“In operating Ramah’s camps, you continue to push to create a safe space for Jewish learning and exploration, one that can tune out the digital noise and encourage deeper personal relationships within a Jewish community. Ramah’s impact beyond the camper years can be inspirational to other camps, to show they don’t have to compromise their values to succeed. Ramah’s focus and success presents a standard that I hope other camps can learn from.”
Read MoreThe Ramah Camping Movement’s network of Tikvah (“Hope”) programs, which currently serves nearly 400 participants each summer in ten overnight camps, five day camps and Israel programs, is currently celebrating 50 years from its first memorable summer in 1970.
Read MoreThis year, for the second year, a group of participants at the Bert B. Weinstein Institute, Ramah’s winter leadership conference, wrapped up their time in California with a unique Ramah experience - at Disneyland! Our program included nearly 50 participants, with representatives from almost all of our camps, including “vatikim” (college sophomores), Ramah College Network Fellows, Ramah Service Corps Fellows, and rashei edah (division heads).
Read MoreThis year’s National Ramah Winter Leadership Training Conference took place over Shabbat, January 3-6, at Camp Ramah in Ojai, California, and all of our participants felt reinvigorated by the opportunity to spend a weekend with members of their camp community and the greater Ramah community, singing their favorite Ramah Shabbat melodies, experiencing traditions from different Ramah camps, all the while learning from senior leaders from across our movement.
Read MoreWe are excited to announce that this year, Ramah will begin its first-ever immersive Israel experience for college graduates! Ramah Israel has been selected to run the Masa Israel Teaching Fellows (MITF) program in Jerusalem, starting in August 2019.
Read MoreTwin sisters Hannah and Sophie Roth spent most of their first summer in Israel in an ambulance. It was exactly where the 17-year-olds wanted to be as participants in Ramah Israel’s new Asiyah program.
Read More“Camp Ramah is truly a wonderful part of the Conservative Movement. We should all be proud of the dedicated professionals and staff who bring Ramah to life each summer. ” - Cantor Nancy Abramson, Director, H.L. Miller Cantorial School and Director, Women’s League Seminary Synagogue, JTS
Read MoreRamah Yachad in Ukraine opened its doors 26 years ago to foster positive Jewish identity and learning, complementing the work of the existing (few) Masorti congregations and Jewish schools in Ukraine. The camp welcomes students from large and small communities throughout Ukraine as well as some staff from Israel and creates a joyous, open-minded, accepting, authentic and rich 2-week Jewish experience that 150 campers and staff look forward to and return to year after year.
Read More“One of the highlights of my summers is the chance to visit several Ramah camps and to see, up close, what happens when young people experience Jewish living that is joyful, meaningful, and entwined in all they do. I am proud that JTS not only founded the Ramah Camping Movement, but continues to play an integral role in leading and developing this inspiring program.” - JTS Chancellor Arnold Eisen
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