Recruiting on the Road
Members from the admissions office, as well as deans, visited multiple locations this summer to meet with potential students. They were out and about, talking with future students about JTS’s many programs and opportunities.
- Rabbi Ayelet Cohen, Pearl Resnick Dean of The Rabbinical School, and Rabbi Stephanie Ruskay, Associate Dean of The Rabbinical School, visited Camp Ramah in the Poconos and met with current and future rabbinical students, along with camp staff and administrators. Rabbi Cohen also met up with JTS students at Ramah Day Camp in Nyack and spent time at Ramah in the Rockies, and Rabbi Ruskay taught at Ramah Berkshires.
- Rabbi Cantor Shoshi Levin Goldberg, Director of the H. L. Miller Cantorial School, spent a Shabbat with her family at Ramah Day Camp in Nyack, where she previously was a staff member.
- Rabbi Annie Lewis, Director of Recruitment and Admissions for Religious and Educational Leadership and Assistant Dean of First Year Rabbinical Students, took an extensive tour, visiting multiple camps. She served as scholar-in-residence at Camp Ramah in the Poconos and taught rising 7th graders about tefillin; participated in “Tefillot Afloat,” a signature experience at Camp Ramah in Northern California; and engaged with campers and staff at Camp Ramah in Wisconsin. She also met with numerous JTS alumni, students, and staff.
We had a full roster of students enrolled as Freiberg-Hammerman Ramah Ambassadors. This special program supports JTS students who work at Ramah camps, where they share Jewish learning and programs and help identify and recruit the next generation of promising JTS students.
A JTS student also attended BBYO’s International Leadership Training Conference where they talked with future leaders and provided information about the List College community. Locally, JTS had a table at the Collegiate Leadership Internship Program through NYU’s Bronfman Center.
Read more about the #JTSRamahconnection and personal reflections from the senior leadership team.
