Detroit native Hindy Finman has helped to shape BaMidbar Wilderness Therapy, which serves young Jews struggling with mental health issues. “We’re taking the best of a Chabad house, a summer camp, a treatment center and hiking in nature, and smushing it together. That’s what we’re about,” she says.
Read MoreIn February, after a mean case of the flu, I ended up in the hospital for meningitis. A couple of days into my treatment, I developed a brain bleed (a rare side effect of meningitis) that led me to lose mobility on my left side. This was the first time I had personally experienced physical disability. Until now, my experience was limited to working with students or campers with physical disabilities. I could try to imagine what it was like, but I was not in their shoes. Now it was happening to me.
Read MoreThe 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.
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