Meet the Year-Round Team

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Amy grew up in the Philadelphia suburbs and has a lifelong passion for Jewish community and education. She holds a BA in Asian and Middle Eastern Studies from the University of Pennsylvania, including a year abroad at Ben-Gurion University.

Her career spans education, hospitality, and non-profit operations. She has held various roles at Julian Krinsky Camps and Programs, the Four Seasons Hotel in Philadelphia, and PIDC. In 2018 she helped launch Philadelphia Hebrew Public Charter School as its founding Director of Operations. Amy lives in Center City with her husband and two children—who are both proud Ramah campers! She is excited to bring her expertise to the Day Camp and share the magic of RDC with more Philadelphia-area families.

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Karyn is a Ramah Poconos Alumna, and this will be her 12th summer at Ramah Day Camp. Karyn has loved spending her summers at the day camp with her two sons, Andrew (19) and Joshua (16). She has loved getting a front row seat watching them grow up as happy Ramahniks, and has taken great pride seeing them as amazing counselors and serving on staff with each of them.

Karyn has been a camper, counselor, assistant Rosh Edah, teacher, and parent liaison at Ramah Poconos. Her time at day camp has been spent as a teacher and Rosh Hinuch (education). Karyn has her undergraduate degree in Elementary Education and a Masters in Counseling and Human Relations. She taught fourth grade at the Perelman Jewish Day School (Stern Center) for 9 years and was the Director of Stepping Stones Enrichment Camp for 12 years .

Karyn is currently the Shul School Coordinator at Darchei Noam in Ambler as well as a preschool Hebrew immersion teacher at several local synagogues. “All of my jobs have always included taking care of my students/campers, and I am excited to make this my number one responsibility this summer. There is nothing more important than the well being of each and every camper, and I look forward to working with my amazing Ramah team, as well as the families, to ensure our campers have fun and successful summers."

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Miryam was born in Mexico City and moved to San Diego, CA at the age of 4. As a young girl, she enjoyed eight incredible summers at Ramah Ojai and always dreamed of making her way back “home” to camp (although now on a different coast). In addition to earning a BA in American History from Columbia University, Miryam also earned a BA in Jewish Studies from Albert A. List College at the Jewish Theological Seminary. During her time as a student at List College, Miryam obtained a work-study position in the Institutional Advancement Department of JTS, and credits that time for her passion and drive in development work. After graduation, Miryam worked at a fundraising consulting firm and then returned to JTS’s department of Institutional Advancement as Assistant Director of the New York Region. While in New York, Miryam also spent time fundraising for Mount Sinai Hospital. Since then, she has worked with many organizations of varying size, helping them reach their goals and accomplish their mission. Most recently she served as Director of Institutional Advancement at Hillel at the University of Pennsylvania. Miryam currently lives in Wynnewood, PA with her husband, Adam, and two young children, Georgi and Daniel.