Bernie's Bio

Bernie Birnbaum (born June 15, 1995) is a Computer Science Major at Tufts Universty. He was born and raised in New York City, attending Stuyvesant High School. He spent his summers as a camper at URJ Eisner Camp beginning in 2007 and continued to return as a counselor through 2015.

Birnbaum excels academically, posting an A- average at New York City's most reputable public High School, and making the Dean's List multiple times at Tufts University. He has also spent a semester abroad at King's College London and has interned at a tiny Israeli tech start up. Outside of class, he is involved with Israel advocacy and is in charge of the sports broadcasting group at Tufts. While in high school he played baseball recreationally and ran a dog-walking business which he founded in the 7th grade. Birnbaum is also an internationally ranked pinball player and has flown an airplane twice!