We welcome back Joshua Lasday, from Potomac, Maryland, as the 2017 Oranim Merakez! This will be his 10th summer spent at Camp Judaea. He also attended Tel Yehuda for two summers, participated in Machon, and experienced Year Course. Now he is a student at the University of Wisconsin where he studies Political Science—Go Badgers!

Josh’s fondest memory from CJ was writing his Bogrim Hatzaga (play) in 2011—something he’d been waiting to do since beginning his Camp Judaea journey as an Offarim camper. He is a fan of all sports but favors playing Shabbat Staff Softball at camp. He also enjoys playing video games and traveling: he’d like his Oranim campers to know that he has been to nine different countries!