Welcome to Times Will Tell, The Times of Israel’s weekly feature podcast.

This week, we speak with two camp counselors, Israeli shlichim, the Hebrew term for emissaries, who were sent through the Jewish Agency this summer to work at Camp Ramah in the Poconos of Pennsylvania, where they spent two months caring for campers and working and meeting fellow staff members.

The two staffers are Halleli Busheri and Tair Offir, who had their own family connections to Camp Ramah, the Conservative Movement's camping movement. Both were seeking the challenges and new experiences of a Jewish American summer camp.

They speak about camp life, and what it's been like to be the Israelis, known as mishlachat, on staff at camp. Busheri and Offir share moments from the summer, describing what it's been like to get to know people their age as well as their campers.

They speak about what surprised them during the last two months, and some of the unexpected joys and tender moments in this very American Jewish summer experience.

IMAGE: Halleli Busheri (left) and Tair Offir, two shlichim, emissaries on staff at Camp Ramah in the Poconos (Courtesy)

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