If you mention the name, Amanda Esraeilian, to anyone involved with NCSY an instant smile appears on their face. Though she is so well known now in the NCSY world, Amanda explained that her entire NCSY experience began from her first NCSY shabbaton.  Amanda shared how transformative her first shabbaton was for her, “I was

Meira Salamon (NJ NCSY & ICE Israel 14′-15′) & Shalom Zharnest (NJ NCSY & TJJ 13′-15), January 24, 2015

After meeting on Yarchei Kallah 2013, they were both assigned to staff TJJ the following Summer. They knew it was a shidduch after the Staff Shabbaton in May, and the rest is NCSY history.