jewish Camp at jwest@jewishcamp.org, or call 888-888-4819.

If you are a PJ Library member, please contact Kirstin Gadiel at kirstin@hgf.org or call 413-439-1968.

If you would like more information on the Midwest Interfaith Program, please contact your camp director.

Russian-speakers who would like assistance selecting a camp and applying for the grant should contact the Foundation for Jewish camp at outreach@jewishcamp.org or call 646-278-4572.

Community-sponsored One Happy Camper programs

Area Contact Person Email
Alabama Ellen Abrams ellen@jefno.org
Arkansas Pam Loughary federation@jewisharkansas.org
California    
  Los Angeles Natasha Vojdany NVojdany@JewishLA.org
  Orange County Kathleen Ron kathleen@jfoc.org
  San Diego Brenda Silvers bsilvers@jewishfederationsandiego.org
Florida    
  Miami Ellen Goldberg egoldberg@gmjf.org
  Palm Beach Sam Friedman sam.friedman@jewishpalmbeach.org
  Panhandle Ellen Abrams ellen@jefno.org
Illinois: Chicago Todd Bodenstein info@campership.net
Indiana: Indianapolis Carolyn Leeds cleeds@jfgi.org
Kansas: Kansas City Theresa Ruperd theresar@jewishkc.org
Louisiana Ellen Abrams ellen@jefno.org
Massachusetts    
  Boston Ed Pletman edp@cjp.org
  North Shore Adam Smith adam@nsteeninitiative.org
Mississippi Ellen Abrams ellen@jefno.org
Missouri: St. Louis Bebe Morgan bmorgan@jccstl.org
Nebraska: Omaha Mary Sue Grossman mgrossman@jewishomaha.org
New Hampshire Nancy Frankel corkyatcf@aol.com
New Jersey    
  Central Jessica Mehlman jmehlman@jfedcnj.org
  Metro West Tracy Levine tlevine@thepartnershipnj.org
  Middlesex Mindy Paris-Thurer mparis-thurer@jf-gmc.org
  Northern Frieda Huberman friedah@ujannj.org
N. Carolina: Greensboro Rachel Wolf rwolf@shalomgreensboro.org
Ohio    
  Cincinnati Getzel Cohen getzel.cohen@uc.edu
  Cleveland Helen Wolf hwolf@jecc.org
  Columbus Marla Davis mdavis@tcjf.org
Pennsylvania    
  Philadelphia Drew Martin dmartin@jfgp.org
  Pittsburgh Sally Stein sstein@jewishfederationpittsburgh.org
Rhode Island Claire Roche croche@bjeri.org
Tennessee: Memphis Sheri Gadberry sheri.gadberry@jewishfoundationofmemphis.org
Washington DC Rachel Anolik onehappycamper@shalomdc.org
 
Canada    
Atlantic Diane Morrison dmorrison@theajc.ns.ca
Calgary Agata Kesik-Libin akesik@cjcc.ca
Montreal Lisa Cohen Lisa.Cohen@federationcja.org
Toronto Dr. Ron Polster rpolster@ujafed.org
 
Specialty Programs    
Goldring Jewish      Summer Camp Experience Ellen Abrams ellen@jefno.org
PJ (Library) Goes to   Camp Kirstin Gadiel kirstin@hgf.org

Camp-sponsored One Happy Camper programs

Camp/Movement Contact Person Email
Adamah Adventures Adam Griff adam@adamahadventures.org
Berkshire Hills Emanuel Camps Linda Ashkenazi linda@bhecamps.com
BIMA and Genesis at Brandeis University Dvora Goodman highschool@brandeis.edu
B'nai B'rith Camp (Portland) Michelle Koplan mkoplan@bbcamp.org
Camp Airy and Louise Shira Kahan shira@airylouise.org
Camp Avoda Ken Shifman ken@campavoda.org
Camp B'nai B'rith Ottawa Jonathan Pivnick director@cbbottawa.com
Camp Barney Medintz Barbara Vahaba Barbara.Vahaba@atlantajcc.org
Camp Charles Pearlstein Jodi Woodnick camp@cbiaz.org
Camp Chi Shane Berkow sberkow@gojcc.org
Camp Hatikvah Ebba Grey admin@camphatikvah.com
Camp L'man Achai Yitzchok Steinmetz yitzchok@camplmanachai.com
Camp Laurelwood Ruth Ann Ornstein director@camplaurelwood.org
Camp Livingston Ben Davis ben@camplivingston.com
Camp Louemma Hal Pugach camplouemma@aol.com
Camp Mountain Chai Alan Friedman alan@campmountainchai.com
Camp Nageela East Rabbi David Shenker rds@jepli.org
Camp Nageela Midwest Yitzchok Ehrman yehrman@campnageelamidwest.org
Camp Poyntelle Lewis Village Sarah Raful Winston sarah@poyntelle.com
Camp Sabra Terri Grossman tgrossman@jccstl.org
Camp Solomon Schechter Sam Perlin director@campschechter.org
Capital Camps Jon Shapiro jon@capitalcamps.org
Eden Village Camp Yoni Stadlin yoni@edenvillagecamp.org
Habonim Dror Camps Steven Weinberg chaversteve@habonimdror.org
JCC Ranch Camp Gilad Shwartz gshwartz@jccdenver.org
New Jersey Y Camps Janet Fliegelman janet@njycamps.org
Passport NYC- 92nd Street Y Molly Hott mhott@92y.org
Ramah Camps Rami Schwartzer rami@campramah.org
Surprise Lake Camp Sheryl Kirschenbaum sheryl@surpriselake.org
Union for Reform Judaism Anna Blumenfeld ablumenfeld@urj.org
Young Judaea Camps Sharon Schoenfeld sschoenfeld@youngjudaea.org

To learn more about Jewish summer camp and the efforts of the Foundation for Jewish Camp please visit www.jewishcamp.org.

To learn more about the Jim Joseph Foundation, please visit www.jimjosephfoundation.org.