JM in the AM 7 15 15 Camp HASC 2015

[Music] [Applause] [Music] a [Music] me [Music] [Applause] me [Music] sh [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] be [Music] my [Music] oh [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] left [Music] [Applause] m [Music] Che be be in in [Music] [Applause] [Music] for [Music] [Applause] and JM and the am on this Wednesday morning proudly proclaims that we are at Camp has let's hear it everybody there you go as usual a wonderful spirited crowd greeting us here at Camp has we are Outdoors on this beautiful campus and having an absolutely wonderful time already here at campas I can't let you in on all the wonderful things we did before the show but you'll be able to listen for the next three hours and hear how incredible things are at Camp Hask during the show now a couple of things first of all first shout out right away a shout out to mih the incredible group of mih Rabbi Michelle tells me Reb Judah says that this is one of the most unique unique and incredible groups in Camp Hask history they make it happen and they really helped make this radio show happen um not sure about the weather and all those different things all those different factors and they made sure to get us set up properly here today so I thank them uh it's great to be back here at Hask a lot of people have different expressions and phrases and nicknames that they use for this incredible Place uh heaven on Earth you've heard that uh you've heard the Hask referred to as the first place that Messiah will come to and people who say that say it seriously uh you've heard people say it's the happiest place on Earth anybody here think HK is a happy place look at this a very enthusiastic group says that in fact it is a very happy place uh Rabbi Judah Michelle or Reb Juda as he's known during the summer and probably during the year as well is the executive director of Camp Hask he's been on our program many many times and he essentially is our host and our co-host here as the radio show goes for this J in the AM Wednesday rib Judah let have a nice round of applause for rib Judah come on come on everybody oh longer than that let's keep going keep going with a great Round of Applause never ending my gosh R Jud this can go on for hours it seems how are you good morning welcome welcome welcome back thank you very much H everyone's so enthusiastic when you get introduced I'm jealous I'm jealous of the way they react to you my gosh incredible how do you have so many feds R Judah what's the secret we give out stuff that's it's all about the swag that's it and they think I decide when we what we have for dessert around there so as long as you keep that impression going you're going to be the hero of campass ice cream unbelievable anyway I hold in my hand look at this ZK with our video camera I hold in my hand The Unofficial I think we have to say this is unofficial right The Unofficial has calendar it doesn't have all the surprises ah so this is unofficial but it is in fact the uh the publicly released H calendar for 2015 with all the great activities and all the different wonderful days that are going on here at Hask to make things exciting and uh and fantastic for all the campers lot of great things on it in fact I was uh informed when I got to Camp that I missed an incredible Sunday when it was Harry Potter day did you guys have a good time on Harry Potter Day Harry Potter and Rib Judah getting tremendous rounds of Applause so far uh then it says here that Monday night was Sports night was there a sports night here Monday night how did that work out was that good great URI Butler gave me the thumbs up he says that the sports night was incredible look at this we have other campers also giving the thumbs up so they obviously liked it on since we're doing this on Tuesday afternoon are they aware of the fact is it up here are you guys aware of the fact that there'll be a Candy Land tonight yeah are you cheering for the programming here at Hask or are you cheering for the candy which one I don't know I have a feeling you're Che ear program to to mention to any dentists out there who would like to sponsor dentists are back Candy Land next summer well they're back in the city just waiting for these campers to get back sponsor it we could have Candy Land but the the fear is if it dentist sponsors Candy Land it'll all be like sugar-free candy and that would ruin everything with Judah obviously um you know I met so many people already I I saw Tamar lansman she's here she gets a special shout out I saw Gabe Rose was it Gabe Gabe was here Gabe Rosenfeld I saw him earlier I saw Kanan strasman who revealed to me listen to this you ready for this 10 years he's at campas rip Judah didn't you think at some point he'd have enough of this place come on around here for some of the head staff 10 years he still the new guy he's a rookie huh yeah oh there he is there's Kanan he said to me and he he alluded to what you just said that 10 is nothing in this place that's what he said he said 10 is practically you know ZK which microphone should Kanan pick up which one do you want him to use you want the wireless Kanan 10 years you think you're a big shot everyone here says you're a rookie Kanan strasman they're both right that's true yeah how many different positions have you held in Camp has three what are they I started off as a counselor then I was on wreck and now I'm a division head wow so which is the best job of the three counselor that's the best job the best it might be the hardest of the three you know maybe but still the best unbelievable uh and how many campers did you have in your bunk at that time I had actually four different bunks one A different one each summer despite my requesting the same one so what was the average number of campers the bunk uh every summer we had four you had four campers wow are you still in touch with some of those campers yeah a lot of them are still here really where's do and maritz hey Dove hey there we go do tell me how amazing a counselor Kanan strasman was years and years ago I need to know come on over here D here's D David how are you good welcome us to Camp pass please welcome us thanks you're welcome um um years ago more B B she has on my C my best and all Camp is doing great I love Camp Nativity is good everything is the best wow doing a nice boy we like him the cams likes all the camers you like the counselors all the is very good with helpy in the camp to one with it but that Kanan is really amazing isn't he yeah yeah he's amazing thank you so much everything Kanan dominating the analysis here thank you very much thank you very much all right who else do we have here rud is calling up somebody else here in the early part of our show who is this thank you is this Lea yes how are you Lea come Le are you the Lea we always hear about you're the famous leapa the original this is the original this is the original that's right that guy leaper schmeltzer well he's he's on his coattails he's trying to he's trying to get a bump off of his radio that's what's happening he's looking for some PR he how are you I have a good news you good news what is it what's the good news I me the oldest con I saw you on the stage wait a second you've been to every has concert yes I show you it on stage were you at the one this past January yes what was your favorite part of that concert I like the most singers I like the most most of the singers you like me too I like most of the singers J what you think most of them were good best I really get myself in trouble if I start playing you like you can tell us who you like the best what would like the the best singer world the best singer in the entire world you know we only have a three was the best singer in the enti I tell you I to tell you you not believe you excuse me I not believe you I tell was it was all right no no no yeah there you go four very high quality Lup that's a lineup four very high quality act cited as the best to ever appear on the H you know we've had crowds in the past but my gosh we're at the early part of the show in this place this is building like crazy oh look at this shout out to day camp and daycare Hey Day Camp welcome Day Camp well rip Judah I thought it would take a couple of hours before this gentleman would agree to come on the air with us I thought we'd have to really entice him and beg him to appear on the radio with us but look at this just a few minutes into the show are we on the air yeah we're on the air already oh no wait he's we're going about to go on the air save you for later start it up right now what should we do let's start it up right now what do you think ladies and gentlemen are you ready are you ready for a big ladies and gentlemen welcome to Camp House you guys all right can I say something else for those of you who don't recognize the voice that's a legendary iuri Butler there he is so URI how are you sir thank God man isn't it great man that I'm back man here in campas man yes buddy isn't it wonderful buddy that a back here Cass buddy yeah yeah yeah well I love my counselors and wait wait wait what are you counsel's names this we have doy we have uh Sion we have Jeremy uh where's a time oh oh he's off today yeah yeah yeah he's off did he know that we were showing up at the show no otherwise he wouldn't have taken a day off Weir holy cow imagine that you know I think the ybc is going to come for real and the she Voice Choir going to be in the campass this summer oh are they planning on being here this summer Juda is not giving I should say yeah so that's what I mean so yeah go ahead I'm sorry when is has 28 coming out that's a very good question can you tell me please I wish I knew myself you know I'm usually the last to know iie you usually tell me ask news uhuh I'm usually the last guy to know hold onm you guys having a great summer me too that's good but what else should I say I don't know you know we thought you had a writer already isn't there somebody who does your writing for you let's see I like rbu Michelle all right I like the hatu Hat nice remember the days when remember the days when you were part of the hsala crew yes yeah those were the days yeah I like I like that my friend uh yonathan scar yes yonathan scar he a great man thank you Jonathan yes so what do I say now we could do three hours of shout out we could do we could do we could just walk around and tell everybody's name and as far as we're concerned that's what we do here anything else you want to tell us go ahead sir well I like I like kesy Ruben yes what is keski ruin doing cam well he's just keski ruin is my Kusa he a bunk M of division M very nice and from brookly we are fine wonderful guy all right tell you something I love J Michelle that's great thank you the guy knows how to hold on to that micophone J Michelle what is why was he going to come here yeah judelle don't put me on the spot or anything like that when was the last time they were here well a few years ago who was the most recent Jewish music performer to be here well Ellie gersner when it's by after visiting day he was here on we are where our thoughts are where our Maas are that's where we are transported so Ellie gersner is here like right now at the moment can currently as H 28 is taking one second one second but was there was there musical entertainment here Yuda green was here yeah we had David Z playing with Yehuda green Bor played with uscle Mishi came they were all here visiting they no we this past couple weeks we have an unbelievable in-house band Jewish music plays a very important role in the summer program here that's for sure listen when is H 29 going to start I don't know do you know the date for H question do you know someone told me it's January 10th is that true or not is it January 10th guys sa the whenever the date is is save that date exactly save that date I know save that date okay L Butler ladies I want to tell you L you're in the man I'm the man thank youo I appreciate 45 it's the C by nakas you know that what happened nakas is coming here oh when's nakas coming here uh 4:15 in the gym 4:15 today yeah holy cow R Judah rubers spread very quickly yeah exactly he is rubers spread very quickly OB is the best bada boom okay well we had a great session withler thank you huray amazing that man he's incredible how many years you think he's been in HK a while huh it's been a few Summers uh we're live at cab Hask everybody with wonderful hosts as usual uh if you're uh if you're at the website check out or if you're on the web rather check out nig.com the video is up and you can see everything that's been going on here uh so far and everything that's to come and R Juda Michelle is going to continue with us uh here at JM in the am so it's a Wednesday morning we're taking a break from everything that's going on in this world there's a lot of things happening deals with Iran and all this stuff that's dominating the news we're breaking for a Wednesday show here to um enjoy some of the wonderful people up at campas and report to you from this amazing place we'll do something from the maab beats and come back with more this is a JM in the AM Wednesday and you're listening to 91.1 FM 90.1 FM in the cat skills Rockland County at 91.9 on the FM dial and around the world in the web JM and the am.org [Music] your [Music] the [Music] the [Music] for [Laughter] [Music] n n n n n n [Music] h [Music] give [Music] with [Applause] live JM in the am with the makab that's Al Wednesday morning we are at Camp Hask on a Tuesday afternoon as usual the weather's holding up for us imagine that um here we are in the uh beautiful campus everybody here at Camp has greeting us so nicely did everybody give a nice greeting to ZK did everybody say hi to Z ZK behind the camera come on let's hear it for ZK behind the camera doing a remarkable job as usual how can we hit the road at JM without ZK hey Tamar lansman is here could you imagine I'm walking through camp with the beautiful Stacy seagull and we stumble upon the Fantastic Tamar lansman of tneck New Jersey how are you Tamar good thank God good to be here how many years have you been at HK this is my second summer here all right second Year how's it going so far amazing the summer of 2015 will go down as one of the great ones you're saying most definitely that's great now you have a camper to your right am I correct I do who is this this is Esther balova yeah Esther how are you yeah fine how's tomorrow's a counselor uh tomorrow uh tomorrow's great tomorrow's amazing that's funny we also think tomorrow's great and amazing I know isn't that incredible yeah what's your favorite part of Camp Hask uh I love swimming and I did walking uh any other things you enjoy here maybe yeah yeah you like roller skating yeah M skating yeah uh bike riding uh B they have all those activities here all of that yeah my gosh boy oh boy um how many years have you been here Esther uh uh well weeks that's it yeah have you been here before yeah uh yeah a lot of Summers or just one a lot long time yeah one time boy so you've seen H grow into an unbelievable Camp huh yeah a lot of people here now huh yeah do there certainly are uh where do you live Esther uh Brooklyn I New York do you want to go back to Brooklyn already or you want to stay here for a while maybe I see we you want to stay in HK the whole year WR yes Tamar you have plans to stay here the entire year the entire year eser I do the whole year oh yeah yeah she wants to spend the entire year at H should we stay together okay yeah yeah how does it work for someone like you tomorrow are you with the same campers the entire summer cuz I know that there's some that come to camp for a couple of weeks and others who are on different schedules do you have the same campers the whole summer there's a bunk in my division in the ADM division the oldest one it's rotating apps some campers stay for two weeks and and leave but um most of the campers and have stay the entire summer right so I know it's your second year but what was your first impression when you got here the first time last year in the beginning I it was it was very confusing I I didn't know the ropes but thank God I had the veteran counselors with me and they showed me um how to do everything and that's what inspired me to come back and teach the rookie counselors the ropes oh so you ready could teach huh well it's very nice what what have been some of the highlights here so far this summer we hear there's something they're saying new here every single day they claim every single day there's excitement here every single day all the time never a dull moment in has what were some of the highlights anything that struck your fancy that was really something that the kids enjoyed tremendously Esther what was your your favorite thing uh my uh uh my uh favorite thing uh dancing dancing yeah you like the concerts I did a concert Who was the who was here for your concert Esther I mean yes uhi uh yakob schy was here yeah all right boy you guys keep all the good acts a secret I'll tell you yeah was he here what was Yaky here a couple of nights ago yeah any anybody else who you enjoyed LaVine here yeah me here yeah and Uncle Mishi Uncle MOSI yeah yeah we love the concert I heard jakoby was here dressed up as bar LaVine that's what I was told is that what happened well let's hear it for Tamar lansman and Esther balova everybody a wonderful counselor and camper combination thank you ladies thank you thank you very much we're here at Camp Hask as we broadcast from what I consider to be the uh the center to campus I don't think geographically it is but it seems to to be the center of all the activity here why you doing and we always have a wonderful time when we visit here um do we have more we have more people stopping by we have Gabriella Gabriella and uh fige am I right is it Gabriella LaVine LaVine Gabriella LaVine I mean LaVine and fige buckety buety is that correct wow can't believe I got that welcome ladies how are you good how are you Gabriella where are you from Woodmere all right a shout out for Woodmere Woodmere has sent their best to work at Camp Hask this summer is that true by the way are there more people from Woodmere here or just you there are more loads very really there's that many huh yeah very nice uh so the five towns Community contributes greatly to the campas experience how many years have you been here this is my second and how's it going so far it's really great I can't complain and do you have the same uh campers for the entire summer no last summer I was a rotator and this summer I'm a counselor all right and how is gu how is uh feige so far is she a good camper she's amazing she's an amazing camper figy do you hear this you're being called an amazing camper look at you you're blushing practically from all these compliments from your counselor what's your F where are you from by the way Brooklyn Brooklyn New York and what's your uh favorite part of Camp everything M there's got to be one or two things that you like most no I love everything is there one thing that you really really love what's your favorite that if you were trying to convince somebody to come to Camp askk you'd say you know you got to come here because of this what would it be I love swimming and art there you go anybody who heads the swimming and art Department you just got a tremendous shout out from FY I can tell you that much uh I assume you get a tremendous amount of cooperation from all the different department heads like swimming and art and all these different uh they help out the counselors I guess or you help them in terms of getting the activities done it can't be the easiest thing right it's definitely not the easiest thing but it's the most worthwhile like participating with your campers very nice well it's great to see you guys continue to have a wonderful summer and thanks for joining us today thank you so much that's Gabriella LaVine and fige uh buety from Brooklyn New York we're meeting some amazing counselors and campers we're at Camp Hask everybody an amazing visit because it's always an amazing visit keep it here at JM and the am as we continue with our 3 weeks format and continue on a Wednesday morning from [Music] camp [Music] [Applause] [Music] is [Music] Isel [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] Isel [Music] she [Music] [Applause] [Music] Israel [Applause] [Music] all right that's 6113 we're live at campas actually we're uh here on a Tuesday at campas with you're hearing it Wednesday morning so a couple of things first of all Miriam Wallock has to be on the air for this story get her a microphone for a second uh Miriam Wall's here general manager the knam seal Network Jamie turquel whose name used to be Jamie Roar is here she's taking care of all of our social media I introduce ZK you met ZK right did you meet him M you didn't meet him after this interview to make sure to go over and say hi and um where is Miriam to your left so listen to this a gentleman named Yoni Shear you probably also know his parents from Camp Marosa from hundred years ago but anyway uh yon David and Bonnie you don't know you know you and I are not the same age I know very funny uh I know I'm 100 years old but anyway um so he came over and mentioned that he's Bonnie and David's son nice guy I remembered a sheer family from years ago such nice people um so he says that they had what day was superhero day guys what day was was there a superhero day yet it when was it the 10th so he goes over to his camper AR La what's AR's last name he goes over to AR La what's his last name gine he goes over to AR and says who's your favorite superhero and AR La says Rabbi Judah Michelle n seagull shoot I'm gonna lose my job for not R I gotta give him someone give him a special gift did we bring along did we bring along anything here course I did he gets a special gift anyway I knew that story would drive for nuts uh I want to say hi to uh Neil Bodner Neil bodner's here at campass where's Neil probably busy working knowing about Neil I saw Neil earlier hey N Fast came over n fast is here this summer all right we love the fast family we've been talking a lot about her father over the last couple of days uh who else did I want to say hi to Jeremy Strauss I'm told is tuned into the show want to say hi to Jeremy he's in Israel right now he's tuned into the show we want to say hi to him Jeremy's nephew introduced himself to me earlier what was his first name do Gabe Rosen no yeah gab's his nephew what no Elliot's son was who oh T thank you T Strauss where's T hey there he is T Strauss I knew his father and his father looked exactly like T my gosh every time I show up here of Judah I get older and older how does that happen like that I'd like to know anyway we have guests I know I know I got to stop focusing on on my past and get to our special guests first of all Shi zamic is here talk about a JM and the am family member here she is Shi zic how many years are you here already five years oh my God good morning sh good morning good morning you're one of the few people who play along with the good morning routine cuz you get you get what we're doing here good morning so you're here 5 years yeah what's your job this summer I'm the communications coordinator wow that sounds important we could use a Communications coordinator someone hire me one immediately uh so what do you what do you do here on a daily basis what do you what's the what's the focus of your work here at Camp I do a lot of things I can imagine um I answer phones I communicate with parents and staff members and a lot of other things parents must uh well how do I put this let's see cuz a lot of parents in general are very concerned about their kids and summer camp you can imagine and uh for a lot of parents in situations that um that uh that they're in they you know for the they may be say they may be saying goodbye to their kids for the very first time for a summer you may be speaking to a lot of first-time parents with the has nervous parents but we we reassure them and they're doing great their kids are doing great here all right bar by the way so your parents recently they're doing great so I can give you that report uh with us as well we've got the Yakov Bertram where's Yakov hey there Yakov and we've got roony gotle of Edison New Jersey how are you Rony good are how things down in Edison good now someone told me that Yakov Bertram participated in the camp marathon is that accurate true that is true when was this Camp Marathon a few days ago what' you have to do during the marathon you have to run until the Finish Line M how far is that finish line from the starting line if you tell me a couple of feet I'd like to participate really really far away very far away was it a lot of fun yeah did you think cuz it was such a long run did you think oh my gosh I may not finish this thing yeah and what happened you persevered huh yep you made it you did it let's hear it everybody let's hear it for yako how many campers finished the task Marathon do we know a lot of them did oh he's calculating how many years he's done it four years you've been doing the marathon now for four years amazing roony this is your camper yeah how did he prepare for the marathon what was the rigorous preparation like kept on running kept he kept on running did you have to supervise a special diet did he stay away from the uh you from the growth hormone and all that other stuff that you're not supposed to take of course yeah don't worry roon is much better than than than me oh Ron's a better Runner than you are yeah don't worry you can see him I promise all right very nice well to both of you I say thank you and congratulations yako Bertram and Rony gly let's he at everybody thank you thank you very much thank you anybody want to say hi to Rony um I guess my family at home knowing your neighborhood you probably have every person you know listening to this show I would bet yeah they're addicted to it in Ed they just keep listening they wish we were on for four hours a day 100% isn't that unbelievable M yeah well from their mouth the God's ears thank you so much for joining us thank you oh no we're going to be speaking to one of the miers it's goingon to have to be a two miers have to very it's going to have to be a very quick conversation you know why because they're so busy doing things around Camp they probably don't have more than 60 or maybe 90 seconds to spend with us I would bet Isaac is coell and mih where's Isaac right here where you from uh Five Towns all right s five Town's getting a lot of recognition here today here at campass where's Joe nitani what's up guys how are you Joe awesome is your first time on radio yeah it is what is your job here in Camp I'm supposed to be a counselor he's supposedly a counselor what is your division net thinking at do they agree with you or not let's not ask him all right um uh where are you from by the way Joe Great Neck Great Neck New York a teed for Great Neck does Great Neck send a lot of great staff members to C askk or not are you the only one I don't think they're going to hire anyone else what's they experienced you huh oh boy all right so MI stands for make it happen Isaac Rosen make iten what are some of the things you've made happen today um what are some of the things you were involved with today I'm really it's mainly it's mainly col and then in the afternoon take care of like a day camper so and that's job yeah and how's that going so far it's great this is my this is my third year here very nice how many people are in the co here uh six very nice one one of them is is real Bo he's like the RO Cola wow where is he he's he's hiding in BO this's a unique way of calling him I say very nice so uh coell half the day mih the other half dealing with the day dealing with the day campers when necessary sounds like you're a jack of all trade Mr Rosen uh not really I just fell into this position really interesting are you enjoying the campus so far I love it uh I I was doing an internship before and I I couldn't I couldn't hold back so I had to get back you mean an internship like in an office or something like that yeah yeah yeah yeah something like that you thought you'd enjoy that more than being at campas parents parents oh boy hope they're not listening Joan Nani how's it going so far as a counselor love it your reputation is amazing you see what people say about you they're probably lying is this your camper over here yeah razil say hi hi how's it going so far ril tell me how it's going good you're enjoying the summer yeah is Joe a good counselor yeah whoa that's one enthusiastic uh approbation to say the least uh Joe is this your first year here second second year yeah wow you came last year they decided you should come back and you said you should come back they made two mistakes amazing I'll tell you uh and what what forget about the campers what's your favorite day of the camp camping season so far favorite day so far yeah your favorite day so far like maybe the day when the world's most popular Jewish radio show came to Camp would that be the day Joe you you want that you want that's answer exact seagull came there you made my day there you go teach him my name and then we'll move on so Joe says the number one day in Camp so far what's today 13th 14th what's today something like that so far with all these days that have happened in Camp has the number one day is the day that in the AM showed up to cab pass unbelievable not a question not a question unbelievable uh Joe continued good luck what's your Camper's name over here say hi ril ril Dr Benji Epstein Son thank you rosil you have an amazing father do you know that rosil we're going to meet him again later on man's incredible thank you folks wow I feel like I've done a whole three-hour show in the first hour holy cow meeting all the great people at ask what an incredible experience oh by the way camp director mosha Levan was here earlier he had to leave but he is somebody who prides himself on being the um camp director and anybody who's familiar with Camp Hask knows what that inside joke is all about um I'm told that Kila and Malia are here are they both here yeah uh this is this is uh who's who you are I'm Malia Malia how are you is it gladder yes Malia gladder of T Neck New Jersey let's hear it for Bergen County everybody why does tck send so many amazing people to campas each year I'd like to know what is it about Tek that they feel that a kinship to Camp pass you know the answer to that it's just terrific I don't know so T has terrific people and terrific people end up going to Camp pass that's the way it is that's how it works how many years have you been here I've been here two years and how's it going so far amazing this is the most incredible summer ever most incredible fantastic every day day after day I mean it's hard but it's amazing worth it how how many campers do you have um I have three campers how are they doing so far this summer they're good ask Kyla Kyla is it Nadler yeah Kyla Nadler lives where where do you live during the year Brooklyn in Brooklyn New York K Kila Nadler is here everybody and she's saying hi to all of us yes we could have a nice round of applause for Kyla come on Kyla have you had any favorite days in Camp so far um the day that the radio guy showed up was that a good one I'll give you that as an answer excuse me I'll give you that an answer you going to give me another answer but but I like that answer all right what answer do you have for me go ahead I have shabus oh shabus beats out the visit of J and the am for good reason what is shabus like here in Camp has Kyla amazing what do you do what do you do on shabus weo on sh Lane right yeah and we do you have shabas parties yeah very nice and we do yako birthday parties hey yeah birthday parties also shabas parties and birthday parties anything else well just this week I understand yeah that's what I figured you can't have birthdays all the time yeah let me ask you a question are there a lot of ziros here on shabus mhm how many minutes of ziros are there on chabas at Camp it just keeps going on and on those counselors can't stop singing can they they love singing they love singing and the campers get into it y what's your favorite chabas song do you have one not really not one favorite huh I'm also a little bit SC I'm a little bit I'm also thinking about my favorite chabas I have like a bunch tied for first you know what I mean you're in the same type of situation huh yeah I know what you mean it's hard to choose a favorite shabas song but I don't mean to get sidetracked uh Malia uh anybody want to say hi to out there in tck New Jersey cuz I'm told that Teck listens to this show all three hours all 5 days a week that's what I'm told I'll say hi to my family all right hey guys the glads the glads all right good people amazing they miss you a lot I hope so did you write to them no you don't write at all no emails anything once in a while my day off I see them there you go good enough let's hear it from Maia and KY everybody thank you wow Judah told me I'd be meeting some incredible people this uh this uh year here at campas but boy unbelievable all right let's do this from Le toar and then we'll continue with more coming up we are at Camp Hask on it Tuesday you're listening Wednesday morning taking a break from everything happening in this world to visit the happiest place on Earth and that's Camp has at JM in the [Music] AM 1 2 3 4 [Laughter] [Music] the [Music] B [Music] has [Music] for together la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la [Laughter] la [Music] oh your L tahar does that selection entitled B three weeks Acappella here at JM in the AM we are at Hask we're at the uh amazing cab Hask or by Obby poik is here he's going to join us later I'm told that David low is here he gets a shout out I'm told that Miriam Golding I saw Miriam earlier Miriam Golding is here lot of wonderful people here in this uh incredible Camp the division heads to the rayim division are here before we introduce them I want to wish a happy birthday to Yakov katson happy birthday Yakov I am told these are the two best division heads in the entire Camp that's what um Rabbi poock and Dr y told me that these are the two best Division I love getting them in trouble these are the two best division heads in the entire Camp p t Weiss is here T welcome to the show thank you where are you from Staten Island originally Staten Island New York all right let's here for Staten Island and mikal is it parat zipman it is how are you thank God how are you where are you from n Daniel oh that that Trump Staten Island are you kidding and the five towns and tank and you know the ports yes you know Dr Port I do and our name last names are similar so we often people often Mix us up oh that's right that's funny I'm trying to think do we know anybody else in the B Danielle quickly come on we got to play Jewish geography of where it has do we know anybody else in the B Danelle or that's it who who do we know yes the her horns is K snow in the v Danielle no he's in where is he I think he is in the B Danielle if I'm not mistaken who is it snow in the you know my aunt and uncle who's that a Fryman in Earth that's your aunt and uncle aunt and uncle I just ding with them this past shice you know they're amazing people I know they're your neighbors you know they're incredible yes they're wonderful folks to I apologize dominating conversation we can't compete with she has an incredible aunt and uncle what can I tell you did you see them when they were in Israel yes how do you like that I guessed and I was right anyway how many years have you been in Camp hasv wise this is my first summer fourth fourth summer wow the first three were so amazing you decided to come back couldn't stay away had to come back it's incredible to me how many people come back year after year after year mik how many years for you I feel very old right now uh 15 how many a lot 15 years the only people that would that have longer stretches at Camp pass than you would probably be a handful right or am I wrong are there a lot there's a lot of good people that are there a lot that are more than 15 years quite a few a nice handful which was the best summer of all those 15 every summer gets better and better no there's nothing better than counselor summer those are the best huh yeah how many years have you been in the um this is my 10th year as a division wow I'll tell you what does the raym division mean what what is it an age group is it a section of Camp what does it mean so it's a little bit different for the boys campus and the girls campus I'll let M take the girls campus on the boys campus uh it's specifically for kids with autism wow yeah um it's pretty it's pretty exciting Division I mean we have I think 55 Campers or so um all with some type of diagnosis of either autism or some type of Behavioral disorder uh but it's really it's an amazing an amazing division um it's very exciting very fun Division and we have the best counselors all right at the risk of asking questions I shouldn't ask I'll ask anyway because of a what sounds like a special program for children with autism uh is there special training or different orientation that your counselors go through as compared to other people here at Hask um yeah I mean I think for everyone here at Hask we have a really comprehensive training program but I think for the autism program you need like another you know specialization training uh when it comes to autism so we train the counselors in what autism means and how to work withs with autism um for modification and we have a little bit of enhanced training to be able to deal with those those behaviors and do you have any special training in this area or it's something that you were able to acclimate to as you worked in this environment um it's mostly most of my training actually came from here um I started here on the behavior team I'm working with the kids with autism and then transitioned into the division head role um you know fusing that behavior training that I have into uh into this role wow you have a lot of rookie counselors working for you or not uh yeah I have a bunch of rookie counselors um all amazing counselors over here I see some of them right over here they're great counselors great guys none of them wanted to go home um you never you never know we'll see maybe some of them do some of them may have changed their mind some have we we're tried to keep them here try to you know slash the tires or so least nah you wouldn't do anything like that uh and then uh mikal 15 years my gosh tell me about Ray on girls campus um Ray on girls campus is an age it's not necessarily um uh division with only tell age that would Ser my youngest campers are 14 and my oldest are 21 so we're the teenage we're the teenage division right so we know what uh we know what teenage years mean yes right it's a dynamic it a certain personality uh collectively in the not just the Jewish world but in the world in general like that in Camp yes teenage girls are never boring um and teenage girls in campas are also never boring they're Dynamic they're fun they're constantly evolving and changing and uh we get to evolve and change with them as they grow older we get to we get them when they're 14 so when H your counselors could turn to a camper and say you're B like a team and they'd be actur I hope they don't say that but yes they could say that our our teenage campers act like teenagers unbeli and how many how many campers are in each one of these divisions they have a lot more we have 55 campers Manara yeah I have 40 a lot more you that's that's a significant a very significant number it's a significant 40 teenage girls is a lot so yeah but it's not yeah but 55 40 to me it sounds like you know a large group that has to be taken care of simple as that what's been the highlight of the summer so far besides our visit for me every summer it's really working with the counselors I mean I obviously love our campers you know to no end but being able to see the the best of the best here come back and work every summer and being able to you know help Empower them and really grow into this role that's the best part for me rip Juda explain to me off the air why has continues to get the best of all the counselors out there and you would agree that in terms watching them in action you're dealing with the greatest no question I mean to even think to come here for the summer you really have to be special person so amazing Weiss and mik Pat zipman let's hear it everybody come on a real Round of Applause these are division heads after all come on these are division heads come on longer more they deserve it we have 19 years at Camp Hask collectively between these two come on let's hear it for these two thank you very much for joining us uh division heads at Camp Hask amazing uh an incredible first hour wouldn't you agree wouldn't all of our listeners agree an incredible first hour at America's one and only Jewish moments in the morning radio program heard on listen to sponsor WFMU East Orange W mfu Mount Hope Rockland County at 91.9 in the FM dial round the world in the web JM m.org hour number two from HK and two other amazing counselors I am told are here in fact rumor has it I'm not as firm with this rumor as I was with the division head rumor but rumor has it that poock and drish have proclaimed that Josh Freeman and Rifka goldm are in fact the best counselors at Camp has this year how do you like that that's what I've been R po R poic is about to escort me to the gate of K and ask me to leave with all these rumors that I'm spreading Josh where you from West Hemstead New York West Hemstead come on how come there's so many wonderful people in West tempestad tell me what is it about the neighborhood over there I don't know well we have we have an awesome Rabbi Rabbi kelmer he's he's amazing incred man really incredible man has he ever visited Hask HK yeah has he ever visited here I've never visited here before no has he he the rabbi I'm not sure I don't know I'd like you to arrange with Judah because R cmer is an amazing man he should come visit ask one day sounds good I don't know we gotta ja's from West H let's invite him now yes we're gonna invite him on the air tell him to make a day of it this summer at Camp ask uh isn't it a wonderful feeling when great rabbinic leaders show up to ask I think it's great uh giving their uh giving their impressions of their visits here it's just wonderful anyway let's you're from West Hemstead and uh you the counselor of how many campers uh four campers how are they doing they are excellent remember when I spread this rumor that you're the best counselor in Camp that was a poll taken of those four campers they were the ones who said that you were the best counselor here rifa where are you from Chicago Chicago Illinois come on everybody who doesn't love Chicago you don't love Chicago someone admitting they don't love Chicago you love Chicago I bet yeah it's great um how's uh are there other people from Chicago here have there been people in the past from Chicago how do you learn about how incredible the camp has experience is um this year I'm one of 10 or 11 I think from Chicago if not more but there's always been a few of us that very nice I'll tell you how many campers do you have four how are they doing so far thank God great they may also be the ones who voted for you I'm told as best counselor in the entire Camp how do you like that that must be it must be a good feeling for you to know that you have campers who think so highly of you yeah it's great it's great is right uh boy you got some campers here who are cheering on um so uh and how many years have you been here this is the second sum it's my third summer this your third summer already you just keep coming back for more and more never going to leave what is it that makes someone come back so often year after year um the smiles on all the campers faces always having a good time what was visiting day like by the way did the parents have Smiles on their faces yeah they did they were happy the way things were going we hope so they gave you a seal of approval yeah did you update them and tell them how unbelievably their kids have been doing during these first couple of weeks of course kids are always great you gave them great reports some of the kids made progress I'm sure in certain areas right yeah they must have been thrilled how about you Josh did you speak to the parents and give them a an update on what's been happening with their kids yeah so um visiting day actually is it's next week I think um so but we've been in touch with the parents you know um all the time so yeah wait there's been no formal visiting day here yet can you imagine I just assume that visiting day was already according to my producer of this great show the 19th of July is visiting day you ready for it yep there it is there it is the 19th of July you guys ready for visiting day yeah I think that's this Sunday by the way yeah if I'm not mistaken okay so you'll see the parents you give them updates and you'll make them feel good about their kids and Rifka thank you for making me look good by making believe that last week was visiting appreciate that amazing this lady all the Chicago people treat me nicely I love it uh Josh Freeman and rifa goldm everybody let's hear it thank you very much continued good luck this summer all right we'll start hour number two keep rolling here from campas what an incredible and amazing visit so far more coming up here's Yehuda Solomon JM and the [Music] am [Music] as I love [Music] I see he [Music] [Applause] [Music] he [Laughter] you [Music] by new is the [Music] way [Music] [Applause] [Music] the [Music] yes [Music] [Applause] [Music] sh [Music] yes [Music] we are at Camp Hask let's have a nice round of applause come on you know some people call Camp Hask the happiest place on Earth and I'm told that two of the people that are responsible for being the happiest place on Earth are sitting to my right let's have a round of applause for B your wife everybody and how about a round of applause for SD Ellis [Music] why does everybody love the two of you so much I'd like to know what's going on here hi hello how are you I am good how are you what is your job here at Camp Hask what is the why why is it that you're associated with fun and games and so many wonderful things here our job in campas is to really create the camp experience for everyone here in campas that is that is our role here and how well you do it I'm told you do it very well thank you you you got it what is your direct responsibility what do you do on a regular basis um we have we have a few different Realms in which we work the first one is we program for everyone who's older above 21 we do their daily programming so we do they go to Camp all day long they don't go to school and we program for them from after breakfast until dinner we have program for them all day long they do things like art and cooking and nature and things like so you are the camp program director when the campers are on their way to swimming music uh a game of basketball roller skating we heard about earlier and all these different things you are the ones responsible for that yeah no wonder everybody likes you so much my gosh yeah we get a chance to also program for all of camp this how everyone knows us is cu on non-academic days this is really getting be funny I'll tell you I'm going to stop talking let everybody just keep cheering on for you I'll tell you that much so baa and estd are here um all right I mean is it difficult to come up with activities for everybody here at has like you know I'd say it's a lot of fun um you start off maybe with thinking of activities that you'd like and then you can think of ways that the activity can be enjoyed by everyone um and you consider different people's interests and likes you know we had superhero day on Friday that was really an opportunity for everyone to uh to dress up and get into it um and it's really just keeping that mindset for all the activities and theme days that we have um are are all these and again I don't know I don't know how to ask this question but are all these activities adaptive are they are they adjusted so that everybody can participate that that must be absolutely that must be a task in and of itself we work very hard once we create a program we work then within it to make sure that within whenever we have a food activ we have multiple different options for what the food is cuz different people yeah especially with like like and dislikes but also about dietary restrictions and we work very hard like we have a concept of having two planes for every activity where if something's happening on the ground then we always make sure to have a higher plane of it happening as in we have a table or something like that to rest it on so that everybody no matter what height they need it to be at can participate in the activity you have to think of all this stuff yeah but not only that this is something that b was telling our team yesterday but when we when we look at activities it's not just about an end goal something that you're trying to get to for the activity but rather thinking about all the steps in the process and that process being about what it's about if you think about the end it's just what's the most efficient way to get this product that's not what it's about it's about like B said opening up a container or rolling something out and it doesn't have to look like the example that's on the table but that whole sensory experience and getting to that well can you give me a good example of that like is there something you could tell us that would illustrate that for us sure do you want to talk about the r Rice Krispy treat I mean last night we had an activity where it was Sports night and we created baseballs from Rice Krispy treats and we like rolled it into we rolled marshmallow fluff and rcis Retreats into a ball and we um used pull and peel Twizzlers on the outside to like make the the red lining in a baseball yes I'm with it I'm familiar both with baseballs and Twizzlers and in that we were just I I was showing some of our staff and I was showing some of the counselors and the campers about all the different steps that are involved in there and all the different little accomplishments that you can have along the way of creating this baseball and all the different like Steps um and like watching watching camp try really really hard in any of those steps is always an amazing thing and like each step can be an activity for for someone all along the way each each step can be an activity in and of itself I wonder if any of the campers go home and propose to their parents that they should create a Rice Krispy treat baseball at home like I wonder if they if they take any of that home with them it would be a fantastic idea you spread the fun around no reason why it has to end here and their family would love it plus they would see how they're able to do it they're able to participate and and actually in that case lead an activity like that that b Weiss and SD Ellis are here responsible for activities here and really the the program here at campas which is pretty amazing um so when we think of adaptive obviously some OB some obvious things come to mind whether it be swimming which you know has its own degree or level of adaptation um but even I remember I remember being here once and seeing basketball courts that are you know with lower baskets for certain kids and basketball courts that have uh um Hoops that automatically score the basket for you that thing like this there's different that I know you've had swings and recreation equipment that's made for wheelchairs they actually put wheelchair to we have portable basketball hoop so if you can't come to the basket we bring the basket to you so you can uh make the shot score the winning uh point right so a lot of that stuff has to be thought of in advance and and you have to figure out how it could apply to everybody has this been a great summer so far it's been amazing absolutely absolutely no questions and what does that mean when you say it's been a great summer obviously part of that means your program's going well but what else does it mean for you means programs that are enjoyed by everyone you know it's not just about putting putting together the program but the program has to run smoothly and people have to be having fun along the way and uh it looks like it seems like people have really been enjoying them and enjoying the programs that's I think what's what counts people are having fun well I checked with rolic and Dr yaish and the two of you are the two most popular people in Camp how do you like that how do you like that designation huh thank you B you Weiss and SD Ellis everybody thank you thank you very much we're visiting Cabas and having a blast doing it I'll tell you that much meeting some great people wow I've seen people with fan clubs before but my gosh the two of them they've got a following not just a fan club David lower is here where's David low right over here how are you sir you look like a low how are you thank think nice to see you yeah that is a compliment trust me please send regards to your wonderful parents 100% we'll do how long have you been a counselor here at Camp has this is my second summer all right very good you liked it so much you decided to come back again oh it's the best place in the world my gosh that's great just hearing it from everybody today it's wonderful Adam stylet is here is Adam your camper Adam is my camper all right how's Adam doing so far this year thank God unbelievable Adam where are you from Lawrence in the five towns the five towns the five towns doesn't just send great counselors to Camp pass they send great campers to Camp pass how do you like that Five Towns you're getting a big shout out today Adam what's been the best day of camp so far this year meeting new friends and meeting new friends that's a good answer you get an opportunity to meet a lot of great people here that's for sure yeah uh David how's it going so far with Adam is he having a good summer oh he's having The Best Time Ever his parents actually keep telling us how happy they are to see how happy he is oh bar hasem for that you see a lot of growth and now that you're a second-year guy I could ask you this you see a lot of growth in campers not just summer to Summer but during the summer itself right 100% daily they're able to learn things that Adam is learning new things constantly daily very nice um what else can I ask you I could ask you what your favorite day of the Summer's been so far favorite day of summer no such thing as a favorite day here every single day is amazing I can tell my favorite part of campass though last summer for example um there was a a wheelbarrow typ race yeah and generally speaking kids that are confined to wheelchairs would not necessarily be able to do such a thing can imagine but the amazing thing about Camp pass is that there's no such thing as K they had like a wheelbarrow that go in front of the wheelchair you push them like that and it's the most unbelievable thing to see I'd like to know who thought of that frankly probably honestly probably B you I can imagine no wonder they're so popular here in Camp uh let's hear it for David low and Adam stiglet everybody continue having a great summer Adam treat David well I took a poll Adam said David's the best counselor in Kent how do you like that is this Atara Atara seagull and she does spell her name the right way I'm told I do like Stephen seal that's correct how is our relative Steven doing good question I don't know are you a Ley uh my husband's well that's what I meant I'm a b Coen actually how do you like that imagine that be better when mashiah comes the uh I'm told that that um Atara seagull is the wife of Rabbi Ari seagull from Los Angeles California he is my husband how do you like that all the rumors are true they are we actually first first met here that would be the sh have school right would be we actually met in Hask first the sh years ago in uh in LA right mm how are things out there in LA beautiful have they heard of Camp Hask out in La they hear of camp ask we have a lot of campers here do you have campers what we do no come on we sure do how many one two eight 10 10 10 10 campers campas from La sure uh how did Los Angeles first hear of campas how did who was the first to break through and send the camper out here to Parksville New York I'd like to know it was the campers themselves I don't know uh probably unbelievable that's pretty amazing to me you are from Pennsylvania right oh 's from Pennsylvania but URI claims to be from La that to be fromwhere that might be good enough um all right so Los Angeles is represented well here at campas you're the head lifeguard here that is true now I would think uh you know because of uh of uh campers with different backgrounds and different abilities that head lifeguard in campas is a little bit of a different job than head lifeguard in other camps am I right it is the best job not only in campas but in the World Imagine That and in the world and that means that during a typical swimming session you're obviously supervising not only a staff but campers who are doing really a variety of different things right different things and a whole bunch of different totally different things there are campers who are don't listen are have difficulty listening to any instructions outside the pool they come to the pool and you can teach toothbrushing and you could talk about walking in the pool for a camper who doesn't walk anywhere else and you could talk about having fun for a camper who doesn't really like to do anything else like now why is this does water have special powers water does that's what it is water has a special element what it is sure pretty amazing I one you like working in that job so much you see things happen that you wouldn't see outside the pool frankly exactly uh and what about all the different levels all the different um uh um abilities that campers have uh I guess each one is working to get to the next level on their on their own right exactly we have a water therapist in the pool right now today and with some campers she's working on stretching a camper who can't really Bend his elbow is working on bending his elbow and then there's another camper who is working on on on standing up straight and then there's another camper who's just working on feeling the pressure of the water and becoming calm like everybody has something to do in the water that you could do better than you could do on lands Atara seagull not to be too philosophical but for those of us who thank God are able to move our elbows at a rapid pace and can do most activities without you know even thinking twice about them what do you learn from this experience when you see someone working an entire Camp session and maybe even an entire season on just moving one elbow or trying to stretch out properly that everybody has some goal that you could work for and you need to have that goal in mind in order to be successful in life and I want to add that if one does have the ability to do these things easily they should show a great amount of appreciation for it we shouldn't take things for granted you probably see a lot of things that we shouldn't take for granted I imagine tremendous W do people recognize you outside the pool by the way or it's like teachers in a social setting they don't want to know you outside the pool how does it work with the campers over here people are constantly coming over to ask as me to open up the pool so I think I think it transfers that's how they associate you if they want to go swimming they got to they got to beg you to open things up uh how large is your staff we have an entire girls division we have every single C every single counselor is on my staff when they come to the pool every counselor works so hard right so you're not just with other lifeguards I would figure you'd need the cooperation of everybody around we have eight lifeguards but then we have every single counselor comes to the pool and works so hard in the pool and you don't have to name any names but anything we should know of the first two weeks in Camp that have been pretty miraculous because I know certain campers make incredible progress especially in the pool in a short amount of time is there anything that comes to mind when I ask you that question so I don't like to look at like the overt humongous jump but anytime we have campers who have who last year didn't come into the pool at all we have two campers this year who are in the pool constantly we have campers who um even that little elbow movement that is a huge progression for certain C for certain campers can only imagine what would you say to the young lifeguards out there that want to pursue your type of work what would you say to them come to campas um learn everything that you can because the more that you absorb about what works in the pool the more that you could take that out to every single part of your life hey does anybody here at Camp has like to swim so let's hear it for Atara seagull come on thank you Atara a pleasure meeting you well there you have it some people would probably think that swimming is not even part of the campas program and sure enough it's one of the most important parts uh in terms of what goes on here on a regular basis JM and the am it's Wednesday folks that's right Tuesday for us because we're at campas with overcast Skies but as ZK predicted those Skies will not open until this show ends it's as simple as that and sure enough we're here Outdoors enjoying the incredible campass campus uh and I want to thank everybody including Stan and our studio and ZK here and Jamie here and Miriam here and everybody who's working hard to bring you this incredible program more coming up this is JM in the [Music] [Laughter] [Music] AM [Laughter] [Music] [Laughter] la [Laughter] [Music] la [Laughter] [Music] n [Music] hold [Music] car [Applause] [Music] hold will [Music] a a and not and she high now she now [Applause] [Music] she [Music] the car hold and now she highest he [Music] H me [Music] those are the wise studs as they're known uh after by goas we're going to be speaking to two of our favorite people the people who lead even Rabbi Judah would say that they are the true leaders of campas the head counselors will we'll get to them in a moment I do want to mention Dr Dr yaish sent me regards uh to both Stacy and myself from the amazing people at mayao Shiva High School let's give May a note an incredible Round of Applause I know of at least two people who had a spectacular year this year at Maya yiva high school and drish tells me that hundreds more than just the seagulls had incredible years yeah at mayot yiva high school R Gold's words and by the way RAB goldwaser prepared this especially for our friends at campas Rabbi goldw words here is Rabbi goldwaser with morning good morning we find the fascinating comment in the very beginning of this week's paraa we read about the travels of Ben Isel Rashi says it's like a mush to a King who takes his son on a long journey to be healed on their way back the father enumerates all the stops of their Journey kosu here we slept kukaru here we caught cold here your head achd so too Hashem recounted the various stages of B Israel's Journey today we have the great privilege of being in campas it's a place where miracles happen where young people are given the special opportunity to have a summer filled with fun excitement educational programs and inspiration it's a time when we see CLA roel at its very best young people precious nefos with special challenges are encouraged to fulfill their potential they participated in activities like thousands of their typical peers while having the time of their lives there are so many touching moments the dedicated staff of men and and women impart new meaning to the words AAS Israel as they generously give of themselves heart and soul without witnessing this scene firsthand it is impossible for you and me to understand the selfless dedication of these Heroes there's no greater that we as the people can ACR during these three weeks Bim when we mourn the loss of the B mikos then to share in the unparalleled AAS Israel that is demonstrated right here in Camp such friendship kindness and unity can surely redeem us from the long Gus that our people have endured each of the campers in campas has his own personal Journey each one can recount kosan here we slept kukaru here we caught cold k here your head achd but at this point in their Journey each one can also exclaim with delight here we Rejoice here we are inspired here we feel the unqualified love of the entire staff of campas here we shine this has been RAB doid goldwaser bringing you morning kizik have a nice day JM and the am it may be Tuesday afternoon at campas but it's Wednesday morning at JMM where we suspend everything that's been happening in this world of ours that'll continue tomorrow so that we could visit campas and give you transmit over these airwav some of the incredible magic of this place um Rabbi Avi poock is the boy head counselor Dr razel yaish look at this I'm saying this as softly as possible they still get an amazing round of Dr yaish is the girls head counselor here at Camp has and I figured the best way to start this segment is to review all the different slogans that we know collectively about cames first of all good morning to both of you thank you for being here good morning thank you for having us here place where miracles happen that was where by go Watcher not bad right place where miracles happen you agree with that one right agreed lot of Miracles you've seen this over the years miracles happen at campas absolutely okay the magic of campas I saw this written on one of the posters for the big August second event that we're going to talk about so you agree that it's a magical place as well correct Miracles and Magic with you so Miracles and Magic you agree both of those are tied for you like they're both all the way up there right a place of Miracles a place of magic happiest place on Earth this is one that's really made the rounds over the years I mean there are a lot of people who refer to Camp Hask as the happiest place on Earth uh does this summer qualify as the happiest place on Earth the summer gets happier and happier as it goes along without a doubt this was a beautiful beautiful week we're in the middle of a beautiful week I think some of the bad weather at the beginning kind of put a damper on things but uh the week has continued so beautifully uh all the programs in Camp are in full gear and uh it's getting happier and happier by the day so we have Miracles magic happiness anything else you want to add there was another one that came to my mind what was it yes Dr heaven on Earth heaven on Earth that's another one heaven on Earth everybody out there you want to applaud for heaven on Earth you want to do now we've got one more there another one Rob po you bet what is that where disabilities disappear where disabilities disappear my gosh I'll tell you a lot of slogans all of them true of course Sunday August 2nd I remind everybody starting at 10:00 in the morning the magic of Camp Hask will be on display for everybody it's the Hask Experience day you can experience the happiest place on Earth go to the website experience. camph ask.org experience. camph ask.org we'll speak more about this event coming up uh that's one way visiting day as we said the parents will have an opportunity to see everybody on Sunday and check check out how their campers how their kids how their how their children have been doing all summer long and um the two of you you scour the globe all through the year you spend 10 months looking for the best people to come to Camp has looking for the best counselors the best staff and again you've had incredible success putting together an amazing staff haven't you if we are heaven on Earth then our counselors are the Angels over here the angels we are taking this as far as possible the say Elise I always ask you this question both of you have big numbers for answers Dr yish how many years here at Camp has oh me and shalamas P we were just fighting about this the other night I think was it a bitter fight or one of those friendly arguments it was getting bitter towards the end but it was friendly start um I think if if if I'm not approaching 18 then then I'm close my gosh and RAB by poock in your case how many years are we talking about as part of that fight I actually figured out my number this is my 19th summmer years already my gosh what got you into Camp Hask what was your entree into this amazing Place uh the truth is I wasn't planning on coming here my first summer I had something else lined up but Hesh baru had other plans and uh sitting in morning Seder in the Wu Bas medish uh a friend Jacob G gibber leaned over and said hey what are you doing for the summer and I said you know it's funny my plans just fell through this morning and he said I've got plans for you for this summer and uh one thing led to another and counselor I assume that yeah that was that was the plan to start in that position but to right and move on some other people had other ideas uh drish what was your entree to campas I was uh I was sitting in my high school Central High School y University High School for Girls as a 16-year-old and I heard an upper classman talking about a place where everybody who worked there was just super nice and there was there was just a lot of friendship going on so interesting that was my ENT I said I want to work in a place where everybody is just nice a certain point in high school you want that all around you sure and uh and that was it and uh it's interesting cuz AV and I both have siblings with special needs but neither that you know neither one that was our entry point maybe subconsciously I don't know but it's for me that was really a something I wanted to do I came that summer I I couldn't sleep the whole summer I was so excited about everything I saw I wanted to just be part of that how long ago were your siblings here for the first time I don't think OB yours ever was my sibling my sister uh did not come to Camp ask um she's had a lot to do with uh all sorts of special needs programs but never made it to Camp ask and uh Dr yish and my younger brother I came first sort of you know scattered things out and then so in both your cases contrary to popular opinion your siblings had nothing to do with you getting to Camp has that's hilarious you know they didn't have anything to do directly but I get the indirect thing but yeah that's right that's so funny I cannot tell you how many people right now are listening to this and they learned something they didn't know before I'm telling you all right how did different is it it it must be amazing in 2015 compared and I'm sure it was great back then but this Camp is so different than it was when you first walked in right it's very different the camp has grown in so many ways it's grown physically uh the professionalism of Camp has continues to increase year after year the professionals brought into Camp who are a part of it the facilities have grown our campers there's so many campers in Camp and coming from all different parts of the country campers of all different types um so the camp continues to grow in every direction almost year after year and now with additional divisions when necessary for different situations we've evolved our divisions uh you bet without a doubt caliber of our staff and our division heads and our professional staff is you know just super super duper and um I think for me also what's evolved personally is uh you know at being here with such a long stretch of time uh the relationships of people to Camp it's so deep for people who come here you know AV was saying before that it's it's really it's really family for them and for us at at this point the the the returning campers and their families I don't even know if we met any rookie counselors here today I'm trying to think if any of them appeared on the air yet uh they're certainly they're moving around here they're they're around but the the the first timers fit into this whole family environment are they intimidated by this family environment it does seem like a very close-knit family that you're describing like every family you know the younger siblings have the challenges sometimes uh of transitioning and getting used to things but they do very very quickly it's a really intense environment and it's a very loving place and there's a lot of emotion in the air and uh like it or not and after a couple of days of really jumping deep into the experience here they feel uh like a part of the family you know yesterday a counselor a first year counselor but a bit of a tough time transitioning at the beginning I checked in with him yesterday how's it going and he said my father called me on the phone phone we talked about what I'm doing this summer and he said I've never been prouder of you in my life and he turned to me and said this is just the best experience unbelievable uh Rabbi AI poock Dr R head counselors in campass the uh you both alluded to this already um the level of professionalism and I really can't evaluate this I wish you would but I I don't know if you're comfortable talking about it but the staff and again we can't at all demean or diminish the role of all the staff from 10 20 30 years ago but there seems to be I don't know if it's the staff orientation the training they now know what to expect compared to what staff members had 20 years ago the reputation of what summer is like here is much more wellknown now than it was back then there was a level of professionalism that you've never it's never been like this before and again not putting down any prior staff but every summer it seems to just get bigger and better in terms of the approach of the staff it's not something that I would evaluate compar compared to the Past right as the years have gone on and as the challenges that we face on a day-to-day in Camp have changed and evolved we've brought in professionals to meet needs we have dedicated speed um feeding specialists in the dining room that was not like that back then I'm not sure we had the need quite in the same intense way uh who who are there helping at every meal helping with the Adaptive feeding um our behavior and psychology team is grown tremendously and that's also a need that wasn't a a presence that wasn't back years ago and on the radio you'll hear them called all day for advice suggestions a better approach how to handle something so that that approach to the camper can then be just more refined and more positive and more On Target I think it's interesting a a a result of that is you were asking how the new counselors fit in um so with all that great professional support I always laugh when after one or two days I'll be speaking to a counselor on the road who's really one or two days will say to me well you know I really feel that my camper really needs X Y and Z you know after one or two days they they're you know kind of debating with the you know the nurse about something that they notice because there's a sense of of of knowledge and skill and pride and ownership and feeling like I can do this and I want to do this and I'm going to I'm going to advocate for my camper who after one day we get a real kick out of out of watching counselors on visiting day share suggestions with the parents you know after the after these two weeks I have some suggestions that you may want to take back after the summer might think the parents are pretty good at this by now right the parents you know laugh it off that is pretty funny uh so that professionalism meaning the the non- counselor staff is critical to making your counselors better that's really what the difference is that I'm looking for that's really what we need to emphasize if we're going to analyze this summer as compare again without comparing comparing but if we're going to look at it in relation to you know years and years ago you now have a professional sta at the side of the counselors that enhance their experience so much even I was EAS dropping on a recreation meeting last night so our Recreation team and they were they got a big round of applause here that much they awesome everybody loves them and and the way they were training their Rec staff wasn't just to make their programs more awesome and more incredible which they already are but how to help our counselors integrate their campers into the program that's what they were doing last night in their training so then our counselors are bringing that wreck program up to a different level right well you know that this audience uh is very into Jewish music and we've emphasized a million times over the years how music is such an important part of Camp uh are the concerts still the same as they were in the old days a rocking gym and the whole atmosphere that you know gets people going over here the concerts are the same and better we've started doing we've started doing some outdoor concerts that just feel free and open and magical and uh some magic comes to the lawn here of the motel uh on some some afternoons so the concerts continue to be amazing very nice all right there you have it anything else you want to add our amazing head counselors anything you want to tell this audience um I just continue to be amazed and Chef naka really watching our staff grow over the course of a summer I literally see growth in our staff uh who come to Camp you know maybe a bit nervous maybe not as prepared as they wish they were not totally sure what they're getting themselves into week after week checking in with them and by the end of the summer at the end of two or three Summers just to see the the new people that have been formed here a shef suchas and I just love watching you know it's funny and Dr you could add to this AV you say about the uh about the counselors and staff we so often concentrate and I've asked you this question a million times on the progress of campers during the summer you're saying that you're watching an incredible growth within the Jewish community of what essentially is becoming Jewish leadership you're watching you're watching people become amazing leaders these are the leaders of these are the future current and future uh leaders of CLA sell and we we talk about having 330 340 campers but actually the number is really something like twice that when you you when you include the staff it's not just counselors The Waitresses the the the the Child Care staff the professional staff the recre the growth that you see among the St and the head staff too we grow we continue to grow the the growth you see and the cultivation of leadership it's a good training ground huh it is I I was also thinking that this this past summer and last summer this summer I spent some time focusing on actually calling some counselor parents more than I have in the past we're so busy calling camper parents and updating them you know what our our counselor parents also could sometimes do with a little shot of Nas here from their kids because that is a huge Focus here for us our staff are are are are campers too in a certain sense and you're in trouble any parent who hasn't heard from you yet I'm just kidding don't all call it once wonderful to have you both on the air continue your amazing work on behalf of the Jewish people thank you Rabbi AI poock Dr razel yaish everybody who has the best head counselors huh cab has keep it going come on keep it going everybody they need at least a two three minute Ovation come on thank you very much uh we're going to meet people who we meet every year here at Camp Hask who have among I think even uh uh Avi and raisel would agree that this group of people have one of the most challenging jobs in the entire Camp uh anybody who's in Camp anybody who's in camping knows in general how um challenging the infirmary or the medical department is in any Camp it's not exactly the easiest area of the camp well uh we have here uh we have here Alyssa Sachs esie harowitz and Dina davidowitz Dr Dina dtz I apologize where's Dr dtz and I thank all three of you for joining me here today at Camp pass yeah Round of Applause of [Music] course they're a very enthusiastic group are they this enthusiastic when they get to your medical center definitely are they they react this way they give you a big cheer when you give them the right medicine is that how it works uh Dr deido it's how many years have you been to campas this is my fourth summer here and how did you get to campas so I actually had actually gotten a call from um from Mr Khan saying that they needed a doctor actually sort of last minute um many years ago now is about six seven years ago um and I was actually in fellowship at the time and had already gone through Pediatrics residency and was in fellowship and said you know what I could take a twoe vacation and um come up to campas it was an amazing experience and some vacation it is huh not really a vacation I guess it can be very busy and uh challenging but um also so rewarding and so after the first the first summer we did those two weeks my whole family came up and it was a great great experience and we were sort of hooked and we came two two more summers in a row and then when I finished fellowship and we um we actually moved um moved out of town and it was not as easy to come back but this year we were able to work it out and I'm here again for 3 weeks how vast is the staff in the medical center it's incredible it really is a lot of people big numbers um big numbers and that um there's a huge nursing staff we have an EMT there's always a doctor on campus and um and it's very busy so they keep us very busy here um but are really well resourced um there are people that are there are campers who are taking medications Around the Clock sometimes right yeah yeah that would be an accurate way of putting it yeah we have we're giving medications starting from 7:00 in the morning till almost 10:00 at night so really really Round the Clock um um I could give you a little bit more details as to our our nursing staff right now our numbers are at 15 nurses um we have five nursing assistants we have four secretaries we have a paramedic we have two amts um and a doctor so we're that's 25 people yeah yes so we're really really how many people how many people are on the Hask medical staff the first year Camp opened anybody know no idea I know I know my first time here one sham says one there was one person here responsible for everything having to do with the medical Department the very first year of c and now we're up to 25 people um I know there was a year where the medical center in general underwent some major renovation right and expansion has anything this year this year we added a triage triage SL waiting room um because we're growing um in numbers not just with campers but counselors um our staff in general and our campers um you know our capacity our complete our campus is is just growing every year totally full so we just needed more more space to be able to care for our campers so we extended out and we we added a triage room to the front of Camp to the front of the infirmary so that we could better care for our campers so how often are the three of you on phone with parents does that happen a lot or all day long literally everybody's on the phone all day all day long sometimes with the same parent four times in the same day so yeah all day long I mean I I I know they're very concerned and they want to check on everything that's happening and there different situations that arise where you have to consult with them right yeah so yeah and also I mean communication is so important so every time we have an update to share with the parents to be able to reassure them that we're on top of things and to get their input because they obviously know their child best um is really really important how often are you on the phone with the Camper's regular doctor so that happens on occasion it's not as often especially because it can sometimes be hard to catch somebody while they're busy with their regular day but you know not being able to have a baseline exam on somebody who may not be verbal is really a little bit of a challenge and so a lot of times if there's something that I'm not not quite sure about or something in the record I'm not quite sure about um calling their doctor can be an amazing resource and I do their counselors know a lot about the case about the situation but not always everything right AB absolutely my gosh unbelievable Alyssa saaks SD Hartz and Dr Dina deitz are here we're talking about the medical center at campas which is a an organization in and of itself as you've been hearing 25 people leading this medical staff uh it's pretty remarkable um are there situations that come up that are how do I put this I want to say scary or I mean I know that there are episodes that happen that can be scary but situations in general where you're told before the summer this camper is in this type of situation medically and you've never really had that before and you're not quite sure how the staff's going be able to adjust to it does that happen so our campers you know a lot of our campers have all different type of diagnosis um a lot of a lot of which um are very uncommon some some which you know are very very rare uh genetically rare um but not of which um might be uncommon here um they're not unheard of no not unheard of and not necessarily uncommon here you know we'll have we'll have some parents that will call us and say you know you may have never heard of this before and and we'll we'll we'll you know come back and tell them oh we have 20 other campers here with the same thing and they'll be shocked that and and it'll give them a lot more confidence that we'll be able to take care of their kid and um you know we we're much more we have we have tools and resources and also um it gives us it just gives us a lot more confidence to be able to take care of their their children because we're we've seen it before we you know just just dealing with other children same yeah um also um you know we we're dealing with a lot of children you know a lot of different kids with seizure disorders a lot of different children with um um feeding issues um pulmonary issues many campers yeah so um and and and thank god um we have we our our medical staff and and and our resources throughout Camp um are built so that we have um staff that can that can help our CA counselors um you know um support them um so that they they don't feel alone and um you know if if they have any questions at all we're there to help them no matter what time time of day I can see counselors sometimes I don't want to say panicking but you but really you know feeling lost when these types of medical situations arise obviously your support is essential to them what are you holding in your hand over there oh yeah so this is basically this is this is our what we call our emergency response system but what we try to tell our our counselors that we we don't call it our emergency response system anymore we just call it our hotline okay um this is um um our hotline they dial 7777 from any phone in the entire Camp um we also gave them uh 917 number that they put into their into their cell phones um they can call us any time of day any any hour um and they will reach either myself or seie and um we will be there within seconds um with whatever question they have any medical question sleep issue whatever it might be day or night um we didn't even talk about the night that I can't imagine that's too easy now you know we speak to the counselors and and those who are you know dealing with the kids in fun environment like Recreation and sports and swimming and all that so we get the you know the satisfaction they get out of it is it is it a satisfying experience to do what you are doing it definitely is especially since we started way back in the beginning of the year how many years are you here um I was born here gosh it's a long time ago um this is my fourth summer working in the medical um department but I um assisted for two three Summers while I was a nursing school and my grandmother my grandparents are Mr and Mrs Khan who started ask so now we got the whole picture I've been here my whole life now we got the whole picture for sure I bet you even before those uh years you were trading you were taking a look at what was going on around Kamp and getting traded so it's a rewarding experience even if it's not as I don't know as fun as Sports and as glamorous as maybe some of the other jobs well we've been working on it and talking to parents since February yeah so like now that we see it and we see the camper and we see how they're getting the Cure that you know the parents told us to tell the counselors to do this and this for their child and now we see that it's being carried out and how good the campers are looking and how they're um responding and how they how well they're doing in Camp it is just is that true by the way you could have had conversations before Pace off with parents about all this definitely we get um the medical forums come to us um February and March um and we're we call every single parents and we review that medical form we put all that information into the computer um and we prepare um what's called a medial alert for every counselor um for every therapist for every teacher to review it sums up the whole situation it pretty much gives them like a cheat sheet a thumbnail of the whole thing yeah so that they have all the information on their on their camper so they you know they can refer to it throughout the summer give them all their information all right Alysa sax SD harwitz Dr Dina deit thank you continue your amazing work incredible they lead the medical center here at campas and every single year we learn why it's such an important component at campas unbelievable more coming up keep it here oh what are we doing a song America's one and only Jewish moments in the morning radio program heard on listeners sponsored WFMU East orang W mfu Mount Hope Rockland County at 91.9 in the FM doll around the world in the web J and the am.org me [Music] de May is [Music] got [Music] got b b [Music] there [Music] are [Music] he [Music] got you l [Music] shame [Music] my S [Music] ro [Music] oh oh [Music] [Laughter] [Music] Ro in my Jam at WFMU East St wfu Mount Hope it is godl done by 6113 another hour to go here at JMM from Camp Hask on a Wednesday Reba ostrich and zahava Cohen are here in our makeshift Studio underneath the beautiful gazebo that the mih crew has set up for us thank you mih um and they are responsible for academics I'm told here at Camp Hask welcome to the show thank you how are things going amazing you've given us amaz both of you have given us amazing uh accounts over the last couple of years when we've had you on the air about campers and their progress and things that are happening in your department tell us about the summer of 2015 it's pretty amazing if you walk around to our 19 classrooms to believe that they've only been in session for seven days you walk through each one of the rooms and you think they're going for months on end the enthusiasm of the teachers enthusiasm of the student students everybody's really giving it their oil and I have many teachers that work Upstate and live Upstate during the year that can't wait to come back and be part of the exciting world of HK they can you told us this in the past people who live locally and they just they love the Hask experience and they they watch incredible progress all through the summer even now I just came from a classroom where a teacher just told me a student two people would have just given up on she just kept going and going she's had it for a few years and after several years she she's made progress in an area that she's worked on summer after summer pretty amazing we just have faith in the abilities that our campers and our students have zahava Cohen how's the summer been so far wonderful also I feel like we've been here for about six months OB PO said at the meeting it's uh been three months since we've been in Camp um our staff uh we have 27 therapists occupational physical and speech therapist here in Camp and it's not enough as your eyes are getting wider and wider um we have amongst that stuff ALS so we have fagy waxon who's a feeding specialist her responsibilities are in the dining room also in the camp looking how everyone's feeding if they're safe how they're eating what they're eating texture wise safety wise a nutritionist Beyond yeah yeah in addition to nutritionist um and we have this year actually an aqua therapist a physical therapist who's only in the pool um you know in terms of there we have Rooney finlin who's been a species arist many years here and her specific area is technology so making sure everyone who has a device has it working up and running so campers can really communicate we have a lot of campers who are not verbal but are so communicative and they really can communicate with their camper with their counselors with the staff with and it's amazing I tell this to the counsel orientation that just but if someone's not verbal they're still trying to communicate and there whether it's iPads or ey gaze devices or all these incredible devices where they they can speak and the worlds are opened up and here they really have the opport Unity to speak with other people and share thoughts and communicate the two of you are probably not baffled by all this technology anymore right as as all this comes out every single summer I'm sure you have more technology different equipment advances that have been made some of the things you just mentioned are just incredible I mean it is amaz I'm baffled by it because I'm not a communication person technology person as my staff knows but it is really amazing and we have a a camper here she's actually from California she us a specifically an eye gaze device and it's just that you it tracks her eye gaze and she is as her father said when they dropped her off um a few days AO a few weeks ago um she's almost proficient in it so she really can communicate with you like worth speaking she uses an eye gaze and the the computer speaks but based on what she's looking at and what she uh unbelievable you know it's really quite amazing unbelievable it's part of the philosophy and with making everybody the best and bringing out the best in each one of them and helping them to communicate is so important just amazing your staff's incredible uh congratulations to both of you another incredible summer a lot of campers are going to be learning a lot of great things between now and the end of the camp that we know and the parents I'm sure very appreciative thank you both thank you that's say zavo and Reba ostrich we've spoken with them before every summer they supervise some incredible Miracles that go on here at campas Rib judah's here he is the um executive director of campas RB Judah Michelle he is uh sitting to the left of uh Rabbi Benji Epstein Dr Benji Epstein Dr Benji both is he a rabbi doctor yeah Rabbi doctor Rabbi doctor Rabbi Dr Benji Epstein's director of Staff Development if there is somebody at Camp has who could tell us just how hard this staff is working it would be by Dr Ben GFC welcome back to the show thank you so much and regards to my mother I greatly appreciate it your mom is one of the greatest on Earth but you probably know that yes I mean she's uh my mother so BBY Epstein BBY you met her you met her incredible uh so here we are we are meeting some amazing people and having a fantastic time here at campass the spirit is fantastic the uh there's an atmosphere here that is Indescribable the best radio announcers on Earth could not describe the atmosphere here at campas Rib Judah is uh rib Judah is finding something very funny I see I bring I bring we bring we bring a lot of Simka everywhere we go is that what's going on I mentioned the great atmosphere here and all of a sudden you burst no we like to have fun here we like to have fun here and then uh it's um it's a big privilege I mean Ruda as you remember is the chief Rabbi of the world right declared by I'm trying to think who said it it's it's just unanimous was it one of the campers who proclaimed him Chief I think um campers we all have special needs now we all have special needs that's that's our Mantra but um we're an incubator um for what is the exact phrase we're an incubator for leadership and for Initiative for quot creativity creativity the the the people who are working here in every single Department in every single part of our program across the board you're talking about not just the Brain Trust of the Jewish Community the heart Trust of the Jewish Community dedication selflessness Vision commitment taking a taking responsibility for other people seeing the good in themselves and others looking at the strengths of one another we're building a conscious community of givers here the best of the best and and it doesn't stop here the summer incubates it and then we send it out into the world I don't remember if uh if staff development was your focus in previous Summers or not it's it's sort of morphed into that um it's my official title which I gave to myself congratulations is the director was that a long meeting or it was an amazing meeting I should have thought of a better acronym because it doesn't work out to anything like I think it was in the dog I think we go over hot dogs and beers in Miami that's what happen yeah it was it was I was like I think I need a new title so was director of staff development and clinical research um and even we're already starting now um just in terms of like return on investment on your you you're sending your daughter or son here to be a counselor in Camp Hask and six seven weeks later you have someone who's more empathetic you have someone whose um intrinsic values are are um increased not increased in in terms of your intrinsic ways of perceiving the world meaning we're changing I mean again they pick all that up I mean with your training and help obviously it I mean Dr yish we have such a great psychological staff here with Dr yaish and and Dr shamis and the three I mean the three of us and um it's we're we're you change and and people have a hard time changing you know in terms of therapy you're thinking about that change is very difficult and you walk out of the summer and you're a better person is there a more willing is there more of a willingness to learn in this environment when one is a staff member in other words they walk in they they see how gantu and the task is and and are more willing to listen and to be trained and to and to adhere to instructions and you go to a different camp and people may walk in and say you know I I know how this works I've been I've been a youth leader I've been a group leader I know how this works the analogy is throwing someone into the deep end of the pool and they don't know how to swim and then you throw in some sharks right and you say figure it out but we're here we're here to support people are open people walk in and they say hey F bam like they just walk in and say where am I right now and when they they realize that this is something that they can't even begin to Fathom and they're yeah they're they're they're open to it they're open to because they see that the staff wants to help and the staff the upper staff who are supporting and the couns are here to grow and and there's just been a shift that we're all here we're all in this together we're all in the same boat Oto as we'd say and there's just a real attitude and um just a real perspective of growth it's growth it's it's it's it's you're either giving and getting and it's constant sometimes the camper giving and sometimes the counselor's giving Remember by Dr Benji Epstein or Judah Michelle I I I hate to interrupt this conversation but I now need your observation uh moments ago pouring rain 60 seconds later bright Skies RBI Michelle what's your impression of all this of our visit coincidentally at a time when the weather changes so quickly well it's clear that du bonam wanted that want to today to be a beautiful day for us simple as that I've spoken to at least the foret went on and then automatically went off I've spoken to at least 15 counselors and they say that there's some calming effect that happens when nakam comes to Camp it just seems like comic effects my office back home but all right when I come to camp but if you see when it rains you see it it it it makes things a little bit more difficult we have everything is paved you all the walkways and everything's access ible and open to everyone but it just it just requires more effort on behalf of the counselors and the staff members but challenges bring out the best in people yeah trust me they're ready for it it's an amazing thing they're up for the challenge amazing thing and when you're in an environment which is growth oriented and you're in an environment which is an inspired environment we're and we're doing everything we possibly can to facilitate that to cultivate that um it's it's an amazing thing can I make an observation should I assume that a camper has just just decided that that would be a good place for him to be at this point and now the staff's going to have to deal with that situation right essentially essentially they're also finished with academics now so there's a little bit more so a camper at moment's notice might may become very stubborn in terms of uh you know where they want to go or what they want to do and like that's one of the millions of things philosophic philosophically here meaning anywhere else in the world he'd have to be adapting to we playing by rules that were not designed specifically for a certain way yeah but here this environment is a Level Playing Field and it's specifically tailored toward the individual needs of every single camper I mean people say that we have 350 campers 340 we have one camper 350 times and each individual has an environment which is you know specifically tailored for their needs and their strengths so uh Dr Epstein's working with one staff member multiple times hundreds and hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of times and it's and it's it's a real and I told Jordan odinsky that uh you know you have to be 100% with being 100% not okay right and that's part of it yeah these are activities uh this is oh because right one of the things we point out each time we're here is that in addition to all the activities and you saw what type of Round of Applause your activities people got my gosh like the heroes of camp but in addition everybody here under the leadership of Rabbi Michelle wants to make sure that the staff is taken care of that they have activities really potent good high quality activities to keep them uh engaged the entire summer first of all the team that's here theam that's here that works together beautifully all support each other from our camp director Fromm all the way down and all the way across the board we're all working together we have an unbelievable staff programming uh Tor Schwarz is coordinating our staff programming this year and uh Rifka Abby hey Rifka Abby all right year yeah Rookie of the Year R shout out to Rifka Abby Abby she went you know she she's been she went through the minor leagues and uh and now came up here to to to special events coordinator the highest level of see the amount the amount of activities that the staff has to choose from uh every night in our BAS met program shm the greatest guest speakers and toor personalities are coming from far and wide to be a part of what's Happening Here to be inspired and to share their toras oh rumor has it R teller was just here uh R tell was just here he was in my studio last year sure Rino will be here for chabas is that true yeah sure is coming specifically from eritel for only a couple of days to spend his time here in Camp he become such a great advocate of campas Rina has been a great advocate of campas for years in fact he wears his sweatshirt he puts on his H sweatshirt during the ELA because he said this is the time have to generate Z no at the end of yum Kipper you're serious I'm totally serious at the end of he puts on his H Kai Rosner is corroborating that story you've seen this Kai Kai's seen everything yeah I mean wow that is pretty cool that is pretty cool thank God all right so he'll be visiting as well um uh Bala Mandel bam is joining this conversation yeah tell me Bay's title here please Baya is our creative director hey there Baya creative director and also involved in helping us make campas be a 365 day a year program meaning what does that mean b 365 well this year we have a new development program we're going to have events throughout the year unlike we've ever had before nice um we have a young leader ship team who is going to be running specific events for alumni and we just want to put H out there on the map get as many people involved as possible [Music] um we're going to have shabbaton for for so that families could have respit during the year um shab is hopefully in campass and um we're having coming up this month on July 27th a bowling event in bmore oh in the city in the city yep um so we want everyone to come out there enjoy a really fun night it's going to be catered um um Abby staler is another person who's running the event planning for during the year Sam schz who you met at the concert yeah so as many people as there are in Hask you have God knows how many more who are former staff members who are in the city during the summer it's family yeah and they're all family want to come back and reunite when someone leaves here we have a cadra of of of leaders I mean every single person who emerges from here just wants to be connected wants to identify with and be a part of what's Happening Here I mean you can't go anywhere in any organization whether it's a school a Sho in the lay leadership of our community and not find a hasum someone who cut their some someone who literally sold their saler who who came through this program and now in recent years we're we're investing time and resources and consciously cultivating that uh so that it can be replicated all over CLA in the entire world Hey listen to this Baya August 2nd you know what's happening August 2nd the HK experience I'm holding this up for our cameras could you imagine the Hask experience 2015 takes place on August 2nd right here right here it's going to be right here starting at 10:00 in the morning yep there'll be a live concert and according to R Judah listen to this I don't even know if Baya knows this but I happened to find out special announcement today we saved the show we saved the fear show listen to this everybody on August 2nd you know who's coming to Camp has who a [Applause] [Music] [Applause] freed AO himself will be here in concert there'll be an exciting Carnival there'll be bunk presentations there'll be a catered lunch there will be a um Family softball game there'll be pony rides all of this as part of the camp Hask experience uh a day at Camp has for alumni friends and family information about all of this am I right B all you got to do is go to experience. camp.org yes all the information experience you're fired exper but there's firing people behind us at I I think I I think we should had I announced the con I is going to be mcing the event I you want to tell the audience who's going to be coming here August 2nd please what i r free there you go sh you agree with that he does that so much better than I do one more thing can we get H tickets for has 29 please please do that what make it happen a big thank you to Suk Anique Productions yeah oh boy sh's never been on the spot like that I'll tell you that much sh has never been put on the spot like that or he needs his tickets now we gotta start we got to got start getting ready to the for the has concert tell him you'll email them to him shil maybe he'll give you a break you we'll hand deliver them to you so whether you're going to the January concert or not on August 2nd if you're here you'll see aam freed live in concert on this beautiful campus it's an unbelievable and I assume if it's gorgeous here that day you'll have an outdoor concert I mean imagine this all this glare we have there there are amusement rides carnival rides pony rides an unbelievably uh beautiful day of family friends alumni uh working on this for uh for the last couple of years it's getting bigger and bigger every single year it's just an incredible day of kot sham yeah last year's Experience day was fantastic it was awesome there's nothing like it uh everybody out there plan your calendar accordingly but uh bay anything else you want to add what should people know what if people want information about uh joining the alumni and being part of this whole development team what should they do um so we have um you can either email bamp pass.org um or go to our website there's information there um we would love as many people involved as possible um people who are coming to the HK experience can sign up to be on the young leadership committee and we just want as many people involved as possible and again experience. Camp ask.org thank you all very very much thank you uh shme while you're here I want to make mention of the fact that when JM in the AM begins and Moda Ani plays sh is usually at about exit what what exit are you at usually when modani hits the airwaves I'm usually on Route 17 somewhere yeah somewhere on Route 17 sh is the only one who could tell you what this place looks like all through the year uh not easy to maintain this campus all through the year sh Khan am I right it's a to do what I'm doing um I want to bring to to your attention and to your audience attention something I'm not sure if it was mentioned then you can correct me please campas is a great camp we develop a lot of leaders leaders of CLA Isel a lot of PE all the all the staff here grow in different ways but also we I want to mention what do the staff do for the parents of these children what the staff do for the parents of these children is something incredible um I was just want to tell you this little story of a parent that was so excited that he grabbed me by my shirt he said I'm so excited I have to tell you this tells me imagining your house when you come home Friday night from scho he says your table is set your wife's candle silver candlesticks are on the table nice silverware may even be silver nice China on the table napkins and everything well since my daughter was started to get out of the play pen in my house we have nothing on the table ever when my wife hands me my play a plate of G filter fish it's not on a plate of China it's on a paper plate why because my my daughter will pull it off and when she pulls it off she everything breaks shatters so when I come home from school I had come to a bear table my wife's my wife's candlesticks are high up where my daughter can't reach it and can you imagine this coming Friday night I'm going to come home from Sho and my table will be set just like in your house wow can you imagine that I've repeated it since I heard it I repeat it 100 times and it brings tears to my eyes can you imagine what all you counselors and every staff person in this place what is the you have just for this one family amazing unbelievable I want to say one more thing sure this past orientation you know we have orientation staff comes up here from Thursday morning till Sunday afternoon we said hi to you as you were on your way to orentation right I remember that you at the end of orientation there is four we have veterans St get get up in the we have one of the end session is 45 suggestions and 45 minutes and different count the counsel the veteran counselors get up and say if you do so and so it'll be easier if you do so and so this will get easier for you one one counselor one of the young men got up and said imagine you know we I'm my campers are adults and they're not toilet trained they can't do it all on their own and we have to clean them imagine I take my camper into the bunk and the odor is not perfect and I have to change him what do I do it is so difficult what do I do he says if you're going to turn around and say and say it by and say it and you really mean it you turn around and become safe the job wow imagine that oh boy that is so deep that is so deep and gives everybody listening in a a very important perspective on things and that's what goes on here in Camp Pas nothing nothing short of that right and both rib Juda and uh Dr Epstein were telling us about how difficult some of the counselors do have it here right there are some very difficult behaviorally challenged the simple care is so difficult you know we have a 6:30 minion 630 6:30 shakas minion every morning who wants to get up so early 6:30 when ding for the camp is only 8:00 you got to sleep at least another half hour 45 minutes we have 60 boy counselors minimum of 60 boy counselors coming to the 6:30 minion on Monday and Thursday at 620 going to be 6 6:15 why they want to be able to DAV they go back to they run back to the bunks get the kids ready to be on time for daving so they're doing twice the first time they can do can you imagine that even on Sunday even on Sunday that the 6:30 minut 6:30 me six days seven days a week on shabas also shabas 6:30 a m a m a mob of people in you may have may have just described one of the reasons for the success of cavas here this unbelievable unbelievable something there's something very special we're doing for the staff to show our car we haven't we haven't announced it yet I mean everybody sees this uh the schedules that are hanging with all the incredible activities but um Sam schz actually had the idea one of the uh one of the founders of our young leadership um it's going to be after Tish very special evening of hakar satov with AB Rottenberg and Bor LaVine Bor LaVine are going to come for a special staff night Kum Tor stor right here in Camp the grand piano right here in the sh and camp for the staff we're trying our best to show our carova there's no way we could express how thankful we are how appreciative we are for all the unbelievable efforts of our staff hey staff you're hearing this for the first time right we love you we love you guys very nice I thank all of you I want to say the last time we had such a uh kumit like I'm expecting uh with ABY rattenberg was in 1994 when SCH was here he wasn't he was in the gym for until about 2 3:00 in the morning and the entire staff was there was awesome any videos of that night I have to there may be I don't I would not mind seeing some footage of that parv sessions with sherial are pretty strong tell you the Parksville sessions with Sher are pretty version volume three volume three coming out got to plug my music are you kidding we're ready to play three weeks get it to us the day after where where's my Kickstarter campaign we're starting right now spin the as in the go go sh we have to shout out our staff in Brooklyn we have a staff in Brooklyn that are working year round Mrs K Miller she's in the office right now across from us she's working day and night across around the clock around the year for the families uh of our campers to make this happen she's such a family Advocate to make sure every how many years is she ask 37 37 years wow she came here when she when she during she came here during her sh for an interview I remember this story I remember that story unbel Ren Leia and Siri in the office working around the year to make this happen we're really appreciative one more shout out kosher soul food yeah what's in the kitchen gelp strong guys in the kitchen no listen Army is only a strong as its stomach these guys are full of love what's been the what's been the meal of the summer so far tell me tell me they make plenty of great every meal Mrs Khan has him going Mrs GB has him going thank God that's great all right all right everybody we all thank you amazing thank you all uh Dr Pollock's going to join us I'm told uh where is Dr Shamus Pollock she joining us here y there she is thank you everybody Dr Epstein you're an amazing man Judy you're getting a lot of shout outs from the crowd that's because they want because he wants to get on the air they think you're the key they think you're the ticket to getting on the radio Dr shalamas Pollock is here she a camp psychologist for campas H hello already it sounds like a challenging position am I right it is it's challenging but it's a lot of fun um what goes on what are your responsibilities in what way do you help campers and staff here so our job is to help Camp run smoothly to help people enjoy themselves to help people with the skills that they need to do their job efficiently and effectively and with a smile on their face how many years you in askk oh that's a question my husband and I always argue about I feel like it's 100 um but then maybe I'm aging but it is close to 20 right yeah I started in Camp 23 years ago 23 23 years ago although I haven't been here straight uh I think it's about my 15th year if I'm counting you had an array of jobs here over the years I have I started out as a waitress and a junior counselor a counselor a recreation person I ran the game room yeah I as I asked this because I would assume I would assume that all those experiences are very helpful in your current position if you're a psychologist here and you can relate to both ends campers and counselors from all these departments must be very helpful it is I think it gives me some credibility with the counselors when I look at them and say I know what you're going through it's tough we're going to get through it and who knows 23 years later you may be here still smiling in campass I'll tell you it's amazing how different of things now in your department than they were years ago I mean I guess everything is so specialized and and you know training is so different how would you describe the way things are today well 23 years ago there was no psychology department um didn't exist no not at all I think Camp was small and counselors just did what they thought they can do and I'm sure they did it well and successfully but I don't know how many campers we had then maybe a 100 and now we're 350 campers and maybe 600 staff members Camp is Big um and we've grown in our professionalism and our training I think orientation when I was a counselor maybe was a day and know it's a 5-day training before the campers come up um we have a lot of ins Services throughout the summer it's a lot of support a lot of help in helping the counselors to do a really good job give typical episode that's already happened this Summer that you have to deal with no names obviously but what give me something that happened that would give us a good example of the type of questions that come come across your way okay so let's say we have campers in Camp who communicate in ways that are not typical so maybe they won't be able to speak or they can't use their body language in a way that's easy for somebody else to understand so imagine playing a very difficult charades game with somebody to try and figure out you have a a kid who's sad scared correct there you go and um without the acting or the speaking sometimes it's hard to understand a camper um so we work with staff and trying to understand through eye language through um all sorts of very minor things that somebody else might not pick up on but when you come to love and take care of somebody you pick up on all those small details um you know so if we have a child who doesn't want to go into the dining room but who can't tell us why uh we do a lot of detective work but experience detective to figure out is it the noise that's overwhelming is it they need their ketchup on the table before they get there is it that they like to go around through the back door and not the front door because the air conditioner is blowing in a certain direction that's not comfortable for them um so we do a lot of support and helping counselors get to know and really understand their do you draw conclusions each time we do doesn't mean they're correct um but I feel like you know even as parents of typical children or neurotypical children you try something it doesn't mean you always get it right but sometimes it helps um even when you haven't gotten that exact ice cream bar that the kid was wanting but if you get them that little 99 send store to way they're happy uh so you know we do our best and God willing it works Dr shalamas Pollock is here uh Camp psychologist here at uh at campas how large is the staff now is there a whole staff or is it just you or no not just me we have a fabulous team so there's me I'm a clinical psychologist I have a PhD in Clinical Psychology and I run our team uh we have Elisha aiman who um is our Behavior specialist in Camp uh she works primarily with our campers with autism um we have nutan Santa Cruz who also started out here as a counselor way back when has been with us I don't know how many years but many um and he is an assistant in our team and we have a fabulous intern this summer Rachel Goldstein uh who was a I think a day camp counselor a waitress a counselor for many years uh so she's now joined our team as well and we have Dr Benji Epstein who I think you spoke with before me um who does a lot of work with our staff and keeping them happy and their overall mental health uh while they're working really really hard in Camp plenty of Staff members have gone on to nursing therapy occupational therapy physical every behavioral therapy psychology I'm sure many of them discover how incredible your field is from this experience with their campers a camp ask I think many of them want to have a walkie-talkie here one day they come but not every Social Work J comes along with a walkie-talkie um no but seriously Camp is a place where I think allows people to discover a talent and a joy um in working hard with people a very rewarding experience that they might not have thought otherwise I think people come to Camp thinking they're going to work hard um and yes they work hard but they find such a joy in giving that they feel like you know what let me make a life life career out of it and I encourage anybody who's listening who's worked in Camp for many years even if you haven't worked here recently if you're interested in a social work a psychology a behavior position come back we'd love to have some really good staff on our team yeah it's an important Point you're welcome back if you have that degree now come on back and put it to good use for wonderful cause uh Dr shalamas poock thank you continue to have a great summer thank you it's good to be on the show Dr shalamas poock psychologist here uh the camp psychologist here at the camp Hask uh we are moving on to Dena Mars who's here she's a therapist in the sensory room here at Hask and Yakir is it wck I pronounce it properly 20 years in Camp Hask as a therapist what was day one like for you 20 years ago well so it's a little bit of misnomer 20 years total in C pass five of them as a counselor 15 as a therapist so what was day one like that first day as a counselor day one seeing my camper over here you're serious absolutely the one and only I'm sure I can say his name on this iie Butler oh my gosh I was your camper I was my camper what year was that uh that was in 95 wow 95 um it was a big uh life lesson for me coming here to Camp has and learning what it means to be a grownup and what it means to learn life lessons from everybody around you and take every day and enjoy it um those were life lessons that people like I and other campers teach me they teach you happiness huh got to keep a smile on your face what type of therapist are you by the way I'm an occupational therapist all right and the type of things you're doing on a daily basis would include um we work on dressing skills I've done a lot of uh aquatic therapy with um some of the campers here especially something very important that's come to be I've spoken to a whole bunch of families very often I work on dining room skills not just the eating the setting of the table it's a beautiful thing when a camper can come home with a tangible skill that the family is excited about many families every child has their own job this one's in charge of cutting shabas toilet paper this one's in charge of cleaning the floors for every camper to have an opportunity to come home and say my job is setting the shabas table or setting the weekday table is something that many parents and many campers have been thrilled to come back and HK is a place where you can just not teach it but put it into motion and go into the dining room and help the waitresses so the skills really carry over from one place the therapy room into the whole camp and as you describe it means so much more than that the self-esteem and the ability to have accomplished something reached a goal etc etc right uh Dena morus is here therapist in the sensory room welcome to the show thank you so much and what types of activities happen in the sensory room so in Hask there it's full of resources of all types and they really want to ma maximize the opportunity for the campers to benefit in each environment so the sensory room which is an environment that it's a very high-tech room it has a lot of different opportunities for campers to explore their environment in different ways to help regulate them to help arouse some of them relax others for to give them an opportunity to be in a Zone where they could reach skills that they otherwise are having difficulty reaching in the rest of their day so I work there as an occupational therapist to help show the counselors and train the staff and how to use the sensory inputs to help regulate those campers you know we alluded earlier to technology today and you've probably in your area have seen a tremendous amount it's really amazing it's really and it's amazing that the camp uses um the resources to help Advance a sensory room and provide different forms of input for the campers so each camper could really have what their systems need to be able to perform their day well yeah and everybody's got their own program right the two of you know that just like the infirmary the medical center has to have a profile of the camper you need a profile what they're good at what they need to learn what they're prone to enjoy right all this comes into being the very first few days of Camp yeah and it's also very helpful to be able to provide that from a background where you meet a camper I also have was started as a counselor so I have the benefit also my camper I my camper here riy BL was her first summer in Camp when she was 9 years old riy and um she was my camper so you get to you get to know the campers year to year and you're able to then pass on that information to the counselors and even campers that are new and you just meet so when you come in and you work in an environment where you already have have exposure to different types of individuals you're able to transfer that information to the to the teachers and to the to the other staff so that way they could implement it in their bunks well sounds like it's been a great summer so far continue to have a great summer thank you both for joining me Dena Mars therapist in the sensory room here at Hask and yaker walk stck for 20 years he's been at Camp Hask and um worked is a therapist here as well thank you to both of you where is AI and where's Josh over here where I don't see him I'm OB both you guys are counselors yep I am how many years this my second second summer we have here AI kersin where's AI I'm right here from Charleston I'm from Charleston South Carolina weren't we just in Charleston the other day charl oh we were in Charlotte I I thought we were in Charleston which one's where oh one's in North Carolina South Carolina we were in Charlotte you ever been to Charlotte I have multiple times that's where we were last week for about 3 hours till ZK said it's time to get on the plane let's go over that's so you're from Charleston yes sir which family did we know from Charleston was it the sarens did we know the Saron from Charleston is that where they were from that is where they're from are they from there yeah they're my neighbors I play ping pong with them are you serious yes you see know S I do very well um how'd you first hear about camp ask I heard about it in Yeshiva I was in Yoda Ator uh couple of years ago in Israel in Israel and people are talking about HK yeah and people were talking about it and I thought maybe I'll give it a try not that summer but the summer after that uh I I was away from home for nine straight months so I wanted to spend some time with the family before college and it's a good place for a Charleston kid uh for y'all Cas absolutely it is yeah absolutely it's the best good place for yall best place on Earth you're not acknowledging my my Southern reference I'm frustrated uh that's AI kersin how many campers do you have I have four campers how are they doing so far they were doing Splendid you know I took an informal poll the four of them earlier and they all four unanimously voted for you as best counselor at campas what do you think of that huh yeah I agree I agree you do agree yes absolutely you don't think there was anything wrong with their with their assessment huh great analysis by them great great analysis we also have here Josh is it jaspen yeah Josh jaspine from the upper east side of Manhattan the Upper East Side is represented here at Camp has how many years have you been here this is my second summer here have you been enjoying it yes I have what was your road to askk how'd you first find out about itar from Nar we mentioned being earlier you know he's planning on being here this show it's you hope to see him yes how many years were you there I was there for a year and a half very nice boy oh boy they go to Israel they Shore themselves up academically religiously back and they do all this amazing work at campas what do you say to that Josh quite a system huh I certainly agree you certainly agree how many campers do you have by the way I have four I'll tell you why I'm asking earlier today I took an informal poll all four of them unanimously said Josh was the best counselor here in campan what do you think actually all of them are non-verbal so I don't know how they told you that I use the communication skills that I learned from the therapist and took an informal poll don't C don't uh don't invade on my uh my routine here if you don't mind so there you have it Ai and Josh I hear both of you doing great jobs so what's been your favorite day of the summer so far aside from the visit of the guy from the radio what's been your favorite day so far well uh the first first week I actually had a different bunk so now I'm a you know in my second first week with a with a new bunk is that common where you would uh no uh some things uh had to change in my bunk some campers went home when Sumer moved around but uh I mean that day was a very scary day but since then every day has been better very nice are you introducing this camper to us or uh no okay just wanted to know all right thank you both very very much for joining me Ai and Josh everybody thanks for having us Charleston and Manhattan quite a combination huh I'm told Rabbi and rabbitson willig are joining us do I have enough time do I have enough time to tell this audience how indebted I am to the willik family or do I not have Judah is there enough time left in the show for me to spend a few minutes talking about the Incredible willick family do we have to immediately start talking about Camp com back tomorrow I should come back tomorrow is right maybe we should play Leos first before that's right a little Le are you a a proponent of Leos I'm on it you're on it okay you cooperated with the project huh next time I see rabro willig I'll let him know that you are proudly proclaiming how proud you were to participate anyway Rabbi willig and rebit a willig are here at Camp Hask enjoying this incredible summer how are things so far what's your evaluation how would you describe the atmosphere in the first couple of weeks of Camp uh nak it's been an amazing summer so far counselors are working hard the staff is working so hard the atmosphere is awesome look around the sun's out everyone's excited and happy to be here it's just an amazing place and sure the rabbitson would agree Ritson we'll get to you in a moment I just want to ask R by willig if I I'm not quite quite sure with everyone's assignments are here do you spend most of your day with the camper and their education or with the staff and their education how how do you arrange your day by Will that's a great question uh mainly with the staff we have amazing night Shure and people are flocking to come to speak I speak uh of Judah many other people are giving sh you have a lot of special guests here don't you I just men teller was here the other day teller president Joel will be here this Thursday my gosh Glasser was here um many of the Great bam and re from around the world how do you get all these people to visit here I need to know it's amazing incredible they all want to be here R Juda everyone of them wants to be here reiton aova willing Hi how are you hello to you how many years have you been associated with this amazing Camp so I've actually been here even before my husband as a therapist for eight years eight Summers you did eight Summers as a therapist my God unbelievable so you're a real veteran to say the least so what's your assessment of this summer so far with all your experience amazing amazing the ru and the excitement the counselors the campers everybody it's just going strong and just get stronger as the summer goes on it is an amazing place and you must have a totally different perspective now than you had as a staff member Etc and I know you're staff now officially but you know what I mean uh years go by you get a different perspective and you see the way the the staff and the campers continue to progress each and every summer must give you an amazing feeling when you see old it's amazing and the carryover you see from the counselors to what goes on in the bunk to what goes on in the dining room you really see progress in a way that sometimes at home is almost impossible it's just incredible so it's really just amazing to watch how long ago did you join here as uh the rabbi it's my fourth year now fourth year you're probably wondering how you dealt with all these years without being at HK that's really it I you you'd prefer to have been here 14 or 24 years am I right 34 34 years but we also have a ask for he our son was a day camper here so we have the parent perspective and he did great here he did amazing he took his first steps here oh that must have been unbelievable yeah and a few summers ago he decided that he no longer wanted to walk with Kan so one day he just said that's it Dad mom threw him away but was it that surprising to you seriously it was he made an be you're serious yeah it really was it was amazing it can't it's part of the miracle that goes on here in campas and I'm not joking yeah it's real it's an amazing place there are Miracles happening here every day the counselors the staff the therapists they're really incredible do your amazing parents ever visit you here they do what do they what do they say about this incredible place they're blown away they're blown away and they've been to some pretty good camps over that's right and nonetheless that's nonetheless they are I'm sure very appreciative of this incredible Place uh Rabbi Yehuda and rebbit and aova will like thank you to the both of you thank you have an amazing summer an amazing summer how much time do we have left here on this JM and the am Wednesday that's my question what are we up to ZK 15 minutes um I'm told that both Shad Dubin and fagy Waxman are going to be joining [Applause] me Shad Dubin I am told is uh an occupational therapist fagy Waxman a feeding specialist and get this I am told that Shad Dubin according to RB Judah is the rebi of all therapists the rebi of all therapist you know cidic groups have a Reba have groups have a leader a spiritual leader I am told that Shad Dubin is in fact that for this group of therapists what's your reaction to that I'm very humbled by that I can only imagine do you give special brus and things like that like Should I stick around after the show to speak to you or it's not worth anything I I no more than any other Jew when did you first walk into C ask this is my eighth summer how and I know he's somewhat exaggerating at least according to you but how did you get to this position where you're looked upon as somebody who's a real Mentor in the world of therapy I don't know how I'm looked upon I um I look for opportunities and one of the things I enjoy about coming here is um as opposed to what I do the rest of the year is um I'm able to fill those gaps I'm able to fill those opportunities I'm able to use my creativity to help our campers and uh and that's what really juices me up that which really makes me excited it sounds like you're an exciting and creative person in general maybe that's what elevated you to this uh status here at cab has I get to be me they want the other therapist to be as enthusiastic as you are right I work with a wonderful team they're enthusiastic I work with a wonderful team and when people when people come in account me say I'm only as good as my team and that includes our wonderful counselors true nothing happens without the carryover we have a great bunch of counselors here this year um I work with some of the best therapists in the world and you sometimes in outside of here you know OTS and PTs very jealous and and speech what what what are they doing we share we share knowledge we share experience um we we we back up each other it is just a wonderful place to work it's a great place to be I love your disposition fagy Waxman anybody who's eating breakfast this morning yes and they're able to thank God please God take a spoonful of cereal and put it in their mouth yes and they're able to drink a glass of milk or juice they should be very thankful they should be very very thankful thankful because you have seen situations on a regular basis where unfortunately people do not have the ability to do that fortunately you're helping them get to that stage where they can improve in that area you must be hit with a million special cases here we have we have yes almost a million special cases um every year I have to say we get even more and more um as a population here becomes more medically fragile we have more and more children on G tubes that come who need a lot of oral stimulation and I don't I don't know people realize that was something that was never here in the past right yes when I was a counselor here we did not have any any children on G tubes I don't even think we had a feeding therapist and excuse my ignorance but they're fed I assume what does that mean directly through through their stomach through their stomach yes the food goes directly that's how they get nutrition yes yes and basically here if they're if they're allowed to we give them tastes by mouth things that they're you know at home they might not get um just so they could appreciate the food yeah appreciate the taste be part of be part of the social aspect of eating with everybody else um you know it's very important for parents also that their kids can do you know what other kids are doing and even if they're just you know able to sit at a table and take a few tastes of food that's very important to them so those of us uh you know who are able to enjoy the things you just described know how important the social experience is when it comes to eating I know it sounds silly but almost almost every meeting we have especially in the Jew in Jews everything Sur anything from n to a formal dinner so uh so you can only imagine I see zahava likes my description you can only imagine how this dominates our lives and you want to try to help people even taking a sip of grape juice for Kish you know that that commun the world to parents so we try our best help each kid reach their potential and you know that's what we do here if only what you and I just discussed on the air gets people to either make a broa better on their food or to just appreciate the next sip they take 100% in this conversation with by the way you met your husband in campass in case you didn't know that I'm remind yes I did thank you how many years ago was that many years ago how many H how many has couples are there now hundreds right it's in the hundreds obviously not that but certainly in the upper hundreds right someone should do a study of that one of these days yeah in tal is right um or in this case in toal h thank you SI dub and fagy Waxman everybody hey a big shout out going out to uh a big shout out going to Rebecca Strauss who's a counselor here at Camp Hask when you speak to your wonderful parents please send them our best from all of us here at the nak seagull Network and JM in the AM Reb Judah who you introducing us to please ah she needs no introduction why don't you introduce yourself okay well my name is Rachel gray this is Rachel you can't help but be happy when you speak to Rachel Rachel why are you so happy tell me what about this world makes you so happy tell me okay um to be honest my first time when I did came to I was like 10 years old right and ever since then I had magnificent beautiful counselors who I absolutely adore and they're just the world to me and I can imagine how special to be honored by having many counselors that I had the past I will say who's your counselor now well I don't want to say my favorites but I need to know your favorite come on no come on the whole audience wants to know who your favorite is um to be honest um I really don't know who my favorite is give me one name of one of your counselors okay my favorite that I had should I say in the past yeah was um I would say h I'm also even if judah's wondering now your favorite oh I have many fa I had many name one of them from years all some of them were married so one of them was Cheryl L who Cheryl LOL Cheryl Shir oh sheir sh was a great counselor she was like my alltime favorite alltime favorite counselor W definitely and how many years are you here I was I'm I was 10 when I came so I am right now I'm 27 what you're here 17 years my yes and every year you have no idea I would be here until like I'm 120 I don't care I I love it I love all right Reb Judah thank you Rachel who else are we introducing rabit how are you you want to give us a br is right everybody man where's uh camper Rachel is Rachel here here one second this is Rich I apologize her want to say shalom I meant hersel that's what I meant hello to all of you got to watch the video folks make sure you watch the video of this incredible day what an amazing group huh what an amazing group of people re Judah you're surrounded by incredible people I just want we should invite I just want to invite the community to be a part of it this is this Camp ask is is is belongs to CLA Isel we're doing this work on behalf of the community on behalf of the Jewish people was founded four decades ago by the by the Khan family Rabbi and Mrs K and with his Kos and the incredible efforts of a lot of people and an amazingly involved board uh and a lot of good friends thank God we're growing and we're growing our needs are growing too we're inviting everybody to please be a part of it come visit us uh visit us on August 2nd at the campas experience uh bring your families alumni friends staff families everybody's invited by the way I just want to mention during one of our conversations during the year I think it was Jeremy who expressed a a dream on the radio and everyone was like you know could that dream come true at asking sure enough what it was that he wanted to accomplish that specific summer ended up happening the point being that when people visit here they're going to see that you're not just a bunch of big talkers take a look at that building right there number three that's ban straser that Ser do you remember when that came about yeah at the concert correct yeah through the generosity of family and our involvement of our good friends re Stern and the baby Eisner good good people we would Now call that the most recent building in Camp brand new sh is right here sh saw saw it go up what do you mean sh took it down sh took it down and then put it up so that's a pretty cool Edition that's one moment Cally air conditioned heated so we can use it in the winter time when we have shevat tones up here that's that somebody had a moment of inspiration and made and made a real difference a real difference we plan to do another one amazing we could do another 10 let's go AB I also want to I also want to make mention that Dove hiken was here yesterday visiting us right our great assemblyman great assemblyman outstanding he had a wonderful visit here and also we had simel here on Sunday afternoon our great state senator state senator these are Community leaders who understand the role that the camp plays in our community uh and there there's room for everybody to be involved everybody is invited to see the magic of Camp Hask on Sunday August 2nd guess what not only is there an exciting Carnival and a catered lunch and a family softball game and pony rides and bunk presentations but Hask today has announced that it will feature the one and only Abraham freed that's happening on August 2nd sh you'll be here that day right of course I will and you wanted to add something what do you want to say I want to I wanted to add I wanted to end uh my comments for saying like saying the following Salomon has graced us with his presence for the last five Summers on Friday shabas naku his words his ending words to us was always when Messiah is going to come he's going to come to Camp Hask first but don't forget I'm your friend take me along I wonder if herelle Solomon ever dreamt that that would be his most quoted quote about Cabas it's amazing and it's incredible what it's and we know that when is repeated it inspires people to give to participate to be part of this incredible with all the that goes on here it's impossible that MH should not make this his first stop amen uh again the information on the August 2nd event is experience. camp ask.org experience. Camp ask.org my thanks to Stan in our studio to ZK of course responsible for audio and video here thank you to Jamie turel thank you to an incredibly produced show by Miriam LW like an incredibly produced show today I want to thank her very very much and of course to all of our hosts here at H because all the campers and all the staff are our hosts but led by rib Judah of course and I thank you and I thank everybody for being part of this incredible thank you for coming great to be here at Camp has our brothers and sisters in Israel we are with you it's your favorite America's one and only Jewish moments in the morning radio program heard on listeners sponsored WFMU eastar wfu Mount Hope Rockland County at 91.9 and the M dial around the world in the web JM and the am.org and that wraps up an incredible visit to Camp pass tomorrow we'll get back into the regular routine of JM and the am and certainly talk about the news of the day as we get closer to the end of the week and um and we will talk more about uh uh current events and the news of the day have a fabulous Wednesday everybody tomorrow morning 6:00 a.m. we start again from Camp P nak sigle reminding you remember the past live the present and Trust the [Applause] [Music] future [Music] the