YEARBOOK SUMMER 2020
בס”ד Summer 2020 Issue #1 JULY 2ND, 2020
Parshas חקת/בלק Looking Forward to SDC 2020!! 8:11pm בס”ד Summer 2020 Issue #2 JULY 10th, 2020
Parshas פנחס Sensational Second Week! 8:08pm DIRECTOR RABBI TAUB The last bus has just pulled out. The last car has left. The last piece of lost & found has been found. The last knish has been knished. The last splash in the pool has been splashed. The last squirt of hand sanitizer has been squirted. And to think that just 9 weeks ago we weren’t sure that we would be allowed to have camp this summer! B”H Simcha Zoom Camp never had to happen! On one hand, I reflect on the massive amounts of pumping ruach we enjoyed throughout the past 8 weeks. The hilarious dress up days, the shows, the crazy lunch challenges, the giant 50 foot slide at carnival, the Seasons Express trips for Simcha Bucks, the pies of pizza, the sodas, the amazing canteen, $36,500 that we raised for Chai Lifeline, the sports, the leagues and the swimming. And how can I forget the greatest COLOR WAR EVER! All these events were experienced with just the right amount of competitiveness, excitement and middos that are a trademark of SDC. Every camper has grown in some way, whether in sports ability, swimming levels or connection to Hashem and learning his Torah in our Learning Groups. But now what? Now it’s back to serious old life, with teachers and books, homework and looks, ifyouknowwhatimean! I won’t be greeting carpools of excited campers each morning as they rush inside to daven, learn and play. I won’t be able to meet the most amazing head staff, RABBI SUDWERTS, RABBI POLTER, RABBI ROSENBLATT, RABBI GOLDSTEIN, RABBI SAMET, RABBI DONNY RUDANSKY, RABBI HILDESHAIM, RABBI SOKOL and RABBI MEYER. I won’t be able to watch CAMPERS and STAFF getting closer to HASHEM, under the guidance of בס”ד Summer 2020 Issue #3 JULY 17th, 2020
Parshas מטות/מסעי Tremendous Third Week! 8:04pm RABBI TAUB CONTINUED... their wonderful RABBEIM and RABBI ROSENBERG. I won’t be able to meet MRS. RUBINOFF, MRS. VADOFF, MRS. FRIEDMAN and ELIYAHU TUSK for an impromptu office meeting of grave importance. I won’t be able to lend my car to YIDEL to run important errands or to give cold water to the masses. I won’t be greeted by the nicest good morning each day from MR. EVERETT FORTUNE. I won’t be able to marvel at how MORAH ETTY runs the tightest, smoothest JUNIORS division ever, with her best right hand daughters MORAH ESTI and MORAH LONI. I won’t see the cutest, most adorable and creative Arts & Crafts projects created and instructed by MRS. GARBARSKY and MRS. ROSS with their amazing assistants. I won’t see campers learning new swimming skills under the tutelage of MR. ERIC MASLIN and his crew. I won’t be able to appreciate how well RABBI KRASNOW takes care of our 9 acre campus daily. I won’t be able to eat MRS. LEVY’S delectable food any more. And last but most important, I won’t get to see so many happy campers having a great time! Now what? How will I ever smile again? One thought breaks through the clouds and gives me comfort. In only a few months we will meet back here, on this very same amazing campus! We will keep alive those warm memories of the sun on our faces and the excitement in our bones as we swam, slid into home, scored a goal and kicked the ball to kingdom come, only to do it all again! These 36 days of fun will keep us ignited for the next 325 odd days of school and get us ready for SUMMER 2020 IN YERUSHALAYIM! Can’t wait! Have a great year! Keep in touch! Rabbi A. Taub Mexican Day ASSISTANT DIRECTOR RABBI SUDWERTS Planning for 2 months of camp is a 10 month proposition. The moment the last bus pulls out of the lot we are back in the office preparing for the following summer. There are so many minute details that go in to ensuring that SDC is the most rocking, awesome place in the entire world. RABBI TAUB and I meet almost daily in the fall and winter and weekly with our amazing head counselors, RABBI POLTER and RABBI ROSENBLATT. By February most of the trips and entertainers are booked and staff interviews are underway. Obviously things really start heating up Purim time and as soon as the Pesach dishes are packed back into the boxes in the basement camp is the #1 priority on all our minds. That’s how it goes in a regular year… but this spring was NOT REGULAR! Due to the uncertainty in the world, orders were placed on hold, trips were left “penciled in” but not finalized, staff weren’t sure if they should apply, parents were hesitant to register as the summer was one big, giant ? And then on June 2nd the governor announces that day camps will be allowed to open…amazing!! But with what rules? Will we be able to run our camp safely and still have fun? Swim? Sports? Trips? Buses? We continue to wait with a feeling of reserved excitement as the uncertainty remains. June 10th—the guidelines come out… OK, WE CAN DO THIS!! We meet with our medical Board, come up with a plan and email the parents that there will be SDC 2020!! ON YOUR MARK, GET SET, GO!!!! The next two and a half weeks went by in a blur as camp became a reality. To sit here on the last day of camp and reflect on a summer that was so grand, so smooth and so amazing, while remembering
RABBI SUDWERTS CONTINUED... that most of it was put together in just 2 short weeks, with a whole new set of guidelines (hmmm…carpools, questionnaires, Purell, temp checks, masks, double bunks, no trips, more Purell, “hot spots”) to ensure the safety of our staff and campers, I must thank Hashem for this incredible (and severely needed) bracha! “ay di di diy diy day, THANK YOU HASHEM…” WE DID IT!! Our office staff of MRS. RUBINOFF, MRS. VADOFF and MRS. FRIEDMAN were a constant source of calm and professionalism and always with a smile on their faces. YIDEL, YOU…ARE…THE…MAN!!! RABBI KLEINMAN, our unparalleled Medical Director, was on top of every single aspect of the safety and health of our precious campers with the calmest and most reassuring demeanor. His smile alone healed most of the booboos that entered his office. R’ SHLOMO KRASNOW and his tireless maintenance crew awakened a dormant 9 acre campus, prepared it in a way they never had to before and kept it spic, span and sanitized the entire summer! A tremendous shkoyach to RABBI ROSENBERG and his amazing staff of rabbeim. Walking up and down the hallways in the morning listening to the beautiful kol tefilla and Torah, one would forget that our campers have not been in a classroom in 4 months!! B”H we can say with confidence that the SDC campers are ready for yeshiva next year. There was some uncertainty with our world renowned aquatic program, but those were clearly unjustified, as ERIC made all the necessary adjustments at the pool without missing a stroke!! He and his guards provided top notch instruction, moving boys up from level to level and ensuring a safe environment for the kids to splish and splash and cool off from the hot sun. RABBI SUDWERTS CONTINUED... Due to the last minute shuffling, we had the zchus of adding two incredible new division heads, RABBI SAMET and RABBI GOLDSTEIN, who brought years of camping experience, new energy and incredible creativity to our senior division led by the great and humble RABBI POLTER. In the MIDs, our younger campers returned to familiar faces with RABBI ROSENBLATT at the helm, caring for each camper as if they were his own kinderlach. RABBI SOKOL, RABBI HILDESHAIM and DONNY kept us all on our toes with their ingenuity and ‘out of the box’ness, filling the days with special activities, division wars, Simcha Bucks and so much more. MORAH ETTY and MORAH ESTIE had our juniors bouncing and bopping, infusing every day with fun and excitement. The newest addition from the Slansky family, MORAH LONI, the boys just never knew what to expect when they walked into her room every day. This summer was the biggest CIT program in the history of SDC! The great AVROMI MEYER stepped up to the challenge and took the program to the next level! The working CIT’S were given the skills and tools to be the counselors of the future while the Sports CIT’S were kept busy with awesome, competitive leagues. Weekly late nights were just one of the special perks of being part of this exclusive division in camp. Our COUNSELORS and JC’S, the front line soldiers, put their all into ensuring that every camper had the best experience this summer. I remember those days and I know how hard it is to be out there in the sweltering sun, day in and day out, staying for late nights, planning activities, calling parents, helping boys develop friendships, putting out fires, finding the missing croc or glove. These guys deserve a huge thank you (and a vacation!) No one ever goes hungry in SDC with the most scrumptious, RABBI SUDWERTS CONTINUED... delicious, mouthwatering meals served daily by MRS. LEVY, KOVE and the rest of the kitchen staff. It’s much more than just the taste, it’s the love and “bubbe-ness’ infused in every bite that brings us back for seconds (and sometimes thirds ) The craziest thing is to stop and realize that every single person mentioned above was literally sitting at home for the previous four months… to get back into “camp shape” so quickly is absolutely astonishing. The many sleepless nights endured by RABBI TAUB before, during and after the summer are a small testament to his devotion and commitment to ensuring that SIMCHA DAY CAMP is the absolute best camp in the world! He is the maestro of this fine-tuned orchestra and we all are the beneficiaries the beautiful symphony. A big shout out goes to our amazing PARENTS. Adjusting to a new reality can be difficult and I give you all tremendous credit for taking the adjustments in stride and trusting us with your most prized possessions. I hope we returned them even better than how we received them back in June. And the CAMPERS…oh the CAMPERS!!! You guys didn’t miss a beat! It’s like you were here all year. Your smiles and laughter filled the campus, your energy and excitement, achdus and sportsmanship were the fuel on which the camp ran for two months. We had many new, first time SDC’ERS and you were amazing! We are sure that after experiencing one summer here you are now SDC LIFERS! I wish you all an amazing, safe and accomplishing year. As I finish this I will now officially get started on SDC 2021, IY”H IN YERUSHALAYIM HAB’NUYAH!! Sincerely, Rabbi Naphtali Sudwerts Assistant Director i…DAVENING! B11 B11 B12 Rabbi Potash Rabbi Potash Rabbi Reisman DANIEL HERTZ ELI PESACH ORATZ YOSEF AKILOV
B12 B13 B13 Rabbi Reisman Rabbi Florans Rabbi Florans YISHAY RUBINOV REUVEN DAVID GABRIEL SCHOENFELD
B14 B14 B21 Rabbi Friedman Rabbi Friedman Rabbi Yankelewitz DANIEL NEMATNEJAD AARON RESNICK DANIEL BERKOWITZ
B21 B22 B22 Rabbi Yankelewitz Rabbi Kopel Rabbi Kopel YEHOSHUA ZELIG TZVI FRAND GERSHON DOV HECHT BERMAN
B23 B23 B24 Rabbi Jacobs Rabbi Jacobs Rabbi Dachs GEDALYA HECHT AVRUMI KAPNICK EZRA COHEN
B24 B31 B31 Rabbi Dachs Rabbi Saldinger Rabbi Saldinger DANIEL FUCHS BEREL BODNER MORDECHAI MARKOVITS
B32 B32 B33 Rabbi Samet Rabbi Samet Rabbi Freedman ELISHA HAGLER ARIEL WEISSMAN ELI ELIAS
B41 B33 B41 B42 Rabbi Freedman Rabbi Sauber Rabbi Feigenbaum SHALOM Rabbi Sauber AVI FAIGEN PILAVSKY YEHUDA VOGEL YAIR LEVITT
B42 B43 B43 B44 Rabbi Feigenbaum Rabbi Jacobs Rabbi Jacobs Rabbi Rada MOSHE CHAIM YOSEF ZEV SCHIMMEL KUNSTLER IZZY LERMER GOTTLIEB SUMMER! B44 B45 B45 Rabbi Rada Rabbi Kaplan Rabbi Kaplan YOCHANAN SINGER DANIEL FISCHMAN AARON RENOV
B51 B51 B52 Rabbi Sonnenblik Rabbi Sonnenblik Rabbi Pollack DOVID SCHULHOF YEHUDA ZUCKERMAN YITZI DEWICK
B52 B53 B53 Rabbi Pollack Rabbi S. Yankelewitz Rabbi S. Yankelewitz CHEZKY HALALI DANIEL BORISKIN SHAI GREENBAUM
B54 B54 B61 Rabbi Schimmel Rabbi Schimmel Rabbi Tropper AVISHAI LEVITT SAMUEL MIMUN NAFTALI GLATSTEIN
B61 B62 • Rabbi Rohr B62 Rabbi Tropper AVROHAM ABBA Rabbi Rohr NATI TAUB ARANOFF SRULY STERN
B63 B63 B71 Rabbi Rosen Rabbi Feder Rabbi Rosen AVRUMI TWERSKY RONI COHEN YEHUDA GEWIRTZ
B71 B72 B72 Rabbi Feder Rabbi Weiss Rabbi Weiss TUVI SALOMON YAAKOV SCHWARTZ SIMCHA ZEITLIN
B73 B73 CIT CIT Rabbi Leyton Rabbi Leyton Rabbi Rudansky Rabbi Rudansky MENACHEM SHUA LAPIN SHRAGA MOSHE KONIG MANDEL ROSEMAN
CIT CIT CIT CIT Rabbi Finkelstein Rabbi Finkelstein Rabbi Schwartz Rabbi Schwartz YOSEF SHMUEL KLEIN PINCHA MEIR CHAIM ARYEH GERLITZ SCHLACHTER WEISS i… LEARNING!
B11 • Rabbi Potash B11 • Rabbi Potash B12 • Rabbi Reisman AVI ABRAMSON MOSHE SCHLACHTER ELI ALISHAEV
B12 • Rabbi Reisman B13 • Rabbi Florans B13 • Rabbi Florans ARYEH PORTAL MEIR ENGEL SHMUEL KUNSTLER
B14 • Rabbi Friedman B14 • Rabbi Friedman B21 • Rabbi Yankelewitz GAVRIEL HARARY BINYOMIN SABO PINCHAS LICHTMAN
B21 • Rabbi Yankelewitz B22 • Rabbi Kopel B22 • Rabbi Kopel SHMUEL MARKOWITZ MOSHE ARYEH MIKEY SCHAFFER
B23 • Rabbi Jacobs B23 • Rabbi Jacobs B24 • Rabbi Dachs MEIR FEDER AVI KRAMER AKIVA SHMAYA COHEN
B24 • Rabbi Dachs B31 • Rabbi Saldinger B31 • Rabbi Saldinger YISROEL MENACHEM NEMATNEJAD MOSHE GOLD DAVID WOHLGELERNTER
B32 • Rabbi Samet B32 • Rabbi Samet B33 • Rabbi Freedman AKIVA HAGLER SAM MEDETSKY HENOCH TZVI COHEN
B33 • R’ Freedman B41 • Rabbi Sauber B41 • Rabbi Sauber B42 • R’ Feigenbaum ELI ZWICK MICHAEL COHEN MAYER FRENKEL AKIVA LAVNER
B42 • R’ Feigenbaum B43 • Rabbi Jacobs B43 • Rabbi Jacobs B44 • Rabbi Rada DOVID SCHIMMEL AHARON SULTAN ETHAN ZELIG BETZALEL HECHT SUMMER!
B44 • Rabbi Rada B45 • Rabbi Kaplan B45 • Rabbi Kaplan ELIYAHU MEIR DOV CUKIER REPHAEL AVI MOSKOWITZ
B51 • Rabbi Sonnenblik B51 • Rabbi Sonnenblik B52 • Rabbi Pollack DOVID KEILSON YAAKOV KOPELOWITZ YEHUDA RODIN
B52 • Rabbi Pollack B53 • Rabbi S. Yankelewitz B53 • Rabbi S. Yankelewitz SHMUEL WEISSMAN MOSHE HARARY DONIEL WHITE
B54 • Rabbi Schimmel B54 • Rabbi Schimmel B61 • Rabbi Tropper ELI GOTHARDT AHARON SCHREIBER ZEVI FIRESTONE
B61 • Rabbi Tropper B62 • Rabbi Rohr B62 • Rabbi Rohr SHUIE TAUB SEPHI RAMBOD YEHUDA TAIB
B63 • Rabbi Rosen B63 • Rabbi Rosen B71 • Rabbi Feder SHRAGI LERMER JOSH YAKUBOV AZRIEL BLUMSTEIN
B71 • Rabbi Feder B72 • Rabbi Weiss B72 • Rabbi Weiss LEVI SHOLLAR JOSHUA AKHAVAN ELIYAHU BENCHAIM
B73 • Rabbi Leyton B73 • Rabbi Leyton CIT • Rabbi Rudansky CIT • Rabbi Rudansky JOE EHRENFELD SHLOMO NEUMAN DOVID LAPIN SHLOMO TAUB
CIT • Rabbi Finkelstein CIT • Rabbi Finkelstein CIT • Rabbi Schwartz CIT • Rabbi Schwartz EITAN TZVI YOSEF TZVI YOSEF MOSKOWITZ SIMCHA WINTER BROWN SCHLACHTER i… MIDDOS! B11 B11 B12
Rabbi Potash Rabbi Potash Rabbi Reisman DANIEL ZECHARIA WEINBERG WICENTOWSKY LEVI HERSH
B12 B13 B13
Rabbi Reisman Rabbi Florans Rabbi Florans ELIYAHU ZACHARY AVI MIKHLI JACOBY MALITZKY
B14 B14 B21
Rabbi Friedman Rabbi Friedman Rabbi Yankelewitz MOSHE MOSHE ORZEL YISRAEL THALER ROSENMAN
B21 B22 B22
Rabbi Yankelewitz Rabbi Kopel Rabbi Kopel REUVEN VINITSKY ROMMY DEWICK DANNY WEISZ
B23 B23 B24
Rabbi Jacobs Rabbi Jacobs Rabbi Dachs MOSHE FEINTUCH NESANEL HECHT SHAI KORN
B24 B31 B31
Rabbi Dachs Rabbi Saldinger Rabbi Saldinger SHMUEL MOSHE LIPMAN YEHUDA GORDON YOSEF RADA
B32 B32 B33
Rabbi Samet Rabbi Samet Rabbi Freedman AARON MIMUN ISAAC PADEH BENNY GANZ
B33 B41 B41 B42 Rabbi Freedman Rabbi Sauber Rabbi Sauber Rabbi Feigenbaum YOSEF YISROEL AVI ADLER ASHER GOTTLIEB FRANKEL ABEHSERA
B42 B43 B43 B44 Rabbi Feigenbaum Rabbi Jacobs Rabbi Jacobs Rabbi Rada AVIEL YEHUDA JONAH YEHUDA PINCHASOV PERLES ROSMAN LELONEK SUMMER! B44 B45 B45
Rabbi Rada Rabbi Kaplan Rabbi Kaplan HENOCH SCHWARTZ SHMUEL COHEN ELI WOLF
B51 B51 B52
Rabbi Sonnenblik Rabbi Sonnenblik Rabbi Pollack AZRIEL KAMINETZKY AVI SCHARF AKIVA BARAFF
B52 B53 B53
Rabbi Pollack Rabbi S. Yankelewitz Rabbi S. Yankelewitz MOSHE CHAIM YAAKOV BURNS COHAN SIMCHA STERN
B54 B54 B61
Rabbi Schimmel Rabbi Schimmel Rabbi Tropper YAAKOV ELISHA MIZRACHI MOSKOWITZ MOSHE NAYMAN
B61 B62 B62
Rabbi Tropper Rabbi Rohr Rabbi Rohr CHAIM ARYEH OKUN LEBOWITZ JOSEPH ZAHLER
B63 B63 B71
Rabbi Rosen Rabbi Rosen Rabbi Feder JOSEPH YEHUDA ALISHAEV KESTENBAUM SIMCHA BERMAN
B71 B72 B72
Rabbi Feder Rabbi Weiss Rabbi Weiss PINCHAS YEHUDA HOLZBERG BENCHAIM MEIR HERSKOVITS
B73 B73 CIT CIT
Rabbi Leyton Rabbi Leyton Rabbi Rudansky Rabbi Rudansky GAVRIEL YECHIEL MORRIS AVI SPEAR BERTRAM ARI MORRIS
CIT CIT CIT CIT
Rabbi Finkelstein Rabbi Finkelstein Rabbi Schwartz Rabbi Schwartz YEHUDA AVRAHAM YAAKOV DOVID MOSHE GLATSTEIN ROSENBERG KAZARNOVSKY ROSEMAN SWIMMERS u!
ELI PESACH YAAKOV ADIR ORATZ SIEGEL ABEHSERA
B11 B11 B12
AZRIEL AVI TZVI MOSKOWITZ MIKHLI ROSENBERG
B12 B12 B12
REUVEN ZACHARY GABRIEL DAVID ROSMAN SCHOENFELD
B13 B13 B13
MOSHE YISRAEL MEIR ORZEL THALER FRISCHMAN
B14 B14 B21
ALEX GERSHON MOSHE NELKENBAUM HECHT FEINTUCH
B21 B22 B23
YAAKOV YEHUDA YEHUDAH AKIVA GOLDFINGER RAPPS COHEN
B23 B23 B24
SHAI YAACOV PINNY KORN NEUMAN BERGER
B24 B24 B31 SWIMMERS u!
ELI ZACHARIAH MOSHE KATZ PLATSCHEK BERGER
B31 B31 B32
MORDECHAI ELI ELIYAHU CHECHKOV ELIAS THURM
B32 B33 B33
TZVI YEHUDA NAFTALI RADA VOGEL GALLER
B41 B41 B42
AKIVA YAIR SHUA LAVNER LEVITT SONTAG
B42 B42 B42
BINYOMIN JONAH YAKOV YOSEF KOPPEL ROSMAN ABDRAKHMANOV
B43 B43 B44
EPHRAIM YOSEF YANKY BEN-ARI KLEIN FRIED
B44 B44 B45
DOVID AARON AHARON GEFEN RENOV STEINBERG
B45 B45 B45 SWIMMERS u!
AVIGDOR TZVI YITZI ADLER FRIEDMAN DEWICK
B51 B51 B52
RAPHAEL YEHUDA YEHUDA DOV JAFFE RODIN FEDER
B52 B52 B53
RAFAEL NAFTALI SHALOM ZEV CHECHKOV SCHWARTZ SOLOMON
B54 B61 B61
AVRUMIE AVI SHAI SONTAG TAIB FOGEL
B62 B62 B63
SHRAGI AZRIEL ARYEH LERMER BLUMSTEIN PILAVSKY
B63 B71 B71
EYTAN JOSHUA ELCHANAN AKHAVAN AKHAVAN RAMBOD
B72 B72 B72
SIMCHA YOSEF JONATHAN ZEITLIN EHRENFELD KOGAN
B72 B73 B73 HEAD COUNSELOR OF THE M.I.D.’S
Hey SDC, I am not sure if you remember me. It’s your old friend NU WHAT’S DOING and SIMCHA too! You are probably wondering where I have been this past summer. I wanted to write my regular weekly round up in the Simcha Scoop but I was just too busy trying to keep up with SIMCHA. With so much going on in the world SIMCHA was busy spreading happiness wherever he went. SDC was overflowing with SIMCHA and smiling CAMPERS. While in previous years this was something that we took for granted, this summer we truly appreciated HASHEM’S gift to us. Every day was filled with exciting activities. Sports, swimming, and many special events filled each day. The MID’S were always ready and waiting to enjoy another day at SDC. None of that could have happened without the hard work of the MIDS DIVISION HEADS: RABBIS SOKOL, HILDESHAIM, and RUDANSKY made sure that each day was a fun filled happening. RABBIS TAUB and SUDWERTS made sure that the camp ran smoothly and that each CAMPER was taken care of. All of the wonderful COUNSELORS and JC’S in the 10’S, 20’S, and 30’S demonstrated their care and devotion to their campers every day. Its hard to imagine that the summer is over, but my gratitude to HASHEM is beyond words. May we all merit sharing in more SIMCHA together!!!!
Rabbi Shlomo Rosenblatt בס”ד Summer 2020 Issue #4 JULY 24th, 2020
Parshas דברים Fantastic Fourth Week! 7:59pm M.I.D.’S • 10’s and 20’s
What an awesome summer it has been. I have had the pleasure of working with the 10’S for the entire summer, and the 20’S for the second half. The memories I have from the summer will remain with me for many years bezras Hashem. Whether its the individual campers, the activities, or just having fun, I can’t believe that the summer has finished. I look forward to seeing all of the awesome campers and staff asap in SDC in yerushalayim bezras Hashem.
Rabbi Yoni Sokol
Let me set things straight, there is no greater place than SDC. Now, who ever would have thought that we were going to have camp this year? With the tremendous chesed from HASHEM there ending up being camp. Not just ok camp but super amazing fun filled camp!! I just want to let the 20’S know we rocked. There was no division louder then us in camp. Even though we may have lost some games against the 30’S, we rocked. We collected so many SIMCHA bucks that other divisions had to ask us for some. Know wherever you may be, whether you are sitting, standing or lying. I want you to jump up and shout 20’S rock 20’S rock!!! Rabbi Menachem Hildeshaim
BUNK B11 MOST LIKELY TO BE LIKE IN 20 YEARS!!!
AVI ABRAMSON – Division Head MOMO\MOSHE FRIEDMAN – Strong man YOETZ DOVID – Gluck Doctor DANIEL HERTZ – Politician AKIVA HERTZOG – Taste tester for Cheetos ASHER HOCHMAN – Lawyer IZZY KORN – Learning Rebbe JACOB LEVY – Master of Karate EZRA MOSKOWITZ – Sports Counsler ELI PESACH ORATZ – Head Lifeguard AARON POLLOCK – Magician YOSEF POTASH – Inventor of the ever filled wallet MOSHE SCHLACHTER – Police Officer YAAKOV SIEGEL – Teacher ARI SOROKA – Marathon Runner AARON TAMIR – Inventor of never lose things bag DANIEL WEINBERG – Comedian DOVI WEISER – Artist ZECHARIA WICENTOWSKY – Baseball Player ROEY WILLIG – Rock Climber Counselor – RAPHAEL TUSK JC – YITZCHAK DEKHKANOV & YITZY VINITZKY
BUNK B12 IN 20 YEARS FROM NOW...
ADIR ABESHERA – Will be in Miami Chilling YOSEF AKILOV – Own a Lamborghini ELI ALISHAEV – Will be the first to swim again MENACHEM ENGLISH – Have the coolest haircut MOREDCHAI FRANKEL – Will be a Life Guard YONAH GALLER – Will be a Comedian YITZI GUTTMAN – Will be Duvy Makowskys’ agent LEVI HERSCH – Will be a Chef EZZY KOTT – Will be a Game Show Host BEN KROHN – Will be a Soccer Star SHMUEL LADER – Will own a Water company GAVRIEL LEVINE – Will beat Shragi in dodge ball DUVY MAKOWSKY – Will be an Olympic champion swimmer YISROEL MEISNER – Will be a Coach AVI MIKHLI – Will be sitting on the beach in flip-flops AZRIEL MOSKOWITZ – Will be a DJ ARYEH PORTAL – Will be fastest man on earth TZVI ROSENBERG – Will be a teacher YISHAI RUBINOV – Will be a rapper DOVID ROSENBLUM – Will still be being told by Rabbi Sokol to stop smiling BEN SCHREIBER – Will run the canteen SHAI WELL – Will still be swimming ASHER WINEGARTEN – Be a body guard for the President AARON WINOGRAD – Will be a karate black belt
Counselor – SHRAGIE YANKELEWITZ JC – EPHRAIM STEINBERG בס”ד Summer 2020 Issue #5 JULY 31st, 2020
Parshas ואתחנן Outstanding Fifth Week! 7:52pm BUNK B13 - IN 20 YEARS WILL BE...
NOAM BASCH – Explorer MENASHE DACHS – Owner of the Yankees MEIR ENGEL – Mashgiach in SDC kitchen EITAN GUTTMAN – Hygienist MEIR SPERO – World Class dancer YOSEF GREENBERG – Famous restaurant owner ELIYAHU JACOBY – Pro athlete YEHUDA LAVNER – Olympic runner ILAN BERG – Next in line to own Tesla MORDECHAI TROPPER – Hatzola SAMSON MILBERG – Paleontologist AARON SCHIFFMILLER – Veterinarian GABRIEL SCHOENFELD – Swimming athlete AKIVA GROSS – Doctor NOAM MILLER – Astronaut REUVEN DAVID – Israeli army general ABE MORGULIS – Owner of Famous chocolate store ZACHARY ROSMAN – Zookeeper ZACHARY MALITZKY – Baseball Star SHMUEL KUNSTLER – Jewish Singer MAXWELL LIBERMAN – Mayor SAMMY HONIG – Architect JUDAH ZELIG – Animal Physician
Counselor – RAPHAEL LEVITT JC – SHIMON BOSHNACK BUNK B14 IN 20 YEARS...WILL BE...
AKIVA BOLLAG – A Magician AVROMI BORNFREUND – A Rabbi MOSHE COHEN – A Baseball Player MOSHE LEIB DRUXMAN – A Storyteller YOSEF CHAIM FRIED – An Accountant BENJAMIN GUROVICHKIN – A Bus Driver GAVRIEL HARARY – Running The Canteen MEYER JACOBOWITZ – An All Around Chiller DOVID JOSEFOVIC – Following Nachi DANIEL NEMATNEJAD – Hanging out with Yisroel Thaler MOSHE ORZEL – Thanking Hashem YITZCHAK RABINOWITZ – A Lawyer YOSEF RAMRAS – A Cop AARON RESNICK – A Marathon Runner BINYOMIN SABO – An Assistant Principal YISRAEL THALER – Hanging with Daniel Nematnejad DANIEL TREUHAFT – An Athlete YANKY WIESNER – A Lifeguard YISRAEL MEIR WISOTSKY – A Zoologist MOSHE HILDESHAIM (First Half) – A Head Staff Member in a Camp DANI WEISER – Following Dovid YONATAN ROMAN – A Basketball Player CHAIM FRISHMAN – An Artist (or so Rabbi Sokol says) NACHI HYMAN (CIT) – A Sports Coach Counselors – CHAIM FRISHMAN & YONATAN ROMAN CIT – NACHI HYMAN BUNK B21B21 campers
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BUNK B21 - IF I HAD A PENNY FOR EVERY TIME... KIKI/HILDY – Scored a goal in soccer! ADELMAN – Was swimming in the pool like a pro! ABRAHAM – Made a creative tower with the blocks from the bunkroom! EINHORN – Get on base in kickball! VINITSKY – Went swimming in the 8 feet! ROSENMAN – Asked when we are going to the canteen! SCHWADEL – Got someone out in gaga! HIRT – Hit a grand slam in baseball/for every camper or coach scared of you in leagues! NELKENBAUM – Asked when we have computers! GINSBERG – Jumped in the pool in his clothes! LOWINGER – Told I that PESACH, JOE and MOSHE are his cousins! WASSERMAN – Asked for the schedule of the day! FRISCHMAN – Was playing top (trumps) during the activity! RUBIN – Was picked up early! WEINBERG – Got a sports card from one of the greatest DH in SDC history AKA RABBI SOKOL! SCHWARTZ – Was ready to take any job I had for him and made it his mission to help me! SHARFMAN – For every friend he has & trust me there is a TON! LICHTMAN – Was the first one changed for swim! HERTZ – Was with his younger brother DONI! FRENKEL – Had amazing sportsmanship! BERKOWITZ – Got someone out in dodgeball! BELSKY – Was the loudest by benching! BODNER – He told me a funny joke! JACOBOWITZ – Wore a GOAT shirt and told me it’s because he is THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME! BERMAN – Hit an RBI in baseball! MARKOWITZ – Caught the ball in kickball! I WOULD BE A TRILLONAIRE!!! BUNK B21 CONTINUED...
THAT IS RIGHT RICHER THAN BILL GATES, JEFF BESOS AND THE SIMCHA BUCK COMMISSIONER PUT TOGETHER I can’t believe the summer is already over. I feel like it just started yesterday. Before this summer ends I need to publicly thank a bunch of people… AVI ROSS – I don’t think that anyone thinks the bunk would have been so awesome without you!! EITAN MOSKOWITZ – Are you sure that the camp didn’t mix you up and you were supposed to be a counselor? You did so much for the bunk so THANK YOU A TON!! YEHUDA HERMAN, MEIR MELTZER AND AHARON BARCAN – thank you for all you did! But most important is the awesome parents, campers, head staff and YIDELE WIENER, what would B21 look like without you? I wish all of you much hatzlacha in yeshiva. I will truly miss every single one of you. I hope to see you around, I”YH please stay in touch with me and AVI! MEIR FISCHER – (347) 433-0987 AVI ROSS – (917) 510-7741 P.S. In the word search I have hidden 2 non-kosher animals. If you find, please text to me because I have something special for anyone who finds them. You guys are awesome!! Counselor – MEIR FISCHER JC – AVI ROSS BUNK B22 - IF I HAD A PENNY FOR EVERY TIME...
SHAYA APFEL – Hit a home run in baseball MOSHE ARYEH – Had an amazing catch in leagues ELY BAZIAN – Had Amazing Sportsmanship NOSSON TZVI BENAYON – Had an amazing time at camp RAPHAEL BERG – Showed outstanding middos BEN BURGER – Listened to the counselor BINYOMIN COHEN – Made everyone laugh LEO COHN – Was always ready to jump in the pool ROMMY DEWICK – Wanted to go first in the lineup TZVI FRAND – Caught the ball in dodgeball PINNY FRIED – Every time he said his name was jack GERSHON DOV HECHT – Got the whole bunk pumped BARUCH NISSIM KARIYEV – Was excited for camp YAAKOV LASRY – Played ball in the bunkroom ELISHA LEVY – Went into the pool DOVID MANDEL – Came in with the biggest SMILE YEHUDA SIMCHA POLLACK – Tried to jump on the counselor MIKEY SCHAFFER – Wore mets apparel MATTI SOKOL – Asked for canteen DANNY WEISZ – Tried to eat Dovid Orrin because he thought he was a doughnut I’D BE RICH!!! BUNK B22 - CONTINUED...
Dear The greatest Bunk of all time B22, It’s hard to say goodbye to everyone, especially after the amazing summer we just had! The bunk this year was full of amazing things! Whether it was shabbos treats, canteen, leagues, activities, computers or color war, we had an amazing time together! The memories that we made in camp together will always be with us. We can’t wait to see you in SDC 2021!
Your Amazing Counselors,
SHLOIMY SAMBROWSKY (SAM) 516-580-6620
DOVID ORRIN 314-591-0462
SIMCHA MANDEL 516-584-3270 BUNK B23 - IF WE HAD A PENNY FOR EVERY TIME...
GAVRIEL ABDRAKHMANOV – Greeted Shmuel and Moshe every morning LEVI BENCHAIM – Had good middos ASHER BENGAYEV – Had a smile on his face SHMUEL BRODY – Was with Yechezkel Shraga AKIVA EISENBERG – Wore his New York Yankees cap MEIR FEDER – Was be friendly to everyone MOSHE FEINTUCH – Made an amazing play YECHEZKEL SHRAGA FRIEDMAN – Was with Shmuel B. DANIEL GOLDFARB (A.K.A.- Dani Googoogaga) – Made us laugh YAAKOV YEHUDA GOLDFINGER – Got on base DOVID GOLDSTEIN – Went swimming in his clothes GEDALYA HECHT – Asked if we can play baseball NESANEL HECHT – Asked if we are having leagues AVRUMI KAPNICK – Wore his cool jerseys AVI KRAMER – Asked to go to the canteen YEHUDA MEIR MORDECHAI – Wanted to know what the next activity is AVI NEUFELD – Davened very nicely JEREMY PORTNOY – Had great sportsmanship YEHUDA RAPPS – Went swimming MOSHE ROSENBAUM – Bentched nicely ARI ROTH – Was one of the first campers to be on line KEHOS WEISS – Asked if we can go to the jungle gym NOAH YAKUBOV – Got the counselors out in dodgeball WE WOULD BE RICH!!! BUNK B23 - CONTINUED...
Wow wow wow! What a summer! After months on zoom without seeing any friends in person, it was great to be back in the one and only SIMCHA DAY CAMP!! We had lots of fun being with our friends, playing all kinds of sports, games, and swimming in the famous SDC pool!! The summer really flew by, because as you know, time really flies when you’re having fun! Thank you to HAKODOSH BARUCH HU, for allowing us to be in camp, giving us the most amazing summer, and keeping us all safe. Thank you to: RABBI TAUB, RABBI SUDWERTS, RABBI ROSENBLATT, RABBI HILDESHAIM, RABBI SOKOL and the rest of the head staff for making this summer possible, and for always being there to help out. Thank you to the parents, for entrusting us with your precious sons. Thank you to our most amazing C.I.T.S: PINCHAS GERLITZ (July) and YOSEF TURBINER (August) for all that you did for our bunk! You will make great counselors one day! And finally thank you to you, the campers, for being the best bunk in camp!!!! Hatzlacha in 2nd grade!!! Have a great year!! We’ll miss you!!! Please keep in touch! SHMUEL LEFF- COUNSELOR MOSHE SEBROW- J.C. 917-576-4150 718-954-6820 …ESACAPE THE ROOM…
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CHAI LIFELINE PRIZES - RAISED OVER A $1,000 BUNK B24 - IF I HAD A PENNY FOR EVERY TIME...
YOSEF ARIELI – Changed for swim the quickest DOVID BORNFREUND – Caught the dodgeball EZRA COHEN – Wore his “Far Rock” cap AKIVA COHEN – Wanted to know what we’re doing next AKIVA SHMAYA COHEN – Was caught smiling MOSHE FELD – Was a Baal middos GAVRIEL FINK – Took his backpack to an activity ARI FRAND – Found a ball DANIEL FUCHS – Said a funny joke LEVI FUNDO – Was first on line SHLOMO GLATSTEIN – Went swimming MOSHE BINYAMIN GOLDMAN – Was playing with Yosef Zelman SHAI KORN – Played shortstop SHMUEL MOSHE LIPMAN – Had the best attitude MOSHE MARTINSON – Wore a Mets cap YISROEL MENACHEM NEMATNEJAD – Was on the same team as Shai YAACOV NUEMAN – Came to camp in his bathing suit YAAKOV ROTHMAN – Showed great sportsmanship DONNY TAILARD – Asked “When are we going to canteen?” AZARYA WILLIG – Won Gaga YOSEF ZELMAN – Asked “When are we going to computers?”
Counselors – YEHUDA TAITELBUAM and MEIR CAVALIER M.I.D.’S • 30’s During the months of April, May, and June of this past year, the thing on my mind the most was what was going to be with SIMCHA DAY CAMP. I was very nervous, as I’m sure most people were, that the pandemic would close down the best camp in New York! I could not imagine a summer without SDC. I was nervous what a summer without a SDC would do to my soul and body. My soul and body requires SDC, and especially the famous SDC pool, to survive and prosper. Thank you to THE ONE ABOVE for allowing SDC to be open this summer and to RABBI TAUB and RABBI SUDWERTS for working tirelessly to make sure the camp followed the proper guidelines and was able to open. It was an unbelievable summer! I am so blessed to be able to work in a day camp during the summer; and not just any day camp- but literally the GREATEST CAMP ON EARTH!!! A lot of my friends and associates are working in offices or are in school and they sometimes ask me why I’m still working in a day camp but I just look at them and wonder what they are doing working inside during the summer months. I can not imagine spending my summers anywhere other than SDC!! Whether its swimming in the world famous olympic-sized SDC pool, walking around the tremendous SDC campus, or interacting with the amazing campers, it’s just an all-around amazing experience and I am truly blessed to be able to come here. Summer 2020 was truly a special one and one that I’ll remember for a long time. Being a DIVISION HEAD requires much hard work and dedication, and the workload can be absolutely grueling. Just joking. But honestly, it’s possible that could be true, however, I wouldn’t know thanks to the most AMAZING CAMPERS and STAFF that we have in SDC! They make my job so much easier. First and foremost, I want to start off by thanking the most amazing CAMPERS in SDC!! You guys were really an M.I.D.’S • 30’s CONTINUED... amazing bunch and I truly enjoyed being your DIVISION HEAD. Although there are a lot of you BH, you each have your own unique and fun personalities. I really enjoyed swimming and running activities with you guys. You guys were a lot of fun and I am really going to miss you! Thank you to our commanding chiefs – RABBI TAUB and RABBI SUDWERTS! I can not imagine how much work you had to put in to make this summer happen. Thanks for putting together such an amazing summer for us! On to RABBI ROSENBLATT! Our fearless MIDZ LEADER! I can honestly say that you make my job a whole lot easier. You were running three divisions and doing other things but you always seemed to have time and were always available if I ever needed help. Thanks for all your hard work and dedication! RABBI SOKOL and RABBI HILDESHAIM, it was so great and a lot of fun working with you guys in the MIDZ! RABBI SOKOOOL, aka the Voodoo Ranger, you are such a great person to work with. If everyone was like RABBI SOKOL I’m sure Moshiach would come. RABBI HILDESHAIM, when are you just going to stay for the whole summer! We really missed you. The summer definitely felt differently without you in the 2nd half. Thanks for all the fun and laughs you bring to camp. Thank you RABBI POLTER!! Most people don’t realize but you are like the glue that holds this camp together. You do so much behind the scenes, and your day does not end at 4:30, or ever right? Thanks for all your help! So happy with the new additions in the HEAD STAFF this year! YONI G. and SHAYA SAMET you guys were great! Thanks YONI G. for the rides after camp and for helping me create DONNYBALL. It was so amazing of the ESCAPE THE ROOM guy to stay and help us out the entire summer. SHAYA, you definitely were a great addition to the SDC experience. AVRUMI, I’m so glad and really looking forward to working with you this upcoming school year. I really בס”ד Summer 2020 Issue #6 August 7th, 2020
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Parshas עקב Superb Sixth Week! 7:44pm M.I.D.’S • 30’s CONTINUED... enjoy spending time and working with you in the summer. A big thanks to MRS. LEVY and KOVE for making the most amazing food! You need to feed like 1000 campers but are still able to make gourmet meals. Thank you to ERIC MASLIN for being in charge of SDC’S greatest treasure- the SDC pool! I really don’t know if I’d come to SDC if there was no pool. Thanks for keeping us safe! And of course a big thanks to the office staff for making sure the camp was running smoothly! YEEEEEDLE! I think we should rename the camp - CAMP YIDDLE. Thanks for being the greatest YIDDLE and thanks for all your amazing help and support! Last, but definitely least, I obviously could not have had such an amazing summer without a truly amazing staff! MENACHEM, LEVI, JOSH, YEHUDA, NACHI, and YISROEL, you guys were really amazing and really made my job super easy! Besides for being on top things, you guys were a lot of fun and gave the CAMPERS a truly fun and amazing experience. I’m really going to miss you guys during the year! Also, I really enjoyed working and getting to know the 20S STAFF during the 2nd half. You’re definitely a unique bunch. And how can I forget about my amazing and trusted assistants. TEAM DAHAN really were a major help for me this summer. ARYEH, you really kept me entertained (especially in the first half) and did a great job with the breakout! NATHAN, thanks for stepping in in the 2nd half and making sure everything ran smoothly. And shout-out to SHAULY and YOSSI for helping out with the shak and keeping things interesting. Also, thank you to whoever is still reading this! It really means alot to me! And of course, Thank you HASHEM for giving us such an amazing summer!! I’ll miss all you guys! Next year in Yerushalayim! Donny Rudansky ADAR In August BUNK B31 - IF I HAD A SIMCHABUCK EVERY TIME...
MOSHE ACKERMAN – Played rock, paper, scissors with Donny DOVID BER ADAMS – Made it known that he was neighbors with Mordy PINNY BERGER – Got into a rap battle with Avrumi BEREL BODNER – Wore Lakers merch SHLOMO FRIEDUS – Was the last one to change back from swim MOSHE SHLOMO GOLD – Hit a home run in tennis baseball YEHUDA GORDON – Wore a Jordan cap like his brother SHLOMO HALPERN – Had more money to put in his canteen account AVI HALPERT – Wished everyone a “Happy Hanukkah” SIMCHA HALPERT – Needed to borrow Avi’s sun screen MORDECHAI KARFUNKEL – wore a Yankees jersey ELI KATZ – drove in runs in baseball/kickball SRULI KUTNER – cleaned up the pool after swim ASHER LANCRY – wore a sweatshirt on a really hot day RAFAEL LEVY – caught a handful of flying simchabucks MORDECHAI MARKOVITS – won a game for his league team BUNK B31 - CONTINUED...
MOSHE ORBACH – was wearing the same shoes as Aaron YITZY PFEIFFER – had a baseball catch during swim ZACHARIAH PLATSCHEK – brought in something for the bunk YOSEF RADA – robbed a homer in kickball ZEVI REICH – asked to go to the canteen MORDY ROSENBERG – brought his Gopro to camp LEIBY ROSENHOLTZ – played a side game of taps DANIEL ROTHMAN – brought his mitt to an activity other than baseball AHARON SCHEININGER – Ran faster than any kid in the division. YOSEF SCHWARTZ – pointed out something that the other team did wrong ELIEZER SOROTZKIN – made an insane fielding play in kickball AARON VOGEL – came to camp as a happy camper AVRUMI WISOTSKY – was the last one down to his carpool DOVID WOHLGELERNTER – comes out of the canteen with his arms full I WOULD WIN A TRIP TO SEASONS EXPRESS EVERY WEEK BUNK B31 - CONTINUED...
I can’t believe how quickly this summer went by. It’s been an amazing 8 weeks. I had fun in every moment of it and I hope you guys did too. I still remember the first day when I came in at 11:00 trying to learn all of your names. To be honest, it was pretty hard remembering them all but once we got to know each other, bunk B31 has been the best bunk to be a part of IN THE WHOLE CAMP!!! But none of this could have happened without our JC YISROEL RIZEL, and our CIT’S RAFI MEZEI, YAAKOV KARFUNKEL and YEHUDA GLATSTEIN! You guys have been a huge help all summer and I couldn’t have done it without you. We have had so much fun together. I will remember the summer of 2020 for years to come. Wishing you all the best of luck this year and stay safe!!!
Nachie Akselrod Counselor
Yisroel Rizel J.C BUNK B32 - IN 20 YEARS FROM NOW...
MOSHE BERGER will be winner of the Indy 500 and the Grand Prix MICHAEL BORISKIN will be a professional basketball player MORDECHAI CHECHKOV will be an explorer RAFI FASKA will be an author EZRA FOGEL will be a historian DOVI FROM will be an archaeologists DANIEL GANELES will be playing 2nd base for the NY Mets AKIVA HAGLER will be an Olympic swimmer ELISHA HAGLER will be a doctor AVI IDLER will be playing for the Brooklyn Nets MORDY KISS will be a comedian SAM MEDETSKY will be a professional soccer player AARON MIMUN will be a professional football player YEHUDA MORGENSTERN will be playing for the New York Jets ISAAC PADEH will be a food critic DOVI POLLAK will be a lifeguard BUNK B32 - CONTINUED...
AMI ROMAN will be a professional video gamer RAFI ROSE will be an Olympic swimmer EYTAN ROSENMAN will be an accountant DANIEL SACKS will be a businessman YAAKOV SAMET will be a builder ARIEL WEISSMAN will be a professional Ultimate Frisbee player JAKE WIEDER will be a professional basketball player SIMCHA WINTER will be a professional tetherball player YEHUDA TRAPUNSKY will be a league coach JOSH KOEGEL will be President
Thank you all for a wonderful summer- it was a blast! Wishing you all the best in the upcoming year and looking forward to seeing everyone next summer!
Sincerely, Josh, Yehuda, and Simcha
BUNK B33 - IN 20 YEARS, WILL BE....
CHAIM TURK – a doctor HENOCH TZVI COHEN – an olympic swimmer YEDIDYA BEN-CHAIM – a star outfielder for the NY Mets AVI CWEIBER – a multi-million dollar businessman ELI ELIAS – a professional basketball player AVI FAIGEN – a policeman SHLOMO FEDER – a Rabbi AARON MICHEL FRIEDMAN – an accountant BENNY GANZ – a star receiver for the NY Jets ELIYAHU GARELLEK – computer technician YISROEL GOTTLIEB – a video game tester YAAKOV YOSEF LALMIEV – a bodyguard ZEV MALEK – a lawyer ZEVI MEISNER – a pro gaga player DANIEL ROSENBERG – a manager of a soccer team SHMUELY SPERO – a lifeguard ELIYAHU THURM – running SDC’s canteen ILAN YITZCHAK ZELCER – a workout trainer ELI ZWICK – a hotel manager AVRAHAM CHAIM NEFAS-KALIMI – traveling the world Counselor – MENACHEM KRISHEVSKY JC – LEVI DERY SENIORS HEAD COUNSELOR 40’S 50’S 60’S 70’S What? It’s the end of the year? I have to write an article for the yearbook??? Can’t be! We just started camp, a few weeks ago, I didn’t get a chance to go to the computer room. Wow I can’t believe the summer is really over. What will I write about, Hurricane winds? Falling trees? Bending railings? Swimming pool, Playgrounds, Awesome Fields, The Prom, BB1-2-3-4, Dodgeball, Gym, Awesome Soccer Nets, Pizza, Fries, Late Night, Car Pools. Wait! I know! how about the ORANGE TEAM’S Yeshivish Cheer, No! Now I remember: Sing along BLUE TEAM, Thank you HASHEM for the 40’S CAMPERS and STAFF Thank you HASHEM for the entire fifties getting quiet, Oh what a laugh Thank you HASHEM for the extra 60’S and 70’S we had this year Thank you HASHEM Not bad, right? Well maybe I should start thanking all of you CAMPERS, you should know you are the best group of 40’S thru 70’S I’ve ever had, and boy do I hope we do this again next year! STAFF – Wow I am short on words to express my Hakoras Hatov to HASHEM for giving us all of you this summer SIMCHA DAY CAMP was so lucky to have each and every one of you, I don’t say this lightly. Thank you and don’t forget 2021, call me. How about the people responsible for taking care of us – RABBI ROSENBERG and RABBI KLEINMAN, MRS. LEVY SENIORS HEAD COUNSELOR CONTINUED... and Kove, always there- all the time. To my colleagues – RABBI ROSENBLATT, thank you for arranging all the extra activities and of course our late late night, I don’t think that could have been done without you. R’ DONNY, You are so creative with everything you do, you bring so much to camp, can’t wait to see what you have up your sleeve for next year. RABBI SOKOL your brighten every morning with your smile with real Simcha. You make it feel like ADAR in SIMCHA everyday. RABBI HILDESHAIM I don’t know how you manage to do in one month what most of us can’t do in two months, but we would rather you do it in two months. R’ AVROMI MEYER – Amazing what you did this year with little space and so many outstanding CIT’S. Thank you for all the hard work these guys put in. RABBI SAMET Thank you for bringing scavenger hunts out of the closet and all the work in planning a regular day! How could we forget the “ESCAPE ROOM”. Need I say anymore! RABBI GOLDSTEIN – Mazel Tov!! Thanks for coming back to SDC, Thanks for always being there and taking everything off my plate from bussing to C.O.W.ing , you know you did it ALL! RABBI TAUB and RABBI SUDWERTS, I don’t know if you read all of these articles, but you should know it’s only because of you two that there is anything and everything to write about. Thank you HASHEM for giving us these two great leaders in SIMCHA DAY CAMP.
Rabbi Shragi Polter WHEN ASKED WHAT THEIR FAVORITE THING ABOUT SDC BUNK B41 ANSWERED
AVI ADLER – Swimming MICHAEL COHEN – Leagues ASHER FRANKEL – Canteen MAYER FRENKEL – Computers MORDY GOLDMAN – Leagues SHUEY GOLDSMITH – Leagues ELI HERSHKOVICH – Carpool BINYOMIN HIRTZ – My CIT Gabe BETZALEL INGBER – Computers CHAIM JAFFE – Leagues MORDECHAI KLEIN – Rabbi Taub YAAKOV KOPELOWITZ – Leagues RAPHI LEIBER – Leagues AHRON NEUMAN – Baseball ARYEH PERL – Leagues SHALOM PILAVSKY – Swimming TZVI RADA – The Carnival DOV SALOMON – Leagues MOSHE SCHICK – Leagues SIGGY SIMON – Sports EZZI TAUB – Leagues YAAKOV TREITEL – Computers YEHUDA VOGEL – Computers ELIYAHU WICENTOWSKY – Leagues SHMUELY ALTMAN BUNK B42
Dear B42, the bunk of “Where are you?” Now that the summers almost over, it’s time to face the truth, that it’s time to say goodbye and I might begin to cry, because we had such an amazing summer and not one day was a bummer. Now YAAKOV and I will be missing all of you, and all of the crazy things that you do...... BREAKING NEWS FROM THE BUNK OF B42! TUNE IN TO CHANNEL B-4-2 TO HEAR ALL THE LATEST DETAILS! “YOSEF ABEHSERA just opened up his 100th food shelter! It looks like he’s always trying to help those around him even when it takes a lot of time and effort! And Yosef is great at sports too! When he puts his heart into it, he truly shines!” “ZEV APFEL just got to the plate and whacked that green ball down to deep center field with his trusty bat! He has such a cool attitude that he’s literally freezing all those around him with his excitement and wonderful energy!” “MIKEY ARYEH looks to be showing his might at the tetherball court! Wait! Look over there! He just hit a grand slam all the way into the other field during leagues! His energy is unmatched and he’s always ready for his next challenge.” “EZRA BATALION is talking on the phone right now! Suddenly he starts to shout in excitement! WOW! The MLB just called to scout him for being a shortstop! Must’ve been because he just played 4 hours of baseball, caught every single ball at shortstop, and then hit a grand slam when he got up to bat!” BUNK B42 CONTINUED...
“EITAN BERKOWITZ appears to be smiling so wide that we can’t find him on camera! He just can’t stop being awesome at everything and his positivity is literally infectious!” “TZVI BRAZIL appears to have hit a homerun and brought his team to victory with a score of 18-17! After this 10-point comeback the crowd is going wild! And with his awesome enthusiasm and personality, nobody can ever stop him from trying his best!” “TZVI ETTINGER appears to be walking into Hershey Park with a group of fans trailing behind him. Why? Because they want to watch as he shows his skills winning every single game on the boardwalk and doing it all with amazing sportsmanship and a huge smile!” “ELI FLOHR was walking into an empty room just two minutes ago and suddenly it is packed with thousands of people! They’re all lining up to be his friend because he’s such a funny and kind person.” “NAFTALI GALLER appears to have just swam three miles with his friends! Oh look, there he goes on the field kicking the ball mighty high! He also hit a grand slam in baseball the other day! This kid is crazy!” “AKIVA LAVNER just got up to the plate and got a monstrous kick in kickball! He’s also so smart that he blew my kippah away with his outstanding intellect!” “YAIR LEVITT just ran a lap around the entire campus in 10 minutes! We asked him how he did this incredible feat and he told us that not only did he race like the wind, but he also BUNK B42 CONTINUED...
played a sport in every area! He’s got crazy skills and always participates ready to show them!” “AVI LOTWIN is so powerful that he just climbed up Mount Everest with his bare hands in only a day! He also just broke the world record for the being the only person so good at the game of Tag to never have been tagged!” “AVIEL PINCHASOV saw a boy sitting on the steps upset about something. He immediately cheered him up and spent the entire day hanging out with him! He has a beautiful heart and always spreads positivity around him.” “MOSHE POLLACK just picked up a four-thousand-pound rock! Why you ask? It must be because he’s such a solid person to rely on. He’s also insanely smart and blew everyone away by schooling me in computer games and reading a book all at the same time!” “ELISHA PORTAL was playing first base during leagues when a bear suddenly jumped in out of nowhere! But did he catch the flyball that would’ve lost his team the game?? Yes, yes, he did! I see the crowd carrying their MVP on their shoulders right this very moment!” “YOSEF RATNER just carried his team to victory in a crazy intense game of baseball! And then he ran to the pool where he swam 90 laps in only 20 minutes! Is there no end to Yosef’s awesomeness?” “AVRAHAM YAAKOV ROSENBLATT is walking towards me right now. What this you say? He’s taking over my radio show! But why? It must be because he’s such an amazing BUNK B42 CONTINUED...
person that everyone wants him to lead them to success! He isn’t gonna stop even when it gets tough and he will always try his best under all circumstances.” “SHIMON RUBINOV just pulled out ten million dollars and donated it to tzedakah! Why you ask? Because Shimon is so smart, talented, and kind that he has become the wealthiest, most charitable person in the entire world before he’s even had his bar mitzvah! If he keeps this up, he’ll never stop breaking records!” “ARYEH SAMET is walking up to the first ever tetherball world cup. He just smacked the ball so hard it spun around the line in one go! What’s more? He does it all while wearing his bathing suit and in the pouring rain! Nothing can stop Aryeh from showing off his might!” “ZEV SCHIMMEL just caught a baseball at first base and a kickball at shortstop all at the same time! The crowd goes wild!! And I hear that his organization and leadership skills are unparalleled!” “DOVID SCHIMMEL is running towards the fields right now as fast as a cheetah! Why? Because he just saw a boy fall over and he is running to help him. I’m looking right now, and I see as Dovid goes to the canteen and buys something for the injured boy who has no money. He cheers up the boy and makes him feel like a million bucks!” “SHUA SONTAG just did a perfect jump into the 8ft and won a gold medal for it in the Olympics! His constant flow of positive energy and happiness is also keeping the lights on for BUNK B42 CONTINUED...
the entire SDC campus!” “YOSEF SULTAN just saved an entire building full of people during an earthquake when he used his walkie talkie from inside the building to hack into the military to get their help! He’s receiving his medal of honor as we speak!” “RAFI TAILLARD recently become the CEO of Microsoft! In his first interview he revealed that his drive and desire to always help other people learn Minecraft at SDC are what got him to this point. What a story!” “ELIYAHU TEPPER unbelievably just struck out the pitcher of the Yankees! Apparently, the MLB heard how good he was at pitching so the METs called him in for a game. He then proceeded to hit a shocking grand slam that went so high it flew over the stadium!” “TZVI WASSERMAN just beat a shark in a race! I can’t believe it! And what’s this I hear? He hasn’t missed a day of swimming in the past 2 years! Color me impressed!” “Thank you to the most amazing JC of the summer, YAAKOV BLOCK for always trying your hardest and doing an outstanding job! I never would’ve been able to get through the summer without your help and your friendship.” “And that’s all for this summer’s broadcast! This is your counselor, DAVI LEVENE tuning out of the channel B-4-2. But you can always contact me during the year for more awesome news at 410-499-3144. Have a wonderful and amazing year B42!” Counselor – DAVI LEVENE JC – YAAKOV BLOCK BUNK B43 - I SPY WITH MY LITTLE EYE...
JACOB SCHOENFELD – Striking A Camper Out In Leagues ZACHARY SEBBAG – Great Sportsmanship JONAH ROSMAN – Cracking A Joke ELI PFEIFER – Running To Swim AHARON SULTAN – Amazing Ruach ETHAN ZELIG – Devotion To The Yankees USHER GRUNZWEIG – Dodgeballing Everyday ETHAN BERGER – Showing Up First In The Morning YEHUDA PERLES – Going All Out During Color War MOSHE KUNSTLER – Chilling By The Canteen BINYOMIN KOPPEL – Running Like a Lightning Bolt NOAM ALBA – With His Comedic Outlook ARI BLEIBERG – Reaping His Simcha Bucks LEVI GOLD – Making The Shot MICHAEL BERG – With His Very Bouncyball YOSEF DASHIFF – Simcha Writen All Over His Face IZZY LERMER – Kickball Skills Have A Great School Year!
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NOAM ALBA – Slamed the baseball and got a home run for his league team The Macho Nachos AZI BEERA – Said something funny MICHAEL BERGA – Was playing punch ball EITAN BERGERA – Had amazing sportsmanship ARI BLEIBERGA – Caught the most Simcha Bucks YOSEF DASHIFFA – Made a funny joke LEVI GOLDA – Was playing basketball with Yehuda Perles or playing with Moshe Kunstler USHER GRUNZWEIGA – Was playing dodgeball NOAH HAIBIA – Was Crushing it in leagues with his best friend Noam Alba BINYOMIN KOPPELA – Went to the Canteen MOSHE KUNSTLERA – Was talking about LEGO Ninjago IZZY LERMERA – Crushed it in kickball YEHUDA PERLESA – Was with Levi Gold ELI PFEIFERA – Was wearing a Red Sox hat JONAH ROSMANA – Got a grand slam JACOB SCHONFELDA – Rewired and fixed the computers in the computer room ZACHARY SEBBAGA – Said something hilarious AHARON SULTANA – Put a smile on everyone’s face ETHAN ZELIGA – Had outstanding Middos YOSEF MARKOVITS BUNK B44
B44, I really enjoyed being your counselor this year, It is really a shame that the summer end is here, All of you are special in your very own way, So a short rhyme about each of you I shall proceed to say
HASHI REICHMANN your smile can light up the darkest room, and when you hit a baseball you cause a sonic boom BENJY STATFELD you are such a pleasure to be around, and when you come up to bat the pitcher gets scared off the mound YOSEF ECKER in the field you make every play, the batter is in trouble if the ball comes your way YEHUDA LELONEK your kickball skills are a sight to see, no one who has seen you play would dare to disagree AHRON ROHR you have a lot of power from the left side, when you come up to bat the pitcher better hide YOCHANAN SINGER your athleticism is amazing, but it’s your outstanding Middos that really deserve praising SHMUEL RUTENBERG when you are batting the pitcher better watch out, because when you hit it a mile they’ll see what I’m talking about ARIEL BENGAYEV you are enthusiastic and engergetic! It seems like you’re never tired! And your constant positivity is something to be admired! YEHUDA SHAPIRO BUNK B44 CONTINUED...
YOSEF KLEIN you’re always on time to Leagues - you never make us wait, and you’re always making contact when you come up to the plate AVI TURK you are really good at soccer, so when you score ten goals it won’t be a shocker ELIYAHU MEIR you swim faster than a fish, to have you in the bunk is every counselor’s wish YEHUDA PORTNOY Wow! You pitch that ball really fast! Striking out batters from the first one to the last YAKOV YOSEF ABDRAKHMANOV you are so kind to everyone you meet, you’re ready to help anyone even in the summer heat ZELI REICHMANN you hit that ball with so much power, when the outfielders try to find it, it will take them half an hour TZVI MENACHEM FEINTUCH you always hit well you come up to bat, you are at the top of the league in almost every single stat SHMUEL ARYEH GOLDFINGER your knowledge on every topic is extremely vast, and did anyone tell that you that you run really fast? CHAIM SAVITSKY you are always so cheerful, when you are present we won’t be fearful ELI SAMET in dodgeball you are a catching machine, you BUNK B44 CONTINUED...
make impossible plays look very routine HENOCH SCHWARTZ you always manage to score a run for the team, to have you bat lead off is every coach’s dream DANIEL HERMAN you are really such a great friend, you are a reliable person upon whom others can depend MORDECHAI ZIEMBA your character is really great, and you always hit far when you come up to the plate YAAKOV AHARON THURM you rarely miss a chance to go swimming, and your voice sounds beautiful when you are singing YAAKOV GREENFELD you are such a good team player, when you come up to bat the pitcher says a prayer EPHRAIM BEN-ARI though your time with us was just a little short, nonetheless you impressed us on and off the court YEHUDAH ALTUSKY you play an excellent first base, and when you get up to the plate the ball goes to outer-space YOSEF CHAIM AIZENFRATZ you never miss a swim, and you never get out while playing running bases in the gym CHAIM YOSEF GOTTLEIB you play such a good second base, no wonder your team went so far in the playoff race BETZALEL HECHT you kick that ball so far, the only way to catch it is to drive there with a car ELCHANAN KRIKHELI you always help your team win, no matter what you do it is to the other team’s chagrin Counselors – YEHUDA SHAPIRO and ELIEZAR GREENBAUM JC – MOSHE POTASHNIK BUNK B45 - WHEN 3 OF YOUR FRIENDS WERE ASKED TO DESCRIBE YOU, THEY SAID... YOSSI BERGER – Always there to help, good friend, generous ELAZAR BORNFREUND – Smart, good at football, very nice SHMUEL COHEN – Very athletic, good at sports, amazing pitcher MEIR COHEN – Funny, good at drawing, always happy DOV CUKIER – Funny, generous, good at drawing AKIVA FINKELSTEIN – Very athletic, good at pitching, nice DANIEL FISCHMAN – Funny, good teammate, always smiley, YANKY FRIED – Generous, good teammate, fast runner DOVI FRUCHTER – Very athletic, good at soccer, good teammate MOSHE FUKSBRUNNER – Sees good in everyone, very friendly, good sport DOVID GEFEN – Nice, good davener, good at swimming YEHUDA HERSHKOVICH – Giving, funny, easy-going JUDAH IBRAGIMOV – Nice, cool, fun YOSSI KOPEL – Humble, good at sports, good davener, ORAN LANCRY – Creative, good davener, smart MAYER LICHTMAN – Funny, nice, good at swimming YONAH LOWINGER – Always calm, nice, sincere REPHAEL AVI MOSKOWITZ – Great middos, very smart, friendly AARON RENOV – Good at sports, good friend, good learner YEHUDA RUBIN – Cool, good davener, good at hockey MOSHE SALOMON – Respectful, nice, friendly YITZCHAK SHARFMAN – Very nice, funny, good at dodgeball BINYAMIN SICHEL – Good sportsmanship, nice, amazing friend DOVID SOROKA – Always there for friends, master of technology, good at swimming ARI STEINBERG – Listens, good friend, good at swimming SHMUEL WEISS – Good pitcher, good teammate, nice ELI WOLF – Caring, nice, funny BUNK B45 CONTINUED...
B45, what a time we had To see you all go is really very sad But before you move on and continue I have something to say about all of you
YOSSI BERGER you are such a good friend You are always there for us, your kindness has no end On the field you are also a good athlete With your cool personality you’re a pleasure to meet
ELAZAR BORNFREUND when you play football you are a great receiver At soccer you are also a big achiever You are very caring, you really care for everyone Having you in our bunk really added a ton
SHMUEL COHEN when you are pitching you own the game When you play gaga you put us all to shame When you come to the plate you have a valuable contact swing With skills like yours you can be good at anything
MEIR COHEN you are a team player You help lead your team although they don’t call you Meir They call you Yossi for some reason I don’t know When you come to bat you put on a show
DOV CUKIER you are such a good friend And so popular that what you do sets a trend You are very skillful and play with a lot of confidence It’s no wonder that you get so many compliments BUNK B45 CONTINUED...
AKIVA FINKELSTEIN you are a great athlete Your pitching and power bat just can’t be beat With your amazing middos and how you are nice to everyone You make everyone’s day so positive and a lot of fun
DANIEL FISCHMAN you can make everyone laugh You are fun to be around, we all want your autograph Your easy-going personality is definitely a plus Whatever comes your way you never make a fuss
YANKY FRIED you are always there for a friend You are very caring and giving, you always lend Swimming, sports, you always participate Always being involved is a very good trait
DOVI FRUCHTER your are amazingly athletic On the basketball court, you make us look pathetic Baseball, football, and soccer too Makes is think there’s no end to what you can do
MOSHE FUKSBRUNNER you are so very nice You would do anything for a friend, without thinking twice Your middos are great, you’re always very grateful One thing is for sure, you are very respectful
DOVID GEFEN there is so much to say With your electric smile, you brighten up our day You are good at swimming, you’re always in the pool Whether in your bathing suit or shorts, you’re just too cool BUNK B45 CONTINUED...
YEHUDA HERSHKOVICH your amazing ruach made our summer very fun You have the coolest personality under the sun You are always there to help a friend Your personality and kindness is a perfect blend
JUDAH IBRAGIMOV you are fun and upbeat Your sportsmanship and middos are elite You are very friendly and play soccer well You’re fun to be around, it’s easy to tell
YOSSI KOPEL you play hard, you always try With middos like yours, you couldn’t hurt a fly You listen well and do what you’re supposed to Lessons like that we can all learn from you
ORAN LANCRY you know a lot about everything You are very friendly and also very caring You also make our day very fun Because all the things you say we enjoy a ton
MAYER LICHTMAN you have great sportsmanship And skills that help your team win the championship You are smart and always have nice things to say You have an amazing ability to brighten up our day
YONAH LOWINGER you are good at all sports When you play football the defense is out of sorts In kickball you play pitcher very well You have many talents, it’s easy to tell BUNK B45 CONTINUED...
REPHAEL AVI MOSKOWITZ you are very knowledgeable and very wise There’s no doubt you deserve the Nobel Peace Prize You are also caring and very nice You’re the perfect guy to ask for advice
AARON RENOV you are good at many sports and my right- hand man To have you around is always a good plan You hold things for me and keep everything secure It’s good I can trust you since you are very mature
YEHUDA RUBIN you are good at swimming you are always in the pool With your stylish sunglasses, you look really cool You are very fun on and off the court It’s amazing how you are good at every sport
MOSHE SALOMON you never have anything mean to say You make people happy every single day You always know the schedule & what we are supposed to so How can we go a day without you?
YITZCHAK SHARFMAN at basketball you are above all Your skills are amazing also in dodgeball You look out for friends, you are very caring The good in you is always glaring
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BINYAMIN SICHEL you are everyone’s friend You make everyday fun from beginning till end You have a good sense of humor too There are so many good things just to name a few
DOVID SOROKA you are very helpful & always there for us To help us out when we need, you are someone we can trust At swimming you swim as well as a fish It’s no doubt that you are every counselor’s wish
ARI STEINBERG you are amazing at soccer And at kickball too that’s no shocker You also have good middos we all can tell You also play dodgeball very well
SAMMY WEISS you are a very good baseball player When you get up to bat, the pitcher says a prayer You are good at many sports, you impress us all But it’s your fantastic sportsmanship that really says it all
ELI WOLF at gaga you are very good And you help people out as much as you could You are very nice and of course very friendly You are with the times and very trendy
I had a great time I hope you did too I hope to be back next year and see all of you All the sports games and time together we enjoyed so much Throughout the year and beyond feel free to be in touch
AKIVA MANDELBAUM - JC (732) 723-8615 YAAKOV SHAPIRO - Counselor (917) 373-5817 • [email protected] בס”ד Summer 2020 Issue #7 August 14th, 2020
Parshas ראה Spectacular Seventh Week! 7:35pm SENIORS DIVISION HEAD
What an amazing summer it’s been! From the sports to the swimming and everything in between there’s no doubt this summer was incredible! A huge thank you to RABBI POLTER and RABBI SAMET for all their hard work. It was a great pleasure to be on the team! And of course, a huge shout out to the incredible senior division campers! You made SDC an incredible place to be each and every day! SUMMER 2020 will be the summer I will never forget!
Rabbi Yoni Goldstein SENIORS DIVISION HEAD Some of you reading this may still be wondering who I am. Who is this guy who is supposedly the 50’S DIVISION HEAD and works together with RABBI GOLDSTEIN and RABBI POLTER? He wasn’t by orientation. He never shows up to a morning staff meeting. And he’s the 50’S DIVISION HEAD?? But that’s ok. Sometimes I am not sure who I am? Am I Hawaiian or Mexican? Chinese or Israeli? But I digress. It’s been an unbelievable summer at SDC 2020. From the first day of camp, everyone here was so welcoming and accepting of me (I wonder if it had anything to do with my connection to the JUNIORS ). I felt comfortable from the start and the memories from this summer will last a lifetime. From the first day, RABBI TAUB’S enthusiasm and Ruach was permeating throughout camp. I still find myself humming those words (...SDC the place to be). I knew it was going to be a great summer, and now as I reflect back I think of all the great memories we had together. The leagues were so intense! I couldn’t believe my eyes at all the highlight reel plays I witnessed this summer. From diving catches to great pitching, SDC CAMPERS blew me away with their stellar play. Whether the boys were playing leagues, dodgeball, basketball, or any other game, the counselors were always making sure that Middos and fair play was always a priority. There was so much fun and excitement. From DR. SCHNITZEL to the Shabbos themed ESCAPE ROOM, CARNIVALS to LATE NIGHTS, RABBI SUDWERTS made sure a week never went by without action. The summer climaxed with an amazing COLOR WAR! Nobody was expecting to have COLOR WAR this year but when DAHAN went missing the CAMPERS started to realize that something was afoot. As soon as COLOR WAR was announced the campers got into the COLOR WAR mode and it was game on. TEAMS BLUE and ORANGE battled valiantly. SENIORS DIVISION HEAD CONTINUED... It was neck and neck as the teams battled through a plethora of COLOR WAR activities. The relay races ended with photo finishes. The TORAH BOWL competitions demonstrated the campers’ vast knowledge of YEDIOS KLALYIOS. During the SWIM RACES, campers showed off their Olympic skills by speeding across the pool. It all came down to the grand finale. Both teams sang beautifully, emotions flowing, as the teams went from the Hebrew song to the team cheers, culminating with alma maters that brought everyone to tears. In the end, as both teams stood together in anticipation of the final score to be announced one team was crowned champion. The orange team! Congratulations to both teams and their generals, MAX LANDSBERG of the ORANGE TEAM and SHRAGI YANKELOWITZ of the BLUE TEAM. You both led your teams as exemplary leaders. I would like to end off by thanking RABBI POLTER. Despite being the SENIORS DIVISION HEAD, it seemed like you were involved in every aspect of camp. Special thanks to AQUATICS DIRECTOR ERIC MASLIN and all the LIFEGUARDS. Every day the boys came out of the pool with smiles on their faces, looking forward to the next swim. I would also like to thank MRS. LEVY for making the best camp lunches. In all my experience in CAMPS, I never had food that was 5 star restaurant quality like yours. Whatever I needed, MRS. LEVY was always available to help. Whether it was preparing foods for lunch activities like the blind taste test, or baking special bagels for B32 when they had their special hamotzi breakfast, MRS. LEVY never shied away from what was necessary to make sure the campers needs were met. Thanks to an amazing OFFICE STAFF. You are truly the backbone of CAMP. Thanks for doing everything to keep CAMP running smoothly. Wishing everyone an amazing year. Looking forward to seeing everyone next year in SDC YERUSHALAYIM! Rabbi Shaya Samet BUNK B51 - IF I HAD A PENNY EVERY TIME...
ARON ADLER – Sang a song after swim AVIGDOR ADLER – Went swimming YITZY BAMBERGER – Wore “shpitz”clothes from Abercrombie ELISHA BENCHAIM – Made a save the day play in leagues AZRIEL ELBOGEN – Was with his cousin Azriel YEHUDA FEDER – Asked about the schedule ASHER FEIGENBAUM – Put on a show making cool animal sounds perfectly TZVIKI FRIEDMAN – Wore his Indians cap YITZCHAK GUBERMAN – Went to canteen with Yaakov Noam Levine AZRIEL KAMINETZKY – Talked about his brothers DOVID KEILSON – Got someone out in line up YAAKOV KOPELOWITZ – Was negotiating alongside Sruli Stern what time I should walk down their block CHAIM KRASNER – Wanted me to text his cousin YAAKOV NOAM LEVINE – Went to canteen with Yitzchak Guberman AVI LYONS – Demonstrated good sportsmanship DOVID MOSCOVICI – Umped or was catcher for 40s leagues BUNK B51 CONTINUED...
SHLOIMY PARNES – Said Yeshiva Ketana VS ARON POTASH – Was with his brother AVI SCHARF – Asked what time it was DOVID SCHULHOF – Made sure we played line up on the basketball courts GAVI SHORE – Asked when swim was TZVI SILVERMAN – Went to computers ELIMELECH SIMON – Struck someone out in baseball CHAIM SOKOL – Tried his hardest despite his injured arm YEHUDA ZUCKERMAN – Got on base I’D BE A MILLIONAIRE... Thank you for making this summer very enjoyable!!! Have an awesome year!!
Counselor – YONI BRAVERMAN JC – SHMUEL FLIEGELMAN A special thank you to our CITS AVI BLEIBERG, YECHIEL BERTRAM and DOVID ZLOTNICK COLOR WAR!!! BUNK B52 - IF EVERY CAMPER HAD ONE THING TO TAKE WITH THEM INTO QUARANTINE... AKIVA BARRAF – A pool to get thrown into NETANEL BERG – Anything but mac and cheese ZEV BRENNER – The canteen YITZY DEWICK – His Cavs cap YAAKOV BURNS – His mitt GABRIEL DAHAN – The shack CHEZKY HALALI – His Frisbee/ball MORDECHAI HOFFMAN – His batting gloves DOVI JAFFE – A swimming pool BOAZ KAHN – A soccer ball AARON KENIGSBERG – His older brother MOSHE MOSER – His basketball jerseys YEHUDA RODIN – Someone to strike out DOVID SITORSKY – He would just ditch to the gym BENJY TWERSKY – A locker to hide in ISSAC WEISFELD – A ball to hit over the hill EITAN WEISS – His counselors shoes to step on SHMUEL WEISSMAN – His football GERSHON WISE – His basketball Thanks for an awesome summer and have a great year in school! AVRAHAM TZVI KEEHN (917) 679-5711 ELIMELECH FRIEDMAN (347) 819-6631 DAVID KENIGSBERG and PINCHAS GERLITZ this year so be aware ארץ ישראל P.S. I will be in of the time difference BUNK B53 - IF I HAD A PENNY EVERY TIME...
SHAYA BENAYON – Wanted to play basketball RAFI BERKOVITCH – Scored a goal in hockey DANI BORISKIN – Saved a goal in soccer JOEY BURGER – Went to computers IKEY BURGER – Hit a triple MOSHE CHAIM COHAN – Was with Tzvi YAAKOV COHEN – Threw a touchdown EZRA DAVIDOWITZ – Was with Joey ARON ELAZAR – Was in computers DOVID JOLSIN – Played baseball AHARON LEVY – Wore cool tzitzis KOBY LOYD – Hit a homerun AVRAHAM FASS – Got someone out in dodgeball MORDECHAI FINKELSTEIN – Hit a home run YONI FUNDO – Went swimming ASHER GOLDFEDER – Played baseball MOSHE HARARY – Didn’t swing on the first pitch YECHEZKAL ROSEMAN – Beat Dekhy at basketball REPHAEL SHATTNER – Hit a homerun BUNK B53 CONTINUED...
SHUA SCHWARTZ – Went to canteen AKIVA SICHEL – Fell down purposely SIMCHA STERN – Struck someone out TZVI WEICHHOLZ – Outran everyone down the court to score in basketball DONIEL WHITE – Drained a 3 from Downtown YISHAI WYNER – Was positive even after he lost YEHUDA DEKHY – Screamed WE DON’T TAKE L’s (only learning experiences) COBY POLLACK – Played basketball with the boys who didn’t want to go to computers Guys, we had a great summer we hope you enjoyed it as much as we did. We had a great close game of color war, leagues and let’s not forget swimming and everything else that SDC has to offer. If u want to call us, please do! – Yehuda and Coby YEHUDA – (917) 776-1364 COBY – (917) 938-5388 UNTIL NEXT YEAR GUYS, HAVE A GREAT YEAR!!!!!!!! COLOR WAR!!! IN 20 YEARS BUNK B54 WILL BE...
ASHER NAFTALI ABRAHAM – Will play for the Yankees AVRAHAM BACHAYEV – Will be SDC camp director RAFI CHECHKOV – Will lead the MLB in slugging percentage MOSHE DANINO – Will be the first religious soccer player to win the World Cup DANIEL ELBAZ – Will be an Olympic swimmer EITAN GANCHROW – Will make pitcher- catcher a league game ABIE GOLDBERG – Will avg a hat trick in international soccer YAAKOV GOLDGRAB – Will bat 400 in MLB ELIYAHU GOTHARDT – Will find and return every lost item in SDC BARUCH GUTTMAN – Will run the camp canteen DOVID JOSLIN – Will be Avnet Director JUDAH KIEVAL – Will have the highest walking percentage in MLB AVISHAI LEVITT – Will be the learning director in SDC ISSAC MAKOWSKY – Will be cranking 90’s SAMMY MIMUN – Will start a professional kickball league ELISHA MIZRACHI – Will be a starting wide receiver on the Eagles YITZCHAK MORDECHAI – Will be a Gadol Hador YAAKOV MOSKOWITZ – Will know that there is food for lunch RAFI PADEH – Will still have the coolest hair style ARYEH RAND – Will have the best foul shot in the NBA MORDY ROTHMAN – Will have his own yacht AHARON SCHREIBER – Will win the first kickball Gold Glove award ZIGZAG ZIGGY SKIRLOFF – Will have won multiple gold gloves MENDY SOKEL – Will be an All Star shortstop EZRA SONNENBLICK – Will still be geshmak with the 613 mitzvos BINYAMIN STEINBERG – Will be a sniper dolphin AZI WELL – Will be an All Star NBA player AND B54 WILL STILL BE THE GREATEST BUNK IN CAMP WITH 4200 SIMCHA BUCKS!! Counselor – ARIEL KNOPF • JC – SHUA BENOLIEL
WHERE WILL BUNK B61 BE IN 20 YEARS FROM NOW?
GAVRIEL COHEN – “A Subway driver for the MTA” ZEVI FIRESTONE – “A Professional Chocolate/candy taster” DOVI FISCHMAN – “A 1st baseman for the New York Mets” NAFTALI GLATSTEIN – “Professional drawing artist” TZVI GORDON – “An Architect” MOSHE NAYMAN – “A Veterinarian” ARYEH OKUN – “An Engineer” SHMUEL RIZEL – “A rocket scientist” ELIYAHU ROSENHOLTZ – “A 1st baseman for the New York Mets” YEHOSHUA ROTHMAN – “A video game programmer” AARON SCHOENFELD – “A left outside tackle for the San Francisco 49ers” NAFTALI SCHWARTZ – “An Architect” BEN SINGER – “An owner of an international airport” SHALOM ZEV SOLOMON – “A video game programmer” NATI TAUB – “The Gadol Hador in America” SHUIE TAUB – “The Gadol Hador in Eretz Yisrael” JUDAH ZELMANOVITCH – “A Dentist”
Counselor – YANKY KOENIG JC – YONATAN JAKUBOWITZ BUNK B62 - IN 20 YEARS...
AVROHAM ABBA ARANOFF – Will be the next Michael Phelps & will be a fierce competitor in the swimming olympics ZVI BIGAJER – Will be rookie of the year for the Atlanta Hawks and will have a multi million $ sports card collection JACOB BLUMENKRANTZ – Will be the only NBA player to have a better free throw % than Steph Curry MENACHEM BRAUN – Will be the next Yoenis Cespedes.... but better DANIEL CHECHKOV – Will be a 10 time triathlon champion AVI GOLDFARB – Will be a hall of Fame worthy MLB pitcher alongside his trusty manager Eitan Brown KOBI GROSSMAN – Will be the next Gadol Hador of our generation MOSHE KAUSHANSKIY – Will be the next Cristiano Ronaldo CHAIM LEBOWITZ – Will be running a high tech computer lab with his partner Shia DOVI MANNE – Will be the Basketball 1v1 champion of the United States SEFI RAMBOD – Will be a bodyguard for princess Sofia SHLOMO REICHMANN – Will be a stud 3rd baseman for the N.Y. Yankees SHIA RUBENSTEIN – Will be running a high tech computer lab with his partner Chaim AVRUMIE SONTAG – Will be the N.Y. Yankees head coach and run a perfect season BUNK B62 CONTINUED...
YEHUDA TAIB – Will be a world olympics worthy swimmer and will be “swimming” in 1st place metals AVI TAIB – Will be a world renowned chazzan gracing Shuls with his beautiful praise EPHRAIM WEISS – Will be an all star first baseman for the N.Y. Yankees TZVI ZIMMERMAN – Will be the next Usain Bolt.... but faster AARON SPEILMAN – Will work for NASA and launch the first rocket to Pluto SRULY STERN – Will run a sunglasses shop that will put Sunglass Hut out of business ZVI KLEIN – Will be the next star wide receiver for the N.Y. Giants YOSEF ZAHLER – Will still be wearing his awesome black hat while competing for volleyball champ of the East coast SHLOMO TAUB (CIT) – Will be running SDC Yerushalayim! ZACK (CIT) – Will be a world renowned Gaming champ EITAN BROWN – Will be Avi Goldfarb’s sports manager TZVI GRINER – Will still be chilling KIT- TZVI – (917) 588-9145 • [email protected] EITAN – (347) 306-0887 • [email protected] BUNK B63 - IN 20 YEARS FROM NOW...
SHLOMO ABRAHAM – Will be a teacher YEHUDA ALISHAEV – Will be a pilot YAAKOV ARANOV – Will be a comedian AVI BERGER – Will be playing basketball (boxing) with Mechy YEHUDA CHAIT – Will be trying to get traded RONY COHEN – Will be a millionaire SHIMMY COHEN – Will be an NBA player SHAI FOGEL – Will be a doctor NOCHUM GENACK – Will be wearing yeezys BEZALEL GRABER – Will be an MLB manager MECHY GROVEMAN – Will be playing basketball (boxing) with Berger MENDY HERSHKOVICH – Will be a pro dodgeball player JOSEPH KESTENBAUM – Will play for the Miami Heat AVI KLEIN – Will be an actor SHRAGI LERMER – Will be an Olympic swimmer MESHULAM SALAMON – Will be climbing on a basketball hoop YOSEF SCHARF – Will be in the bunkroom DOV BER SCHREIBER – Will be director of SDC ELIYAHU SCHREIER – Will still be earning simcha bucks AVRUMI TWERSKY – Will be a pro Gaga player YECHEZKEL WIESNER – Will be wearing (fake) AirPods JOSHUA YAKUBOV – Will be eating noodles and ketchup YOSEF YUDIN – Will be a Lawyer Counselor - SIMCHA REICH JC - JOEY KENNIGSBERG will still be losing in leagues! CIT - NATANEL PLATSCHEK will still be giving out (eating) the cookies in the morning! IN 20 YEARS BUNK B71 WILL BE...
BINYAMIN AMITAI – Olympic swimmer SIMCHA BERMAN – The next Yaakov Shwekey AZRIEL BLUMSTEIN – First Baseman in MLB RAFI DACHS – Director of SDC YEHUDA GEWIRTZ – Hedge fund manager RAFI GUBERMAN – Home Run Derby champion PINNY HOLZBERG – Forward for the Toronto Maple Leafs YEHUDA MAYEFSKY – Professional Minecraft player CHAIM NUSSBAUM – Rebbe and Shochet ELI PFEIFFER – SDC Seniors Division Head ARI PILAVSKY – Shortstop for the Yankees EZZY RAPPS – Rebbe in Yeshiva of Waterbury ZACKY ROSENBERG – Learning Director of SDC TUVI SALOMON – Pitcher for the Houston Astros MENDY SCHWARTZ – Clinical psychologist LEVI SHOLLAR – Stand-up comedian BINYOMIN STERN – Sports broadcast announcer MOSHE WOHLGELERNTER – Part owner of the Houston Astros CITS – Still not doing their job SHUEY BLEIBERG – Hosting his own cooking show MAX LANDSBERG – Still be a counselor at SDC! Thanks for an amazing summer guys!! Good luck next year as CITs!! Counselor – MAX LANDSBERG JC – SHUEY BLEIBERG CITs – YAAKOV KARFUNKEL and PINCHAS GERLITZ BUNK B72
First of all, I’d just like to start by saying: no, you cannot go to the canteen, yes, you may go to the bathroom, no, you cannot push me into the pool. Ok, now that that’s said and done, I’d like to give a shout out to all the campers who didn’t get camper of the week during the summer. You guys have no idea how guilty I felt each time I had to choose. So, just know I always felt like each of you was the camper of the week. To those who got campers of the week, thank you for being so good that you came to forefront of my mind the second RABBI POLTER caught me in the headlights that I hadn’t handed in the campers of the week yet. As you guys know, I am not the usual counselor and like to do things my own way, with a little help from my campers. So, instead of doing the stereotypical ‘if I had a dollar…’ or ‘if we were stuck on an island…’ I’ll be doing something a little more unique. Though throughout this article, I may do one of those things to appease those of you who have not stopped asking for that the whole summer/ half. Now, for the best part: the daily schedule. For all COUNSELORS and JC’S, you know what I’m talking about and I salute you for surviving this long as well. It’s the start of the day, shiur just ended and I’m already exhausted just walking up the stairs to the classroom. The second I enter the hallway and one of you guys see me, you suddenly pull half the bunk out of thin air and you’re all crowding around me asking me for the schedule even after the BUNK B72 CONTINUED...
millionth time showing it to you guys. Or even worse, I don’t have one and chaos breaks out with riots, fire, and screams. Just kidding. But sometimes it felt like it. Now, for every seventy, we all know what activities are always on our schedule even before we look at it. PK, basketball, or prom. All three are places that we COUNSELORS secretly, not secretly, dread as much as you guys do. But we all loved it in the end. We always ended up going in for stories, jeopardy, or gaga in the classroom. Having PK first always felt like coming to school and realizing you have a test first period that you have exactly five minutes to study for (something I’m sure we’ve all experienced). Everyone would be asking for a story and, after running out of stories I had already written, I had to make them up on the spot. Something each of you enjoyed, but left my brain doing somersaults. Important rule to remember when telling future seventh graders stories: none of them are allowed to have good endings. I tried once. If looks could kill… Swimming began every day the same way: me trying desperately to get everyone to change at top speed and failing miserably. After much coaxing and stress everyone would finally be ready to go and I’d trudge after them until I plopped down next to MAX at the bench by the pool and got a chance to breath. Until someone came to me with a complaint or request for another story, which usually took around .00000001 of a second. I have major PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) from lunch. BUNK B72 CONTINUED...
Fifty minutes of people playing chef by mixing everything in sight together. Not to mention the times RABBI TAUB or RABBI POLTER are making important announcement and you guys are making me laugh while I’m trying to shush you. *Cough* the expression when you spooned ice cubes from your cup and poured them down your shirt. I think everyone in camp knows about me with leagues. Lose with pride, lose with joy, lose with cookies. Never forget the cookies. The rest is history. Though big thanks to SACHIE KATZ for arranging the team when I was hopelessly clueless about what in the world I was supposed to do. What’s baseball again? Now shout outs: YOSEF ADLER: Dude, you have the most energy I have ever seen in a person. You ran circles around me on those stifling hot days when most people could barely move. EYTAN AKHAVAN: Always making random noises and expressions that always cracked me up, even when I was yelling my brains out. JOSH AKHAVAN: Keeping up the great attitude and doing amazing even when you were dehydrating or not feeling well. ELIYAHU BENCHAIM: I don’t think I heard a single complaint out of you the entire summer, which I have to say, is an incredible feat for a preteen. You always had an amazing attitude. YEHUDA BENCHAIM: Tried to pretend that you were in a sports funk, but you came through for your team with enough BUNK B72 CONTINUED...
epic catches and hits that I was absolutely awestruck. YAAKOV DOV COHEN: You always had something to bring to the conversation, quick quips, smart comebacks, and spunky lines. You were an epic factor of the bunk. AARON FEINTUCH: You were so cooperative and good spirted, you were such an amazing camper to have. And spanking good at sports, I must add. YITZY FRECHTER: Ma’ dude, you were awesome, that’s about the most precise description of your summer I could give. Special shout out to being the first person in the world to get me to put on a mitt and actually have a catch. MEIR HERSKOVITZ: Phenomenal goalie, offense, defense, catcher, batter, and everything else, you were a life saver during our games. You were also one of the only people who actually tried to do a cartwheel from my lessons. You were almost there! SACHIE KATZ: Words fail to describe what a pleasure you were to have. No joke. You saved my neck during leagues for two halves and were the best listener during stories . Eternal thanks, you were awesome. DANIEL KRIKHELI: Incredibly determined and head strong, there’s a lot of potential to go around and if you commit yourself I know you’ll make it far. MICHOEL LESSER: I was incredibly impressed this year by your good going nature and friendliness. You always made everyone feel like a million bucks. It’s a rare attitude to find nowadays, a real gift. Hold onto it. BUNK B72 CONTINUED...
EZRA LESSER: Perpetually smiling, you always made me laugh and enjoy when you were around. You were an absolute pleasure to have, especially during those rainy days when we all needed a good dose of laughter to go around. AVI MARCIANO: You asked me to do this, so I will. If I had a dollar for every time you asked to go to the canteen I would be a millionaire. Request received and fulfilled. DOVI NEUMAN: World’s best pitcher. From day one you came with a confidence that marked you as a leader. Lead well and true. CHAIM PORTNOY: I must give credit to you. I’m not a baseball guy usually, but you smack that ball so far it’s a wonder they actual end up finding it eventually. ELCHANAN RAMBOD: Ramby, I salute you, you were a real pleasure these past two years. Always cooperating, always doing the right thing, even when no one else was. It’s never easy going against a mob mentality, but gosh darn, you did it. And you did with spunk. That’s commendable. SHMUEL RICHTER: Shmuel, Shmuel, Shmuel, I am at a loss for words. You were the perfect blend of mischief, humor, smiles, and pure awesomeness. My sides are still hurting from laughing with you for so long. You always made me laugh somehow, even when I was walking around with storm clouds above my head from a hard day. You have my respect and thanks for an awesome two summers with you. P.S. you have the best innocent face. BUNK B72 CONTINUED...
AKIVA ROHR: Definitely one of the boys. Awesome at sports, great friend, and super tall. Seriously, you were like two feet tall when we met last year and all of a sudden you were taller than me. The only reason people knew I was your counselor was because of the beard. MICHAEL RUMSTEIN: You may have only been here for second half, but you left quite the impression on me. You got that je ne sais quoi (known as the ‘it’ factor to Americans, but it’s French and sounds cool so I’m putting it in. Wait, one more time: je ne sais quoi. Great now our summer is complete). YISRAEL RUTENBERG: Always pleasant to be around, you were never in a fight, always preferring to be the passive one. For that you have my eternal thanks. It’s an amazing quality to have, trust me. YAAKOV SCHWARTZ: Buddy, you were just awesome. Voted by me and Tzvi Grinner (I believe that’s how you spell his name, if not, sorry Tzvi) as the most clutch player. You come through with everything for everyone. AVRAHAM YOSEF SIMON: I’m convinced you know some sort of magic, seriously. I don’t know how you manage to get everywhere so quickly, I’m still trying to catch up. MOSHE WARMAN: Now, keep this a secret, but I admit you know more Harry Potter than me. I haven’t picked up the books since before high school I believe, but it’s still quite commendable. I rarely meet people who can rival me, courtesy to a memory that likes to remember information that I have absolutely no use for in general life. BUNK B72 CONTINUED...
SIMCHA ZEITLIN: I got to give it you, Simcha, you rock. I never ever, ever, ever, ever had trouble with you. You were an amazing camper to have and an excellent listener when it came to my stories. AJ COHEN: Dude, you saved my life. When it comes to sports I am completely lost. You came in second half and took over the sports so efficiently I didn’t know what to do with myself anymore. I had absolutely nothing to do. You were an awesome JC. I couldn’t have asked for better. MAX LANDSBERG: Basically part of the bunk, Max was the perfect Jeopardy Co-host, helping me keep everyone entertained on rainy days, (*cough* everyday really, *cough* PK). Max, my greatest thanks for all those saves. It was a pleasure to work with you. MEIR, never knew your last name, CIT: Don’t kill me, you just never told me your last name. But, I can tell you that you did a great job. Thanks especially for the escape the room. YONI BRAVERMAN: Thanks for allowing DOVI to be your assistant coach. Also, special shout out for dunking your head into that tub of water, but at least you didn’t have to wear a chicken on your head. Something I still deny ever happened. Special thanks to all the RABBI’S, THE OFFICE, my fellow COUNSELORS, all those other people who I don’t know, and the JANITOR who started singing by Olympics breakout (underrated voice, btw). And of course, special thanks to me. I survived yet again in one piece. Keep in touch, your counselor, YOEL SOIBELMAN BUNK B73 - IN 20 YEARS...
YONATAN BEN-HAYUN – Pro Diver DOVID BONDAR – Gadol Hador EZRA BRAUN – Pitcher for the BROOKLYN Dodgers ARIEL CWEIBER – Pro Videogamer (mainly Minecraft) YOSEF EHRENFELD – Con Artist EZRA GELFAND – IDF General YOSEF HAFT – Will still be in Chaim Berlin DOVID TZVI KLEIN – Nintendo Game Developer YONI KOGAN – Comedian NETANEL KOHEN – CEO of Two Chains LLC MENACHEM KONIG – Rabbi Lawyer Doctor Accountant SHUA LAPIN – Alef Plus Talmud MOISHE LOWY – Dentist YITZY MANNE – Anthony Davis EZRA MIMUM – Will Still Be Late GAVRIEL MORRIS – Businessman SHLOMO NEUMAN – Stock Broker AVI SPEAR – Security Guard YITZCHAK SULTAN – Police Officer YISROEL TABRIKIAN – Bank Manager AZRIEL FRIEDMAN – Owner of a Construction Company AVICHAI YUSOPOV – Lead Data Scientist YOSEF YUSOPOV – Taller than Avichai DAVID ZEDNER (COUNSELOR) – Israeli Real estate agent LEVI KRISHEVSKI (JC) – Clipboard Manufacturer CIT DIVISION HEAD From The Desk of Avromi Meyer (Not Mayer, or Meyers): It’s crazy that I’m sitting here writing this letter. A few months ago, no one even knew what the story was going to be with this summer of 2020. What would it be like? Could we really make it as awesome as an SDC summer always is?? Well, 2 months later, we certainly have our answer. The CIT Summer of 2020 was the most amazing, incredible summer we’ve ever had. We began a brand new system of leagues. We had incredible late nights. We had unbelievably delicious CIT Appreciation breakfasts (Thank you KOVE and MRS. LEVY, as well as all the WAITERS, for all you do every single day!!). Let’s think back on some memories... DANIEL ASSOULINE, the most energetic athlete ever, got injured but still came back to camp with his winning energy and smile. AHARON BADALOV, I love your backwards cap! YONAH FOGEL, you are my #1 Fellow Nuggets and Broncos fan! Although apparently SHOLOM GUTMAN has some claims to that title as well. PINNY TWERSKY, what an absolute treat to have you this year-you are an all star frisbee player. YITZY VINITSKY, what an incredible leader!! BINYOMIN KLESTZICK, you are the master of the triple threat. DOVID KENIGSBERG, I’m so glad you joined the end of leagues. YAAKOV KAZARNOVSKY (AKA Kaz), you are the coolest. YAAKOV KARFUNKEL, Color War wasn’t the same without you!! Let’s see, what else...SRULY SCHWARTZ, you may be like 50 years old, but you still managed to dominate leagues. OVADIA ALISHAEV, thanks for being a great Captain. MORDECHAI BEYLUS may be the most laid back CIT of all time. Oh wait, is that perhaps AVI BLEIBERG? AVRAHAM DYCKMAN, AKA Deke, thanks for being such a great Captain for the whole entire summer. YOSEF BROWN, SO SO glad you joined us for the end of the summer, and made such an incredible impact (especially when JOSH threw you across the court :)) ELISHA GEFEN!! Every summer I have you as a camper you add so much to the group. MOSHE GELB, I’m finna tell you that you are the man. ELCHANAN GOLDGRAB and SHMUEL KLEIN, it’s our tough luck that you left early, but thanks for CIT DIVISION HEAD CONTINUED... being such rock stars the whole summer. GAVRIEL KOENIG, as always, you came and left your mark on the camp- keep it up! RAPHI MEZEI, I know you can’t wait to be a lifeguard like your brother! And RAFI MORDECHAI, thanks for not going to Dora Golding this summer, we were so lucky to have you! ARI MORRIS, you may be the best flag puller in football I’ve ever seen. EZZY GOLDMAN, all Ican say is GO RAPTORS!! (And I know, I know, you’re not a winner picker.) YAAKOV GRUZA, what a sight to see you skateboarding on campus... to the GLATSTEIN BROTHERS – I’m predicting that MEIR will end up taller than YEHUDA by at least a foot. MEIR GINSBERG, thank you for all your help with everything. Of course, the same goes to PINCHAS GERLITZ! AVI KRANZLER, be it in football or with helping the Juniors, you are a true superstar. YECHIEL BERTRAM, you are a truly exemplary CIT in every way. YECHIEL AMITAI, thanks for being such a chiller. AHARON BARCAN (ie. Tarcan) and TZVI NOSSON POTASH, you guys are a truly dynamic duo. Thanks for all the laughs and the help. MEIR FELLNER, wow-you came second half and became a true leader of your bunk. DOVID BRODY, good luck in Florida! DOVID ZLOTNICK, thanks for being able to balance leagues with working so well. NACHI “NACHO” HYMAN, you are an incredible league coach, keep up the leadership! NETANEL PLATSCHEK, thanks for being so helpful around camp from day 1! YOSEF TURBINER, I got you in the basketball game! ARI and TZVI MANELA, you guys are incredible people and athletes who happen to be cousins. ZACH RAHMANFAR, yes I do know your name!! YOSEF SCHLACHTER and MOSHE ROSEMAN, yes you can go to computers. Can I please have a Harry Potter Trivia showdown with SHLOMO TAUB?? SIMCHA WINTER, thanks for just being an incredibly nice, unbelievable CIT. And the same goes to EITAN MOSKOWITZ, you are simply unbelievable. YOSEF NEWMARK, don’t snitch on me that I played while injured! Speaking of injuries, glad ARI MOLLER got his cast off. EITAN LEVITT, thanks for always being there for your bunk. MEIR MELTSER, I’m so glad you joined us for the second half. CIT DIVISION HEAD CONTINUED...
SHRAGI MANDEL, I know you are not SIMCHA!! AKIVA LANDY, sorry you had to leave a bit early... DOVID LAP digetty doogetty lapdog LAPIN, you are a true mentsch, thanks for everything you do. TZVI RAND, you truly stepped up when you started to work with a bunk-awesome job! SHMUEL ROSENBLATT, sometimes I confuse you with Scary Gary Sanchez. AVRAHAM ROSENBERG, let’s have a one on one. ARI SHIFER, you are a second baseman par excellence. ZEVI SHILMAN, you are an all world volleyball Center. YONAH PERLES, get the schedule and then go upstairs! You rock the house. NAFTALI WALKIN, keep doing what you do. CHAIM ARYEH WEISS, I know that bag is not from your Bar Mitzvah!! ARIEL ZYLBERBERG, you truly stepped up as a captain, thanks for all your hard work. As I always end off by saying, I want to thank all of you from the bottom of my heart. Every day of camp, the CIT’S come in and serve as true role models and leaders in every aspect. Thank you all for accepting that responsibility so admirably. I will miss all of you! Please keep in touch, and looking forward to SDC 2021!! All the best, Avromi Meyer (720) 737-8247 PS. Thank you RABBIS TAUB, SUDWERTS, and all the head staff for all your hard work every single day. PPS. Thank you JOSH LEYTON for everything this summer. You were amazing and it was a real pleasure working with you. PPPS. Thank you RABBI SHLOMO KRASNOW for all your help. PPPPS. Thank you YIDELE for all your hard work! PPPPPS. Thank you MRS. RUBINOFF, MRS. FRIEDMAN, and all the people who work behind the scenes every day to make sure camp runs smoothly. PPPPPPS Thank you RABBIS FINKELSTEIN, RUDANSKY and SCHWARTZ for being such unbelievable Rebbeim and role models for everyone. PPPPPPPS. EVERETT you are the man!!!! WINNING TEAM OF ORANGE CHEER SONG To the Tune of “Aish”, as Performed by Yaakov Shwekey INTRO PRE-CHORUS GO-Orange Color War’s here Ooh-oh GO-Orange This is our cheer Ooh-oh GO-Orange Love Over Fear Ooh-oh GO-OH-Orange [2x] It is clear ORANGE TIME TO VERSE 1 SCREAM IT LOUD Hey SDC It’s not a dream CHORUS It’s so obvious that we’re the winning We’re going to pump team We’re going to rock Cuz We’re Sharing the love Orange-Ahava For The One Above Can’t be stopped [finger- wag] Oh-ooh-oh Oh-Orange [2x] We’re going to crush [To the Pre-chorus] We’re going to cream Orange-Ahava VERSE 2 Is the Winning Team Hey Blue Team It’s not a dream HOOK Soon a time will come when He will AH-Havaa reign supreme Ahavaaaa And the whole world has love Ahavaaaa for The One Above Ahavaaaa Oh-ooh-oh [2x] Oh-Orange [2x] [To the Pre-chorus] INTRO GO-Orange Ooh-oh GO-Orange Ooh-oh GO-Orange Colo Ooh-oh GO-OH-Orange SDC rWar 2 020 [To Verse 2] GENERAL MAX’S VICTORY GRAMMEN
When I was picked to be General of color war 2020, I had no idea what was in store for me. The energy from the start was extremely high, And the week of competition flew right on by. It began with a kidnap of the sports shack head In exchange for our equipment, at least that’s what they said, When all of a sudden, it was color war breakout: Orange and Blue as the colors, what an interesting bout. Almost right away it became pretty clear That Ahava/love was better than Yirah/fear, But we knew that we could never be complacent Because the lead could very well flip in a matter of seconds. In the leagues and swimming, and many a relay race, The Blue team never seemed to match our pace. We were racking up points from left and right, And our ultimate victory was slowly fading into sight. At the Apache Race, our hopes were nearly crushed When Blue Captain SAM won in gaga, but only just. It wasn’t long until Orange reclaimed the lead With clutch baskets, great agility, and blinding speed. Captain AJ COHEN was a boss on “the wheels” And yet Blue was still looming right on our heels. Lieutenant NACHI’S efforts brought us ever so close, It was all up to the Generals and the Gatorade double dose. GENERAL MAX’S VICTORY GRAMMEN CONTINUED...
When Blue was still behind, the Apache for them was out of reach But SHRAGI and I still had left one Gatorade each. Every sip brought the end of the race down to the wire But we pulled it off and went 500 points higher. It all came down to the Grand Sing in the Diamond Beis Medrash As the judges entered the room hiding in ski masks All that was left was to sing our team songs And then they would finally announce the team that had won. Our team was led by DAVID ZEDNER, the Simcha maestro Who directed the Orange team through the high parts and the low, And right before the end came our hilarious skit Thanks to DAVI LEVENE it was truly a hit. With our Alma Mater song the tears flowed so strong As the anticipation built up, but not for very long. When RABBI TAUB announced the winner, all we could do Was cheer and celebrate because the victor was…ORANGE!!! As I end off this Grammen, there are so many people to thank, Just thinking of them all and my mind draws a blank. My congrats to SHRAGI, you put up an excellent effort, I know I’ll remember this color war forever. It’s hard to believe that it’s the end of the summer How can anyone truly leave Simcha, I only wonder I look forward to having even more fun IN YERUSHALAYIM, WITH SDC 2021. WINNING TEAM OF ORANGE ALMA MATER To the tune of “Birchas Habonim,” as Performed by Ohad Moskowitz VERSE 1 you’re amazing My carpool rolls in For making SIMCHA DAY CAMP RABBI TAUB greets me with a smile entertaining Can’t wait to see my friends To learn and play with them. As my carpool rolls out And swimming in the pool – I [pause] begin to shed a tear So refreshing I won’t see my family Camp this year is such a blessing Till SDC next year In the holy city, Yerushalayim As I enter my room Praying it won’t be a long time I’m glad to see familiar faces School was all on zoom CHORUS Boruch MEchaYE mesIM SDC I haven’t seen my friends in a year The Place to be I’m so glad my summer family’s here My Summer Family CHORUS SDC Summer’s gone The Place to be and we’ll move on My Summer but the memories will live on [2x] Family ‘Till summer comes
Summer’s gone and we’ll move on but the memories will live on [2x] ‘Till summer comes [to Verse 2]
VERSE 2 Colo SDC rWar 2 Thank you RABBI TAUB, 020 & RABBI SUDWERTS - for all you do, To RABBI ROSENBLATT And RABBI POLTER too, And to all the UPPER STAFF, BLUE COLOR WAR GENERAL
Words cannot describe what a color war this was. But I do have one thing that comes to mind, flabbergasting. It all started with a crazy breakout. When the equipment went missing nobody was shocked, but when R’ SUDWERTS took it, that nobody expected it. As I ran into the crowd of CAMPERS, I could feel the tension in the air... Because color was here! The sports games were intense. ONE CAMPER even told me he could break my strike out streak (which is for about 2 years) and boy did that ball fly, it was just the beginning of color war miracles. We prepared the songs extremely hard, though we had no microphone. YEHUDA SHAPIRO, who I greatly thank for all his effort even though he had his sister’s chasunah, managed to teach the amazing songs he wrote. Now the apache relay race….as all CAMPERS know this a touchy subject for me… I must tell you I was running sideways. We were close. Just so close but I was one slurp away when a cheer arose in the crowd, no more will be said. The final day came, I had not slept in four nights and now the end was near. Who would win? We sang our Hebrew and cheer songs loud as can be, but so did orange. The skit was very, very funny. R’ TAUB got a little wet as well as he drank some Windex (do not try that at home). Then the alma mater. Achdus we sang with the ORANGE their song, tears filled my heart. Then came ours. It was beautiful and inspiring. I still sing it. I saw many people crying including me. Ultimately it came down to the judges’ decision…..the winning team was….ORANGE. Though broken hearted I smiled as I walked away knowing how much fun this was. You do not know what you have till you don’t have it. If I had won, I may not have known how much all the CAMPERS’ and COUNSELORS’ efforts really were. ORANGE did an amazing job. Congratulations. The memories of this color war I am sure will remain in our heart (though I think I am wearing a blue shirt forever…jk) Thank you SAM and YEHUDA for all you did for me and our teamwork was amazing. I hope you have much hatzlacha. Last but not least though, I think we did amazing!!! The HEAD STAFF thought so too just the orange had a color war miracle. Thank you HEAD STAFF for all you do for the CAMP, specifically to make an amazing COLOR WAR. Hope summer next year is not a distance away. SHRAGIE YANKELOWITZ