The staff of the camp were drawn from Boston, Haifa, and Dnepropetrovsk. This joint staffing was in itself an important educational message about the unity of the Jewish people and the centrality of Israel in Jewish life.

The Bureau of Jewish Education of Greater Boston specifically requested the services of Natalie Nevitovski, who is the Jewish Agency for Israel emissary for students and youth in Dnepropetrovsk, as camp educational director and staff trainer. This provided the opening for Agency involvement in the project. At its conclusion, the camp was declared a great success for all parties involved.

The Jewish Agency thanked the camp staff for their efforts by hosting them at a social evening.

Pictured from right to left: Dima Opratzov, chief representative of the Jewish Agency for Israel, Naomi Chernin, early childhood consultant at the Bureau of Jewish Education of Greater Boston, Youth Emissary Natalie Nevitovski and Uri Ohali, Jewish Agency for Israel director of formal education in the FSU - Project Heftziba.

Learn more about:  Project Heftziba - Ensuring the Survival of Jewish Education.