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Thank you to the couples who have registered and submitted stories of their Ramah Romances to our website. Their stories are touching and inspiring. We know you will enjoy reading them. You can choose to read the stories from a specific camp or program, or see the names listed alphabetically. If you know of any Ramah couples that are not listed below, please tell them about www.ramahmarriages.org, or email us at ramah@jtsa.edu and we'll be happy to contact them.
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A-B Michael Abrams & Tami Kagan-Abrams Guy Alberga & Beverley Moskovic Alberga David Apothaker & Carol Mendelsohn Apothaker Shimon Steve Albert Arbel & Josie Zaldin Arbel Jeffrey Arnowitz & Tamar Brendzel Arnowitz Noam H. Arzt & Heidi Steinberg Arzt Steven Asher & Ina ("Louie") Elfant Asher Bart Axelrod & Charna Ockman Axelrod Howard L. Bach & Wendy Ziman Bach Andrew Barnett & Vivian Matusow Barnett David Baum & Alissa Solom Baum David Barras & Shelley Karp Barras Benji Bearman & Faye Hammer Bearman Aaron Michael Beitner & Marci Iliza (Orman) Beitner Norman Beitner & Ruth Beitner Ann Lipnik Jonathan Alec Baron & Alyse Michele/Bender Baron Mark Berman & Rachel Gordon Berman Martin Jeffrey Berman & Marylin Gottlieb Berman David Blecker & Norma Shifrin Blecker Saul Blecker & Nina Rabinovitch Blecker Andrew Bloom & Ronda Janowski Bloom Jonathan Scott Bloom & Michelle Emily Weisfelner Bloom Jeff Blum & Cindy Goldfarb Blum Shalom (Steven) Bochner & Orli Loewenberg Martin Bogot & Hadara Skidelsky Bogot Michael Bohnen & Joyce Oppenheim Bohnen Noah Borenstein & Amy Judith Heller Daniel Brandes & Shana Kurlandsky Edward Bromberg & Marian Wolarsky Bromberg Miles P. Bunder & Alida Krovetz Bunder
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C-F Jason A. Cathcart & Vicki Sykes Cathcart Marim D. Charry & Paula Spinrad Charry Alan Lee Cohen & Linda Appel Cohen Amir Cohen & Alysa Gerstley Cohen Arthur Cohen & Julie F. Silverstein Cohen Burton Cohen & Roberta Cheskis Cohen Charles Cohen & Jennifer (Jen) Neufeld Cohen Martin S. Cohen & Joan Freeman Cohen Aron Coleite & Tracy Strauss Coleite Mark Cooper & Amy Skopp Cooper Lawrence Michael Covitt & Melissa Chordock Covitt David Seth Cutler & Rachel Lea Fish Arnie Davidson & Penny Fleishman Davidson Elliot Dorff & Marlynn Wertheimer Dorff Paul S. Drazen & Susie Alpert Drazen Edward Edelstein & Anna Dicker EdelsteinDavid Ehrenkranz & Ilyse Braun Andrew Eisenberger & Jennie Goldress Sholom Eisenstat & Rifka Holtzkener Eisenstat David Englander & Stephanie Levitz Englander Michael Adam Feinberg & Alison Goldstein Feinberg Ed Feinstein & Nina Bieber Feinstein Daniel Felsen & Beth Glass Felsen Scott Forester & Betsy Brown Forester Jeffrey Simeon Fox & Beth Lauren Pepper Aaron Michael Frank & Laura Shaw Frank Joe Freedman & Sue Schwartz Freedman Robert (Asher) Freedman & Sharon Center Freedman Gigi Fried & Wendi Alana Portman Hillel Friedman & Betsy Gillman Friedman
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G-H Eric Ganezer & Tamar Skowronski Noah Garfinkel & Dina Goldman Garfinkel Barry Gavarin & Mindy Roth Gavarin Richard Gavatin & Linda Spitzer Gavatin Marshall Gilinsky & Lisa Gertsman Gilinsky Liron Gitig & Diana Marcie Goodman Gitig Craig Gittleman & Stacy Cooper Gittleman Ari Glazer & Stephanie Goldberg Glazer Steve Glazer & Andrea Soff Glazer Bernard (Baruch) Gold & Rananah Kliers Gil S. Goldberg & Cindy Schonbrun Goldberg Jonas Goldberg & Chelly Gilgore Goldberg Marty Goldberg & Sharon Zabitsky Goldberg Michael Goldberg & Sandra Polin Goldberg Steve Golden & Shira Sky Golden Nason Goldstein & Carole Orenstein Goldstein Steve Goldstein & Marlene Noveck Ronald Goss & Michelle "Mimi" Haligman Goss Joshua Gould & Melodye Feldman Israel Moses Gordan & Abby Leah Uhrman Dan Gottstein & Amy Schein Gottstein Ricky Gratz & Sarah Weinberg Gratz Pelleg Graupe & Elizabeth Davis Graupe Jared Green & Barbi Price Green Mark Greenberg & Missy Hecker Greenberg Seth Greenberg & Ilene Spark Greenberg Bill (William) Leigh Gross & Lisa Spertus Gross Zave Gussin & Judy Gordon Gussin Jonathan Gutman & Renee Hoffert Gutman Jon Gutstein & Susan Mack Gutstein Richard Hammerman & Sharon Freiberg Hammerman Joshua Hammerman & Mara Aisenberg Hammerman Moti Hanochi & Naomi Stamler Hanochi Noah Hartman & Anna Robinowitz Hartman Michael Hecht & Sheila Diamant Hecht Joshua Henkin & Beth Berkowitz Jonathan Hersch & Julie Lipson Hersch Jon Hoffenberg & Sara Behr Hoffenberg Jeffrey Hoffman & Laurie Mark Hoffman Kenny Hoffman & Janet Andron Hoffman
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I-L Ron Isaacs & Leora Weinstein Isaacs Offer Isseroff & Nava Zwi Isseroff Aaron Jaffe & Claudia Grossman Jaffe Newton (Larry) Jassie & Lois Berman Jassie Alan Kaell & Diana Schachter Kaell Noah David Kalter & Shari Berman Kalter Sylvan Donald Kamens & Rhoda Roth Kamens David N. Kantor & Lynnsie Balk Kantor Liell Karni & Idit Sonnheim Karni Michael Don Katz & Betsy Dolgin Katz Stuart Katz & Marni Smith Katz Matthew Benjamin Kaufman & Robin Lewis Kaufman Stuart Kelman & Vicky Koltun Kelman Jeff Kopin & Beth Ginsburg Kopin Jonathan Kremer & Ellen Helfman Kremer Jerry Kriger & Bea Skolnik Kriger David Krohn & Risa Rosenbaum Krohn Larry Kroll & Jodi Feldman Kroll Josh Menachem Kulp & Julie Beth Zuckerman Simmy Kustanowitz & Ilana Edelman Kustanowitz Judah (Lakritz) Rand-Lakritz & Susan (Rand) Rand-Lakritz Michael Joseph Landau & Faye Andrea Goldman Ira Landman & Ursula Skolnik Landman Michael Laxmeter & Judith Friedlander Laxmeter Allan Lehmann & Joanne Schindler Michael Leifman & Sharon Samber Jonathan L. Levin & Sharon Pearlman Levin James L. Levin & Shira Nadich Levin Sheldon M. Levin & Nita Polay Levin Alan Levine & Barbara Portnoy Levine Benny Levy & Reut Frenkel-Levy Micah Liben & Deborah Markowitz Danny Lipnik & Paula Pascoe Lipnik Eli Lipsky & Rinna Hoffman Lipsky Brian Liss & Judy Wendkos Liss Eric Lowe & Jennifer Prottas Lowe Howie Lupovitch & Marni Foster David Jeremy Lyons & Myrna Wedlan Lyons
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M-R Barry L. Magen & Cheryl Skolnick Magen Rick Malter & Rosalie Moss Malter Ivan Marcus & Judy Lefkowitz Marcus Ehud Marcus & Erica Neuman Marcus Mark Marpet & Judy Spevack Marpet Jonny Mars & Abby Andiman Mars Andrew "Coach" Scott Mayer & Marla Weiss Mayer Joseph Martin Menashe & Deborah Ann Musher Sander Mendelson & Adina Newman Mendelson Geoffrey Menkowitz & Elana Genut Menkowitz Daniel J. Merritt & Ruth (Booty) Newlander Merritt Aaron D. Michelson & Rona Mager Michelson Jonathan (formerly David) (former last name: Milgram) Rimon & Wendy Wolman Rimon Etan Milgrom & Deborah BarakYaron Milgrom-Elcott & Miriam Sheinbein Daniel H. Mink & Ronna S. Mink Larry Mishkin & Judy Teibloom-Mishkin Daniel ("Dani") Moskowitz & Miriam Wolf Neil Norry & Sharon Singer Seidman Robert Edward Novak & Yael Bauer Novak Richard Panush & Rena Joffe Panush Harry Joseph Pell & Lisa Eiseman Pell Micah Joshua Peltz & Rachel Miriam Zivic Laurence Pepper & Dana Lugend-Pepper Jonathan Petuchowksi & Leslie Yenkin Jeremy Platek & Lisa Resman Platek Stanley Platek & Celia Silverstein Platek Matt Plofsky & Brooke Morrison Plofsky Daniel Prober & Sharon Katz Prober Jeffrey Rabin & Amy Bernstein Rabin Judah (Lakritz) Rand-Lakritz & Susan (Rand) Rand-Lakritz Howard Rebenstock & Amy Gerstel Rebenstock Morry Re'em (Scholick) & Adina Friedman Re'em Barry Reichgott & Alexandra Bloch Jay Reisbaum & Tara Spitz Reisbaum Larry Reiter & Laura Fox Reiter Daniel Relles & Dina Lucas Relles Joel Rembaum & Fredi Breverman Rembaum Sanford Remz & Arlene Rosenkrantz Remz Peter Reynolds & Kathy Rauchwerger Reynolds Jonathan (formerly David) (former last name: Milgram) Rimon & Wendy Wolman Rimon Jonathan Gideon Robins & Leah Kaplan Robins Jason Philip Rogoff & Dara Elizabeth Schatt Scott "Lefty" Rosen & Ann Lesley Hamvas Rosen Joshua Rosenblatt & Rachel Mann Henry Rosenblum & Susan Ticker Jonathan Rosenstein & Edith Korin Rosenstein Adam Ryan Rosenthal & Jami Datnow Rosenthal Allan Michael Rosenthal & Wendy Wish Rosenthal Jeremy Rosenthal & Gwen Shelden Rosenthal David Harris Ross & Lauren Schmidt Ross
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S Jeremy Sacks & Belinda Mason Sacks Ari Saks & Rachel Einhorn Saks Robert J. Saks & Loretta Vitale Saks Eric Salmansohn & Marcia Bronstein Stuart Saposh & Linda Holof-Saposh Joshua Savitz & Naomi Himmel Savitz Larry Schachter & Phyllis Blyweiss Schachter Samuel M. L. Schafler & Sara Rita Edell John Schapiro & Sarah Asekoff Schapiro Andy Schiffmiller & Onnie Lovett Schiffmiller Ron M. Schneidermann & Jenny Sanderson Schneidermann Steven Carl Schoenberger & Louise Malamud Schoenberger Michael Schwab & Erica Gross Schwab Gershon Schwartz & Shuly Rubin Schwartz Ralph Schwartz & Marci Dickman Steven Schwartz & Iris Toker Schwartz Benjamin Segal & Judith Moldavi Segal Eric Segal & Karen Legman Segal Steven Seiden & Aviva Queen Seiden Bruce Allen Bromberg Seltzer & Deborah Tamar Bromberg Seltzer Joel Seltzer & Eliana Katz Seltzer Matthew Seltzer & Stacy Lipschutz Seltzer Saul Shapiro & Miriam Klein Shapiro Howard Scott Shafer & Lisa Kotler Shafer Josh Sharfman & Bonnie Levy Sharfman Chuck Sherman & Leah Hurowitz Sherman David Andrew Sherman & Julie Fishman Sherman Martin B. Sherman & Linda Diane Wallen Giora Shimoni & Lisa Katz Shimoni Andrew Shulkind & Sarah Zimbler Shulkind Ron Shulman & Robin Walzer Shulman Steven Sietz & Ephie Brand Sietz Alan Silberman & Margaret Auslander Silberman Judah Silverman & Margo Lightstone Silverman Israel Nathan Silverman & Gloria Sussman Silverman Bruce A. Sklover & Tamar Rader Sklover Michael Joseph Small & Sheila Berk Small Mark Snowise & Elisa Cook Snowise Jeremy N. Sokolic & Sarah Rubin Sokolic Ross Sommers & Hadas Bonnie Sommers Todd Sone & Shawna Goodman Sone Jeffrey Sosland & Mindy Weisenberg Sosland Philip P. Spectre & Barbara Lerner Spectre Daniel Spevack & Liz Arnold Spevack Harold Spevack & Harriet Greenfader Spevack Randy E. Spiegel & Debbie Krohn Spiegel Mark Spillman & Leslie Neuman Spillman Alex Stern & Sandi Arnowitz Stern Morton Steinberg & Miriam Bernstein Steinberg Loren Sykes & Rebecca Kaplan Sykes Marc Swatez and Elise Rice Swatez
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T-Z Howard Tamler & Nechama "Nancy" Imberman Tamler Bradley C. Tecktiel & Susan Fay Mayer Tecktiel Jeffrey Tigay & Helene Zubkoff Tigay Moshe Tutnauer & Margie Weingarden Tutnauer Joseph Vander Walde & Joan Gimpel Vander Walde Daniel Varon & Stacy Krasner Varon Michael Victor Varon & Sepi Farivar Varon Dov Vogel & Gila Stamler Vogel Greg Wagner & Ilyse Reiter Wagner Barry Warren & Ruth Perlmutter Warren Michael Weiner & Lisa Shiner Weiner Eric Weinstein & Sarah Klagsbrun Baruch Weiss & Laura Blumenfeld Stephen (Steve) Weiss & Anne (Chana) Weinstein Weiss Irving Samuel White & Joan Kornbluth White Geoff Winston & Zip Benjamin Winston Moshe Ari Witztum & Elizabeth Komsky Witztum Carl Wolkin & Judy Rosenberg Wolkin Scott Wohlstetter & Robin Fox Wohlstetter Jonathan Woocher & Sherry Fleisher Woocher Eric Scott Yanoff & Dava Wiener Yanoff Matthew Louis Zerden & Lisa de Saxe Zerden David Zisenwine & Anne Brickman Zisenwine Sandy E. Zisser & Ann Lipshie Zisser Wallace Zuckerman & Deborah Cohen Zuckerman Daniel Zur & Briana Binstock Zur
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Ivan Marcus & Judy Lefkowitz Marcus Camps Attended: Connecticut, Nyack, Berkshires Met: 1958 Married: 1964 |
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Dan & Ruth Krasner Camp Attended: Berkshires (formerly Nyack) Year Met: 1960 Year Married: 1964 |
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Jonathan Woocher & Sherry Fleisher Woocher Camp Attended: Berkshires Met: 1965 Married: 1968 |
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Michael Laxmeter & Judith Friedlander Laxmeter Meeting at Ramah made it much easier to get to know each and come to love each other. We were engaged five weeks after meeting each other at Ramah - since we spent every day together - unlike in the city where you cannot do that on a regular basis. Camp provided the environment of an exclusive "city" in its own right. The rest is history! |
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Harriet Greenfader Spevack & Harold Spevack Married: 1967 Ramah is an ideal place for one to meet a spouse. Our son Daniel also met his wife Liz at Ramah in the Berkshires (see story and photo below). The people who attend or work at the camp already have a common value system. Jewish identity, worship and the importance of Eretz Yisrael are a central part of those affiliated with the camp. Common backgrounds make relationships easier and provide a good foundation upon which to build. Meeting in a relaxed atmosphere, away from the stilted and strained dating scene, enables young people to develop deep, lasting and meaningful relationships. Many of our best friends are still our camp friends from thirty-five years ago. Having a best friend for a spouse is a blessing. |
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Carl Wolkin & Judy Lynne Rosenberg Wolkin Judy and I were counselors in Edah Gimel where Shacharit services took place in a circle. Our eyes met one day, and one thing led to another. She wore big sunglasses, but I guess I could see through them to the person behind. As it happened (and I am not terribly proud of this fact) I had arranged for my then girl friend to come and work at camp, but on July 8 after spending an entire night sitting (that was all) by the lake and talking, I decided that my future was with Judy. Judy was an undergrad at Buffalo and I at Columbia and JTS Rabbinical School bound. Judy was in the first graduating class of the Hebrew Academy of Nassau County. I went to an afternoon Hebrew School at Temple Adath Yeshurun in Syracuse. I grew up in a non-observant home, she in a very observant one. Only in the wonderful Jewish atmosphere of Ramah could our relationship have flourished. Even after 36 plus years of love, I still believe it was bashert, as this poem Judy gave me shortly after we fell in love suggests:
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Sharon Pearlman Levin & Jonathan L. Levin Jonathan (then called "Yoni") was a graduate of the Mador Program at Poconos and was assigned (against his wishes, since he was a Poconos camper) to Berkshires. Sharon had been a madricha the year before at Berkshires and, though a year younger than Jonathan, was a seasoned second-year madricha. On the first day of staff week, the rosh edah convened a meeting of Machaneh Alef madrichim in Jonathan's bunk. Jonathan spotted this cute redhead, though he wasn't sure about a madricha who had never been a Madornik. Sharon accidentally left her raincoat in the bunk after the meeting. Jonathan saw that as a sign and determined to return the coat chivalrously that evening at the Shabbat dance. As Jonathan was about to lose his nerve to approach Sharon with the coat, she came up to him and convinced him to join her in the "yesh lanu tayish" line dance. That was their first night as a Ramah couple, and they continue to think of themselves that way. Their two children both attended Ramah (New England and Poconos), and they hope that their grandchildren (one now 7 months and one on the way) also will someday. Sharon and Jonathan celebrated their 35th wedding anniversary on June 25, 2005. |
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Jerry Kriger & Bea Skolnik Kriger
Camp Attended: Berkshires Married: 1971 I met Jerry my very first day at Ramah, the week before the campers arrived. The rest is history. In addition to my having met Jerry, we still count the people we met at camp among our closest friends, even with having made aliyah to Israel 27 years ago. |
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Eric Segal & Karen Legman Segal |
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Susan Ticker & Henry Rosenblum
Camp Attended: Berkshires Married: 1976 We met when she was taking Senior Life Saving. I was her victim but she was afraid to come in and save me. She said I was too big for her and we had taught kids never to put their own lives in danger. She failed the course but years later we re-met when I was the Hazzan of her parents' shul and was training her youngest brother for Bar Mitzvah. I guess we turned out to be compatible after all. |
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Shira Nadich Levin & James L. Levin
Camp Attended: Berkshires Married: 1973 Spent the summer of 1969 at camp (1st year on staff for both of us). We became very close friends - and developed a wonderful circle of friends. Within about 2 years we began to go out and were married in 1973 when we graduated college. |
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Sam Fraint & Deena Segal We met over dinner in the chadar ochel during staff week. It turned out that Deena was friends with a girl I had known in USY and I sat down, ostensibly with her, and impressed Deena by making the other girl laugh throughout dinner. Apparently, she was known among her friends as a sourpuss, so Deena grossly over-estimated my powers of humor. That night Deena was asked out by my best friend. He wanted to get her ice cream at the Red Rooster, 19 miles outside of camp on Rt. 22. He had no car and I had my father’s, which I was forbidden to loan to anyone, so I volunteered to drive them (and another friend who managed to worm his way into what had been a threesome.) At the Red Rooster I noticed that Deena, who was and is quite thin, was shivering from the cold. In an inspired moment in which my synapses became entangled with those of an entirely different person, I offered her something warm. She gratefully accepted my smelly old Levi's jacket, my most prized possession. On the way back to camp, I got a flat tire right outside a rowdy bar (now, I believe, a church). Drunken townies were everywhere and the fourth member of our foursome decided to treat the flat as an opportunity to imitate Mario Andretti's pit crew at Indy and change the thing within a minute or two. An hour later we were still there, my best friend was oily and cranky from the tire, and Deena was my girlfriend. |
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Kenny Hoffman & Janet Andron Hoffman |
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Jeremy Platek & Lisa Resman Platek Camp Attended: Berkshires Met: 1975 Married: 1990 Lisa and I actually met in college but learned early on that we had both been Ramah campers the same years and during two years of Nitzanim, had been in the same edah together (she was a munchkin, I was the cowardly lion). It apparently was meant to be. |
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Baruch Weiss & Laura Blumenfeld I met Laura at the Berkshires in 1975, when she was 11 and I was 18. I was her swimming instructor and made a very, very big mistake – I failed her. Not a smart thing to fail the woman you will marry 22 years later, especially when it turns out that she is the author of a book entitled Revenge. |
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Stuart Saposh & Linda Holof-Saposh Camp Attended: Berkshires Met: 1976 Married: 1977 |
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Steve Goldstein & Marlene Noveck Camp Attended: Berkshires Met: 1977 Married: 1993 |
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Howard Rebenstock & Amy Gerstel Rebenstock Camp Attended: Berkshires Met: 1977 Married: 2003 |
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Larry Kroll & Jodi Feldman Kroll
Camp Attended: Berkshires We met in 1978 as campers. We had an amazingly close edah that kept in touch and saw each other often throughout the years. We were close friends and kept in touch throughout college. Larry would often visit me at Tulane during Mardi Gras with some other camp friends. Our third year on staff, we started dating and realized fairly quickly that we would be together for the rest of our lives. We married in 1991 and recently celebrated our 14th anniversary! We are so thankful to Ramah for bringing us together and for the amazing friends who are still such a large part of our lives. Our 3 daughters Hillary, Rachel and Emma have all had the opportunity to visit Ramah where "Mommy and Daddy met." BACK TO TOP |
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Jeremy
Sacks & Belinda Mason Sacks Camp Attended: Berkshires Met: 1982 Married: 1992 BACK TO TOP |
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Jeremy N. Sokolic & Sarah Rubin Sokolic Camp Attended: Berkshires Met: 1982 Married: 1997 BACK TO TOP |
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Ira Landman & Ursula Skolnik Landman Camp Attended: Berkshires Year Met: 1983 Year Married: 1991 We met at USY encampment during tallis making. We both have enjoyed each other's company ever since - and hope that our children will go to a similar camp program at Ramah. BACK TO TOP |
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Naomi Himmel Savitz & Joshua Savitz
Camp Attended: Berkshires Although we first met one another in Shorashim (11 years old), it wasn't until we both returned to Camp on staff in 1989 (17 years old) that we started to date. I vividly remember watching Josh play softball, turning to a friend and saying, "I'm going to marry that guy." Little did I know it would really end up that way. We dated long distance for the next 6 years and were married in December 1995. This December marks our ten-year wedding anniversary. At Camp Ramah Berkshires I found my best friend, the love of my life and the greatest father for our two children, Ariella (5 1/2) and Nate (1 1/2). We have returned to Camp several times for alumni weekend and sit on the fundraising committee of the alumni association. Our daughter anxiously waits until she is old enough to go to the camp "where Ima and Abba met." |
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David Ehrenkranz & Ilyse Braun During staff week I was playing ultimate frisbee and I misthrew the frisbee and it landed near Ilyse...when I went to pick the frisbee up....we fell in love. |
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Larry
Reiter & Laura Fox Reiter We met as campers when Larry was in Gesher and I was in Machon. We were just friends then and did not begin dating until after we had graduated from college. But, like all Ramah relationships, we kept in touch and would see each other at reunions, college and parties. There is just something about the Ramah connection. Our wedding had a bunch of Ramahniks in attendance and we had 4 ushers and 4 bridesmaids who also attended Ramah (some siblings included...). |
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Craig Gittleman & Stacy Cooper Gittleman Camp Attended: Berkshires Year Met: 1985 Year Married: 1994 |
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Alex Stern & Sandi Arnowitz Stern
Camp Attended: Berkshires I had been at Ramah since Shorashim, but Solelim was Sandi's first summer. Never one to be shy, on her first day at Ramah, Sandi essentially threw her duffle bag on her bunk bed (the same duffle that I would be schlepping across Israel on Ramah Seminar), made two quick girlfriends and headed for the boys' kikar to introduce herself. We've been best friends ever since. Summer after summer we both returned to Ramah, and winter after winter we ran up our parents' phone bills. Even though we did not start dating until the summer of 1990, when we were on staff, we both have several remembrances of times where we began to know that we were more than friends. We were married in 1996, surrounded by all of our Ramah friends (many of whom played a pivotal role in the ceremony). We now have two beautiful daughters, Jessie and Abby. We can't wait until they go to Camp Ramah with the children of all of our best friends. |
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Camp Attended: Berkshires Met: 1985 Married: 2001 We first met when I was a counselor in Marcy's edah in 1985. We reconnected in 1996 when we were both living in New York City and were active in Ramah alumni events and social gatherings. We began dating in 1999 after spending some time together at Ramah over Labor Day weekend. We were married in 2001. |
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Aaron Michael Frank &
Laura Shaw Frank
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Attended: Berkshires Aaron and I met and became good friends on Ulpan Ramah Plus. He went to CES-JDS in Rockville, MD and I went to Solomon Schechter in NJ. Because of URP, Aaron came to work at Ramah Berkshires together with all his new Schechter friends. Our friendship grew and grew, and finally, right after Aaron's second summer as a rosh edah, we started dating! Our wedding was a Ramah fiesta, complete with a kayak "borrowed" by our friends from the Berkshires agam, and a huge sign saying "Ramah's Other Season"! |
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Eric Weinstein & Sarah Klagsbrun Camp Attended: Berkshires Year Met: 1987 Year Married: 1995 I’d worked the previous summer as rosh mayim at Camp Ramah in the Berkshires and returned for a day’s visit. I noticed Sarah Klagsbrun—a first-year instructor whom I’d remembered vaguely from when she was a camper—and made a mental note of the wide smile (and yes, the red bathing suit). Maybe things are different in Wisconsin or Georgia, but there weren’t too many blonde-haired, green-eyed Jewish women where I’m from.
Six years later, I was with two Ramah friends when one mentioned that he’d once gone on a date with Sarah, but she was too busy with medical school and didn’t seem interested. I thought I’d try. So I asked Richie Friedman, who knows everyone, to get me her number. In hindsight, I probably could have contacted Sarah’s parents, who are another Ramah | |
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