Rabbi Loren A. Sykes CEO & Executive Director of the Shirley & Jacob Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center of the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism. Previously Rabbi Sykes was the founding Executive Director of Ramah Darom and creator of Camp Yofi: Family Camp for Jewish Families with Children with Autism. Most recently, Rabbi Sykes was the director of Camp Ramah in Wisconsin. Rabbi Sykes is a 2006 recipient of the Covenant Award for Excellence in Jewish Education. Rabbi Sykes is making Aliyah in August 2013 with his wife, Rebecca, and their children, Elan, Mira and Amalya. CONTACT >> Yitzchak R. Jacobsen Associate Director, Shirley & Jacob Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center of the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism. Yitz is a graduate of the Hebrew University and persued M.A. studies at Neve Schecter. He was the first USCJ Shaliach in 1969 and has been with USCJ since. Among his many areas of expertise, Yitz is the overall supervisor of Center programs, budgets and the development of the beautiful Fuchsberg campus. CONTACT >> Rabbi Edward S. Romm Director of Education, Campus Programs and Visitors Center of the Shirley & Jacob Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center of the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism. Rabbi Romm is also in charge of the Fuchsberg web site and listservs and works with incoming groups and visitors that come through the Center. He received his M.A., Rabbinical Ordination and D.D. (h.c.) from the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. Before joining the staff of USCJ Israel in 1985 he was the founder (1978) and first director of the Israeli Masorti Noam Youth Movement. CONTACT >> Nahum Binder Director of Lev V\'Nefesh - Solomon Schechter Westchester senior class trip to Israel. He recently returned from three years of Shlichut on behalf of the Jewish Agency in New York where he served as the USY Central Shaliach. Previously Nahum was the Assistant Director of Nativ and USY Programs in Israel. Nahum is a graduate of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem in International Relations. CONTACT >> David Keren Director of Youth Programs in Israel. Graduate of the Hebrew University and certified tour guide. Served as the head of Education at camp Ramah Wisconsin and as the director of Nativ for 15 years. CONTACT >> Yossi Garr Director of Nativ. Yossi has been working with the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism and Nativ for over 14 years beginning as a Madrich for Nativ 16 and the Assistant Director of Nativ 18 & 19. Yossi also served as the USY Central Shaliach in New York for four years. Yossi’s undergraduate degree in Jewish History is from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and he has an M.A. in Public Policy from Tel Aviv University CONTACT >> Maya Dolgin Nativ Coordinator, Maya is a bogeret of Nativ 25 (Kehilla-Be’er Sheva track). She is from Huntington, NY and graduated from Wellesley College with a degree in cognitive and linguistic sciences. Maya plays guitar and sings, and loves going to hear live music. In her spare time, she is always ready to explore a place in Israel where she\'s never been. Maya was staff for the Nativ 30 Kibbutz group and this past summer Maya worked at Ramah Day Camp in Nyack as the Rosh Edah and Rosh Mishlachat. Maya made aliyah this past year and lives in Jerusalem CONTACT >> Alona Nir Director of \"Neshama\"- Solomon Schechter Union and Essex senior class trip to Israel. Alona has been working with English speaking Jewish teen groups since 1997 . She was the Community Youth \"Sheliacha\" in MetroWest, New Jersey from 2005-2007. Alona is a graduate of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Conflict Management and Resolution and also a certified tour guide. She is currently a rabbinical student in the Israeli program of HUC. CONTACT >> Rabbi Richard Lewis Rosh Yeshiva, received his doctorate in Rabbinic Thought, summa cum laude, from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. He received his rabbinic ordination from the Schechter Institute for Jewish Studies. CONTACT >> Rabbi Joel Roth Rosh Yeshiva, is Louis Finkelstein Professor of Talmud and Jewish Law at the Jewish Theological Seminary. He formerly served as Dean of the Rabbinical School at JTS and Chair of the Rabbinical Assembly\'s Committee on Jewish Law and Standards. Rabbi Pesach Schindler Rosh Yeshiva Emeritus, received rabbinic ordination from Rav Elimelech Bar-Shaul, Chief Rabbi of Rechovot, and a Ph.D. in Jewish History and Philosophy from New York University. He is Assistant Professor of Talmud and Rabbinic Studies in the Rothberg International School at Hebrew University and a Senior Faculty member of the International School of Yad Vashem (Theology and Rabbinic Studies). He served as the director of the Shirley & Jacob Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center of the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism for twenty-five years. CONTACT >> Rabbi Daniel Goldfarb Yeshiva Director, is a graduate of Harvard College and Columbia Law School and received his M.H.L. and Rabbinic Ordination from the Jewish Theological Seminary. He worked for 25 years as an attorney for Israel\'s Ministries of Justice and Finance and in private practice in Jerusalem before joining the Yeshiva in 2000. CONTACT >> Rabbi Gail Diamond Associate Yeshiva Director, received her M.H.L. and Rabbinic Ordination from the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College and served for seven years as a congregational rabbi before making aliyah in 2001. CONTACT >> Suzanne Goldstein Office Manager, trained as a teacher in England, and took an intensive secretarial course before making Aliyah in 1971. She joined the Shirley & Jacob Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center of the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism in 1995. CONTACT >> Rabbi Paul Freedman Director of Israel Commission, Rabbi Paul Freedman, currently Director of the USCJ Israel Commission and Israel Liaison for Project Reconnect, served as USY’s first International president and directed the USCJ Department of Youth Activities from 1967 till he and his wife, Nina made aliyah in 1991.Ordained by the Jewish Theological Seminary in 1970,he views one of his most significant achievements the launching of Nativ in 1980.They have three sons and ten grandchildren, all living in Israel. CONTACT >>

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