“Israel is just as important to the Tikvah participants and their families on this Birthright trip as it is to all those Jews who view the Land of Israel and the State of Israel as their Jewish homeland,” said Herb Greenberg, who founded the Tikvah program with his wife, Barbara, in 1970.
Read More“When you go out into the wilderness, you just become open to all sorts of change,” said Rabbi Eliav Bock, director of Ramah of the Rockies. “When you go into the wildness, you strip away a lot of the noise we have around us — family, drugs, bad influences. You take somebody out of normal circumstances and force them to confront who they are as a person, what their core values are.”
Read MoreBaMidbar Wilderness Therapy, an experiential outdoor education program for young adults struggling with emotional, behavioral, or academic challenges, will launch on January 24. BaMidbar is a program of Ramah in the Rockies. The therapeutic program includes four-day wilderness treks, with Shabbats spent at Ramah’s base camp. At base camp, participants will also have individual, group, and family therapy.
Read MoreTo be a member of the Ramah kehilla (community in Hebrew) is a beautiful gift. We learn how to accept and love others for their weaknesses and not just their strengths....We learn how to ask for forgiveness and to forgive, to embrace our differences, to celebrate with immeasurable joy during the good times, and to comfort each other with endless sympathy during the hard times.
Read MoreA variety of Washington-area day camps offer activities for campers to discover abilities and interests they didn’t know they have. Ramah Day Camp of Greater Washington, in Germantown, MD, allows kids to take three electives per week in addition to swimming and activities like Israeli music and dance. Electives include candle-making, cooking, robotics and engineering.
Read MoreIn 2010, as part of a strategic planning process, the National Ramah Commission determined that one of its objectives would be to further leverage the Ramah camping movement brand and extend the Ramah mission beyond the scope of summer camps. Here are some of the lessons that we have learned.
Read MoreMore than 150 rabbis and cantors spent time this summer at one of the Ramah camps, suggesting there’s increasing interest in Ramah’s secret sauce. One of those 150+ rabbis reports here on the summer he spent on staff at Ramah Berkshires.
Read MoreA partnership between Ramah Tikvah, Amazing Israel and Birthright Israel brings young adults with disabilities to Israel
Read MoreIn January 2018, Ramah in the Rockies will open BaMidbar Wilderness Therapy, the nation’s first kosher, Shabbat-observant wilderness therapy program. BaMidbar will serve Jewish emerging adults, ages 18 to 26, who are struggling with substance abuse, trauma, mental health issues, or a failure to successfully launch into adulthood.
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