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Rabbi Josh and Rikki Lehman have been the OU-JLIC rabbinic couple and directors at the University of Maryland for the past few years.

Rabbi Josh Lehman grew up in Monsey, New York but has spent most of the last decade living in Israel. After studying in Yeshivat Hakotel for 2 years and serving as a combat soldier in the IDF, Josh continued on to study Computer Science at the Jerusalem College of Technology. He then received Smicha from the Mizrachi Musmachim Program while serving as a Gemara shiur assistant and teacher in both Yeshivat Hakotel and Aish HaTorah.

In addition to playing guitar, running, and enjoying a good football game, Josh loves to spread his passion for learning Torah through a warm yet sophisticated lens. He loves to build full and meaningful relationships with everyone he meets and never gets tired from a good shmooze.

Rikki Lehman grew up in Miami Beach, Florida. She studied for a year and a half in Sha’alvim for Women in Yerushalayim, and went on to study in Stern College for Women, where she majored in psychology. During her college years, Rikki was involved in informal education, as an NCSY advisor during the year and on summer programs such as Michlelet and TJJ. The summer after graduating Stern, Rikki made Aliyah and worked as a madricha and part-time teacher in Machon Maayan. She worked as an Admissions Coordinator for Yeshiva University in Israel, and taught classes on Navi and Modern Jewish Thought in Machon Maayan.

Rikki is a big coffee lover and enjoys road tripping with family and friends. She is passionate about teaching and learning from people of all different backgrounds, and creating lasting relationships with those around her.

Along with their two boys, Yair and Gavriel, the Lehman’s are so excited to be spending the summer at Camp Seneca Lake!

Shimon and Idit Shushan, who will be joined by two of their five children, Yishai and Maayan, are thrilled to be joining the Camp Seneca Lake community this summer!They have three older children, Shachar, Roi, and Amichai, who will remain in Israel during the summer. With a love of education at the core of their values, this family hails from Nitzan, Israel, a very special town by the sea.

Outside of their work at Seneca, Shimon serves as the head of a high school yeshiva in Rehovot, while Idit teaches Hebrew language in a girls’ high school. Prior to those roles, the Shushans previously served as Shlichim in Springfield, Massachusetts for four years and in Teaneck, New Jersey for three years. They are eager to share their love and knowledge of Jewish texts, as well as the ethics and morals of Judaism with the campers at Camp Seneca Lake.