Sheira Director-Nowack

After attending The Ohio State University, Sheira Director-Nowack received a Masters in Social Work and Certification in Jewish Communal Services from Yeshiva University. She has been in camping for over 20 years, working in Jewish residential camps as well as day camps. Sheira served as the associate director for a Jewish camp for children who have learning issues and social skill disorders. Her passion often leads towards children who have some learning differences or social skill challenges. Sheira is now the Associate Director of Camp JRF. She is known for her sense of humor and outgoing personality. Most importantly she is now a camper parent and is able to truly understand the questions and ideas that camper parents face. She has been married for the past eleven years to Brian Nowack, and together they adopted Madeline in 2005.


Articles by Sheira Director-Nowack

An Unknown Benefit of Camp for the Director

There are plenty of reasons I became a social worker and a camp director within the Jewish community. Recently, there ...

The Childhood Friendship That Set My Life’s Course

This post is part of our series dedicated to Jewish Disability Awareness Month. Everyone has a passion and a calling. ...

How I Learned to Do More Than Just “Accept” Same-Sex Relationships

Check out today’s powerful post on The Canteen from Sheira Director-Nowack, who reflects on how a Keshet training on LGBT inclusion opened her eyes. Our next ...

How I Learned to Do More Than Just “Accept” Same-Sex Relationships

I am not quite sure when I first started to understand the notion of homosexuality. When Billie Jean King was ...

The Small Moments

Recently, my daughter was asked to write about a small moment for school. Not just any small moment – one ...

The Racial Puzzle

I often wonder if all roads lead us to the place where we are supposed to be. I don’t mean ...

Am I Really This Typical?

Sheira Director-Nowack is the associate director of Camp JRF in South Sterling, PA.As a Jewish camping professional for the past ...