In partnership with Keshet, a Chicago-area program for Jewish children with special needs, Ramah Day Camp hosts an experience for children ages 5-11 with a wide range of disabilities. Campers enroll through Keshet and are fully integrated with Ramah campers with the help of a one-to-one counselor.
Read MoreThis summer I spent time with several of our program partners and friends – Camp Ramah, Adaptive Sports of New England, the Boys and Girls Club of Dorchester and Boston, the Jewish Community Center of the North Shore, and Camp Yavneh, to name a few.
Read MoreAtzmayim, the Hebrew word for “independent,” is an extension of Tikvah, Ramah’s program for campers on the autism spectrum or who have other social or learning challenges. All Atzmayim participants are high school graduates between ages 18 and 23, and they all work three hours a day, five days a week, in the town of Eagle River, about 15 minutes from Camp Ramah in Wisconsin.
Read MoreFormer Tikvah participant joins Israel hike to benefit the program that supported him in younger years
Read MoreThe power of sharing stories while biking and hiking through Israel to benefit National Ramah Tikvah Network
Read MoreThe Genesis Prize Foundation (GPF) and Jewish Funders Network (JFN) today announced the recipients of funding under the special matching grants program created in honor of 2016 Genesis Prize Laureate Itzhak Perlman.
Read MoreFor Bay Area native Deborah Hoffman Gonzalez, it was a succinct checklist that inspired her to bike through Israel last month: the country itself, a love of cycling and helping kids with special needs.
Read MoreAt the annual four-day National Ramah Spring Leadership Training Conference (“Winer”) last month, incoming rashei edah (division heads), Tikvah (special needs) staff, and Daber Fellows (Hebrew facilitators and ambassadors), came together at Ramah New England to train with Ramah professional staff, plan for the summer, and do a little rikud as well.
Read MoreFrigid temperatures and blasts of wind weren’t enough to keep area residents from running for a worthy cause Sunday morning.About 200 runners braved the cold for a one-mile loop beginning at Congregation B’nai Israel. The Purim 5K is organized by the Sisterhood of the Fair Lawn Jewish Center at Congregation B'nai Israel. Proceeds support the Tikvah program of Camp Ramah, a network of nine overnight summer camps in the United States and Canada for children with disabilities.
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