- Email Jason
- +44 7415 737547
- (+1) 818 582 8928
JASON GOLDSTEIN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
In 2014 Jason along with other camp alumni founded Jewish Camps USA. Jason is the executive director and has spent every summer at camp since 2010, Jason spends his year making sure that camp life continues and then supplies opportunities for staff around the world to go on a Jewish journey. JCUSA’s mission is to bring the diaspora to camp and give campers the chance to meet Jewish people from around the world. JCUSA’s programme focuses on each individual and Jason makes sure that he knows every person that goes to camp. Jason spends his summers visiting the camps we work with so our understanding of the each camps programme, culture and traditions will be right for each staff member.
Jason makes camp away from camp, the JCUSA family, a home for so many and supports our staff through the whole process. Jason says at camp you are the best version of yourself and it brings the best people in the world together.
- Email Elana
- +44 7534 018315
- 0203 972 2911
ELANA GOLDSTEIN, DIRECTOR
Elana first went to camp in summer 2012 on the West Coast to Camp JCA Shalom in Malibu. She was part of the original English delegation that helped found Jewish Camps USA. Elana graduated from Nottingham Trent University with a BA(Hons) in Marketing in 2014.
During the pre-camp experience, Elana supports all the JCUSA staff from around the globe personally guiding them through the JCUSA program. Elana works closely with our partners facilitating all of the J1 visas.
“From the outside looking in you can’t understand it, from the inside looking out you can’t explain it.”
SAMMI GROFSKY, ASSISTANT PROGRAM DIRECTOR
Sammi has just moved to London from America to work for Jewish Camps USA as the Assistant Program Director. She has grown up very involved in the Jewish community in California and even attended Jewish camp as a camper and as a staff member. She recently graduated from the University of Kansas with a Bachelors Degree in Communication and Jewish Studies. During her time at University she interned for both Hillel and Chabad where she was able to dive deeper into her involvement with the Jewish Community. Sammi believes that going to Jewish summer camp is one of the most impactful experiences that anyone can have. Through camp she has been able to connect to a larger Jewish community, meet friends from all over the world, develop strong leadership skills, and make lifelong memories. She is excited to be working with Jewish Camps USA!
HARRY RUBIN, UK PROGRAM DIRECTOR
Harry graduated from university, where he studied business management at Pearson College. In the summer of 2019 he went to Berkshire Hills and worked as general counsellor, overseeing a cabin of 12-13-year olds. Harry thoroughly enjoyed watching the kids grow and develop over the course of the summer and meeting people from all across the world. Harry has been the UK Program director for 2 years and is excited to continue to be a part of the JCUSA team, helping others share the same life-changing experience that he had.
ASAF CHANANOVITZ, ISRAEL PROGRAM DIRECTOR
Asaf first experienced the magic of summer camp in 2018 in the Poconos, where he instantly connected with the diverse community and felt the impact he could have on both campers and fellow staff. Before camp, Asaf was deeply involved in youth movements in his hometown and served as a combat soldier in the IDF for three years.
As part of the JCUSA team, Asaf is dedicated to ensuring that the Israeli staff sent to camps are a perfect fit, helping create the same life-changing experiences that made him fall in love with camp.
ARIEL GORODETZKY, LATIN AMERICA PROGRAM DIRECTOR
Ariel has worked much of his life as Madrij. In the beginning, while studying for his Bachelor of Administration and MBA, he worked with boys, girls, and teenagers at the Sociedad Hebraica Argentina. He also coordinated Leaders Schools and Camps both in Argentina and in the Jewish Community of Madrid in Spain. Now, he continues to help Madrij, but now for companies. He helps different organizations and their members in projects related to development and growth. Currently, he is also a Professor in the Career of Psychology at the Maimonides University in Buenos Aires.
His headline phrase is: One is a Madrij for life!
