Mission

The mission of the Ramah Camping Movement is to create and sustain excellent summer camps and Israel programs that inspire commitment to Jewish life, and develop the next generation of Jewish leaders.

Ramah: 70 Years of Transformative Jewish Experiences
Impact Report 2022-2023

Ramah Israel
Seminar | Tichon Ramah Yerushalayim (TRY) | Ramah Israel Institute
Jerusalem Day Camp | Camp Ramah in Israel | Yuval Yisrael

Tikvah Programs for Children, Teens, and Young Adults with Disabilities
Overnight Camps | Day Camps | Vocational Training
Virtual & Alumni Programming | Family Camps

Partnerships
Ukraine | Israel | Argentina

About Us

Camp Ramah in Wisconsin | Established 1947

Ramah Camping Movement

Ramah is the camping arm of Conservative Judaism. The mission of the Ramah Camping Movement is to create and sustain excellent summer camps and Israel programs that inspire commitment to Jewish life, and develop the next generation of Jewish leaders. At Ramah, thousands of children, teens, and young adults come together each summer in communities that nurture social, educational, physical, and spiritual growth, creating lifelong friendships, a love for Israel, and a strong Jewish identity.

Since the establishment of the first Ramah camp in 1947, the Ramah Camping Movement has become, by all accounts, an extraordinarily successful Jewish educational endeavor, emphasizing the teaching and daily use of Hebrew language, the fostering of religious and spiritual development, and the strengthening of Jewish and Zionist identity through extensive Israel programming.

Ramah has also had a powerful impact on leadership development in the Jewish world. In numbers far exceeding what one might expect from a camping movement, Ramah alumni populate the highest reaches of North American Jewish communal life, from Jewish foundations and Federations to advocacy, social service, and educational institutions that serve the Jewish community and galvanize public support for Israel. Since the first Ramah Tikvah program opened in 1970, Tikvah programs have provided the inspirational Ramah experience to Jewish children, teens, and young adults with intellectual, developmental, and learning disabilities. Ramah is also celebrated as a place where young Jews make lifelong Jewish friends, and hundreds, perhaps thousands, of Jewish marriages can be credited to the Ramah summer camp experience.

Each year, more than 11,700 campers and university-aged staff members populate our ten residential camps, seven day camps, and Israel programs. An additional 300 young Israeli adults join the Ramah camp communities annually, and help to inculcate in the campers a love of Hebrew language together with a familiarity with and connection to Israel.

National Ramah Commission

The National Ramah Commission is the coordinating body of the camping arm of Conservative Judaism, operating under the educational and religious supervision of The Jewish Theological Seminary. The National Ramah Commission provides support, guidance, and educational planning on behalf of the network of Ramah camps throughout North America and Israel.