The Bert B. Weinstein Leadership Institute always comes at a time when our college-aged staff members yearn for their Ramah community. But this year, that yearning was even deeper than usual, after the events of October 7th and their impact on college campuses. Weinstein became more than just a mid-year opportunity to be in Ramah community and to learn new skills as madrichim, vocational participants, and rashei edot. It was a weekend filled with Jewish joy, pride, and community.
Read MoreCamp Ramah Sasson is the movement’s first experience offered specifically to families with children battling cancer and is free-of-charge, even to families who have never been involved with Ramah or the Conservative movement
Read More"B’Yad Ramah” Winter Break Volunteer Experience for College Students: To give is to receive: לתת זה לקבל. Our 25-person trip had an incredibly moving experience supporting and giving back to the people and land of Israel.
Read MoreReflections from members of an intergenerational group of Ramahniks from North America who traveled to Israel on one of the “Ramah Mishpacha Service and Solidarity Trips.”
Read More“I live in a country that is struggling to balance the emotion of intense relief and joy with fear and distress for those still held captive…I live in a country whose borders are so condensed, our land is so small, that each loss is existential and the tears of each mother are my tears as well.”
Reflections from Aliza Zeff, director of Tichon Ramah Yerushalayim (TRY)
Read More“Hundreds of times, I've relayed the notorious stories of reservists being pulled from their homes, leaving their families behind to serve their country. Never did I think that I would experience the same feeling.”
Betsalel Steinhart, director of Ramah Israel Institute, reflects on the morning of October 7.
Read More"I have no idea what the next hour, the next day, or the next month will bring. This I know: we must be strong, hopeful and proud."
As we commemorate Kristallnacht today, Amy Skopp Cooper, National Ramah Director, offers her reflections on her time in Israel over the past month, including the Masorti Solidarity Mission.
Read More“May Ramah continue to evolve in ways that embrace its core values while pushing the boundaries of its programming to meet the needs of today’s Jews and tomorrow’s.” - JTS Chancellor Shuly Rubin Schwartz
Read MoreThis has truly been a remarkable week of endings and beginnings. I spent the past six days in Israel bidding farewell to our Ramah Israel Seminar participants, experiencing the beauty of our Ramah Jerusalem Day Camp, and welcoming staff and 56 campers to the inaugural season of our newest overnight camp, Machaneh Ramah Yisrael.
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