The 2018 National Ramah Spring Leadership Training Conference --also known as Winer--was held from May 22-25 at Camp Ramah Darom in Clayton, GA. Shavuot was newly over, which meant that for the 50-plus Camp Ramah tzevet (staff members) in attendance at Winer, Kayitz (summer) 2018 was newly beginning.
Read MoreDalya Kahn, an alum of Ramah California, won first prize for “Unity,” her entry to the 2018 Mercaz/WLCJ Essay Contest on “Rethinking Zionism ~ What Does Zionism Mean to Me?”
Read MoreFor many years Camp Ramah has provided Jewish summer camp experiences for kids that inspire Jewish commitment. But Rabbi Mitchell Cohen, Ramah’s national director, says that some campers and parents were looking for something a little more…athletic.
Read MoreFor more than 70 years, campers and staff members have had transformative Jewish experiences at Ramah camps and Israel programs. This new publication highlights our many programs.
Read MoreThe Ramah Camping Movement, with generous foundation support, has launched numerous new programs that engage hundreds of college students on campus, in their local Jewish communities, and in new Ramah training programs. This investment is helping to create a strong Jewish leadership pipeline as we give young adults numerous opportunities to envision and plan events and participate in meaningful Jewish programs. In any given week, young adults--our "Amitei Ramah"--organize over 20 Ramah events across North America.
Read MoreIn the late 1960’s, Herb and Barbara Greenberg, two teachers working in the field of special education, approached several Jewish summer camps with a novel idea: why not include children with disabilities at camp?
At the time, this was an unheard-of idea, and the Greenbergs encountered a lot of pushback and opposition.
Read More“We started RSA because we felt that there was a great demand for a summer camp that could provide elite sports instruction in an inspiring Jewish summer community, and in the process enable us to expand the Ramah umbrella,” - Gabe Nechamkin, Ramah Sports Academy board chair.
Read More"Tikvah at Ramah is as natural and integral to Jewish summer camping as Shabbat, campfires and color war. For that reason, after nearly 25 years of working with Tikvah at Ramah, I sometimes forget how extraordinary it is that campers with disabilities are seamlessly included in Jewish camping." - Howard Blas, National Ramah Tikvah Director
Read More"At Camp Ramah, we try to individualize programs that benefit each type of camper who comes through our door. I meet individually with families. I talk to parents. I meet with teachers and educators to figure how we could we make camp successful for all different types of kids. I work with typical campers, too, to see how we can make camp successful for them." - Elana Naftalin-Kelman, Tikvah Director
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