Our Staff

Camp Gan Israel takes great pride in its exceptional counselors. Each counselor brings years of prior experience and a genuine desire to work with children. Bunk sizes are intentionally kept small and well staffed to ensure individualized attention. Through our affiliation with the worldwide Chabad educational network, we have access to young men and women who are interns and emerging professionals in the field of Jewish education. We invite these college-age men and women from around the globe to spend the summer with us and provide them with housing in Swampscott for the season. Who benefits from this? Your child. Our counselors are not simply filling a summer job; they are individuals committed to Jewish outreach and education, and they often have a positive, lasting impact on the children they work with.

In addition to day-to-day supervision and programming, our staff offers extra activities throughout the summer, including child-friendly Shabbat services at Chabad. We take pride in our ongoing commitment to recruiting, training, and retaining the highest quality staff in the camping profession. Over the years, Camp Gan Israel of the North Shore has remained dedicated to maintaining small groups with exceptional staff supervision. This approach ensures the best possible care, instruction, and oversight for our campers. Our counselors are highly trained, experienced, and deeply dedicated to nurturing each child’s growth and connection to Jewish life.

CAMP DIRECTORS:

Chaya Baron is a warm and passionate educator with many years of day camp experience. She has directed Jewish day camps across the world from Gothenburg, Sweden, to Vancouver, WA and more than a few in between!

She is the leader of our top notch staff and takes great pride in our on-going, comprehensive staff training program. Her extensive experience in the classroom and out, with kids of all ages makes her a most valuable asset as educator and administrator to our camp throughout the summer.

Look out for her canvassing the camp grounds with her signature warmth and smile.

Rabbi Sruli Baron is a warm, spirited , fun loving, and camp-loving guy. He likewise spent many a summer as counselor, Head Counselor and Director of various Camps around the world, from Caracas, Venezuela, to the flagship Gan Israel camp in Upstate New York. During the year he heads up Tobin Bridge Chabad, and runs the North Shore Jewish Kids Club and Hebrew School.

Rabbi Sruli who co-directs CGI with Chaya, uses his years of experience, and leadership skills to run and operate a smooth and safe summer program for our campers.

He is our on-site director and is available 24/7 for anything you may need.

Email: rabbisruli@nsjewish.com