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Louis Bordman
Senior Director
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Louis Bordman, BSW has been in the field of camping for the past ten years, and in the field of Jewish Education since 1986. Louis started his career as the Youth Director for Temple Beth Sholom in Miami Beach, Florida. Throughout his nine years at Beth Sholom, the youth programs quickly expanded and so did Louis’ role in the Temple. Louis added the title of Director of Youth and then the Director of Education and Principal of the Religious School
to his list of experience. Even though Louis was firmly entrenched in the “formal” world of Jewish Education, he continued to serve the “informal” needs of his community. He continued to supervise the youth groups and led seven NFTY trips to Israel.
Following Louis’ tenure at Temple Beth Sholom, he came to work for the Union for Reform Judaism. Louis served for three years as the Associate Director of Eisner Camp, and then when the Union acquired Crane Lake Camp, Louis became the inaugural Director. Following Crane Lake’s first summer Louis accepted the job of Senior Director of the Northeast Camp Institute, overseeing both Eisner and Crane Lake camps.
In the off season, Louis and his wife Kathy live in New Jersey with their three children, Ashley, Dalya and Jacob. Louis coaches little league soccer and is active in his temple Shaaray Emeth. |
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Herb has been involved with overnight camping for well over 40 years as a camper, counselor, waterfront director, athletic director, head counselor and Site Director. His formal training is both in the field of education and administration (retired athletic director and department chair of health and physical education for the Valley Stream School District on Long Island). He has masters degrees in both administration and education. Herb has also been an extremely successful coach winning many County and Long Island crowns in boys baseball and girls soccer. He is a strong advocate of Title 9, gender equality in athletics. He has also guided his baseball team to the 1995 New York state baseball crown.
Herb has guided Crane Lake Camp for the last 25 years, first as a private camp and now as a URJ Camp. His innovative ideas have helped Crane Lake grow from an enrollment of 165 campers to today’s enrollment of 325 campers.
Herb has three grown children and two grandchildren, Jacob and Jonah. His wife Joyce shares his love for camp. His daughter Lauren has an MBA and is an executive with a top International Banking Group. His daughter Melanie is the Director of Jewish Education in Maryland and his son Anthony is a Physical Education teacher on Long Island and the Head Counselor at a private camp in New York. |
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Brian successfully
completed his first summer at Crane Lake in 2006
and is looking forward to 2008! Before starting
at Crane Lake in January of 2006, Brian
spent ten summers at Camp Sabra, the St. Louis
JCC Residential Camp located in Lake of the
Ozarks, MO. Brian was a camper, counselor, unit
head and for two years the Assistant Director.
Brian serves as an
American Camp Association (ACA) Standards
Visitor and also is the Youth Director
for Temple Beth Haverim of Mahwah, NJ.
Brian is a graduate of Indiana University
with a Bachelors degree in Broadcast
Journalism. He has also worked as an event
planner in Chicago and as a member of the Royal
Caribbean Cruise Line's Activity/Youth Staff.
Originally hailing from St. Louis, MO, he is a
diehard fan of both the St. Louis Rams
and the 2006
World Series Champion St. Louis Cardinals.
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Lisa has over ten years of
overnight camp experience. After spending 3
summers as a Bonim counselor at Eisner and one summer as
the Assistant Director of Kutz Camp in Warwick, NY, she
is excited to return to the place that has always
remained her "home."
Lisa comes to us after finishing a dual masters program
in Early Childhood Education from Bank Street College
and Jewish Education from Hebrew Union College in New
York. Her past experiences include serving as a first
grade teacher at Rodeph Sholom School and a Full Time
Teacher at Central Synagogue, both located in Manhattan.
Before entering the field of Jewish Informal Education,
Lisa spent 6 years working in licensing and toy design
at Nickelodeon in Manhattan.
Lisa feels truly lucky to return to the Eisner Camp
community and views it as the ultimate kehilah kedoshah
(holy community). She is counting down the days to meet
the campers and staff for summer 08!
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Greg has a twelve-year history
with Eisner Camp as a camper, counselor and head Song
Leader
Most recently, Greg worked as the Manager of Finance
and Administration for Digital Media Association (DiMA),
an advocacy group for digital music issues. Greg
spent the summer of 2006 at Wilshire Boulevard Temple
Camps in Malibu, California. He has been involved
in such projects as producing an all Hanukkah-themed
radio station for the eight nights of Hanukkah on XM
Satellite Radio and spent five years as the Senior Youth
Advisor for Temple Sinai in Washington, D.C. He
holds a B.A. from American University with a dual major
in Music and Communications.
Greg enjoys playing the guitar, and is passionate
about many types of music.
Greg is extremely excited to be back at camp and is
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Corey Cutler
Director of Development
Northeast Camp Institute
CCutler@urj.org |
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Following a successful 15-year career in public relations and investor relations, Corey returns to URJ Camping as the Director of Development for Eisner and Crane Lake Camps. Corey is responsible for fundraising efforts that will help Camp meet its aspirations. Prior to joining the organization full time, Corey was a member of the Camp Commission. Over the past two years, Corey has been actively involved in non-profit management and fundraising, mostly for a 9/11-related charity, World Cares Center, Inc. Corey successfully helped World Cares Center raise nearly $2 million over the past two years, and currently sits on its Board of Directors.
Corey holds a Bachelors Degree from the State University of New York at Albany. He enjoys traveling, bike riding, swimming, the New York Mets and music of all types. Most of all, he enjoys spending time with his 7-year old daughter, who is now an Eisner camper too! A member of Temple
Sharey Tefilo-Israel, Corey resides in Short Hills,
NJ at present. |
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Nitin Rajora is the Crane Lake Camp Registrar. He had
been working at Crane Lake for the previous 9 summers as
the Webmaster. Nitin joined the full-time staff of
Crane Lake in February of 2005 as the Registrar.
Nitin was born and raised in New Delhi, India. He
completed his undergraduate studies with a degree in
Computer Science and his graduate studies in Web
Designing & Web Development.
In his free time, Nitin enjoys computer games,
programming and his kind of music.
He currently resides in New Jersey.
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Farrah Mitchell
Registrar
Eisner Camp
Fmitchell@urj.org
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Farrah is the new Registrar for
Eisner Camp. She was born in Los Angeles, CA.
She has been residing in New Jersey for three years.
She is very excited about camp this year!
She has completed her undergraduate with a degree in
Business Administration.
In her free time, she enjoys golf, traveling and
horseback riding.
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