This summer we are so privileged to have such an incredible group of individuals who make up CMC’s 2025 Leadership team. Camp Director – Rachel “R-Shy” Shyloski, Assistant Director – Beth “B.Cap” Caplan-Matlow, Operations and Logistics Coordinator – Jake Niefeld, Staff Experience Director – Lauren “L.Mat” Caplan-Matlow, Director of Community Care – Russell, Assistant Program Director – Tali, SIT Director – Hilary, Atid Unit Leader – Amanda, Amirim Unit Leader – Abby, Netzarim Unit Leader – Ella and Shorashim Unit Leader – Tzippy.
Read on below for my Q+A with our team.
Question #1: Where is home for you?
Tali: Sunny San Diego
Ella: Kansas
BCap: San Diego
Abby: England
Amanda: California
L.Mat: Toronto
Tzippy: San Diego
Hilary: San Diego
Jake: San Diego
Rshy: San Diego
Question #2: All time best camp memory/ moment?
Tzippy: Winning Chai’dol with my brother.
B.Cap: Havdalah on the sports field
Russell: Watching the kids dance on Friday night for Shabbat
L.Mat: Being Head Honcho for Maccabiah
Hilary: Going on my first Atid Trip and doing the water hike in Zion
Jake: Any time I get to sing with a group of people and watch people connect through song.
Question #3: What are your favorite hobbies?
Abby: Dancing, Eating and finding the joys in life.
Tali: Baking, doing Arts and Crafts, and wandering around grocery stores.
Tzippy: Rowing, Hiking and Dancing.
B.Cap: Guitar, Photography and visiting national parks
L.Mat: Listing to Harry Styles and Taylor Swift
Question #4: What makes a good camp friend?
Abby: Loyalty and Respect
B.Cap: Laughter and Loyalty
L.Mat: Laughter and Kindness
Jake: Someone who is there for the good times and bad.
Question #5: What is something that you collect?
Rshy: Magnets from around the world
Jake: Guitars
Tzippy: Stickers
Russell: Kitchen Gadgets
Question #6: What book or Movie has changed your life?
LMat: The Hunger Games
Bcap: To Kill a Mockingbird
Tzippy: 1984
Tali: The Dead Poets Society
Jake: The Alchemist
Question #7: If you could travel anywhere, where would it be?
Jake: Korea
Abby: Jamaica
Bcap: Thailand
Russell: Kenya
Tali: Thailand
Lmat: South Africa
In order (L-R): Kaelyn Ford, David Garcia, Amanda Curtain, Rachel Shyloski, Russell Birner, Tzippy Moerhinger, Beth Caplan, Talia DePodesta, Ella Atlas, Lauren Caplan-Matlow, Becky Cohen, Hillary Altes, Jake Niefeld.