Alumni

Ramah Marriages

Sharon Freiberg Hammerman & Richard Aaron Hammerman
Camp Attended: Glen Spey
Met: 1967
Married: 1973
Though we were both at Berkshires in 1964, we did not actually know each other then. Sharon was a camper in Machon on B side and Richie was a counselor on A side. We had many mutual friends at Glen Spey but did not know each other very well then. In November 1971, we both staffed a Seaboard Region USY convention in Hampton, Virginia and as they say, the rest is history! Sharon was present for the opening of Nyack, Berkshires and Glen Spey even though she lived in North Carolina. Ramah opened the door to the Jewish world for her.

Leora Weinstein Isaacs & Ron Isaacs
Camp Attended: Glen Spey
Met: 1969
Married: 1971
We met as counselors at Camp Ramah in Glen Spey. After our wedding we celebrated sheva berachot at Glen Spey two years later in 1971. In 1988 we both returned to Ramah, after a 16-year absence, and for the next 13 years worked at Camp Ramah in the Poconos. I (Ron) served for a couple of years as Rosh Musica, and both Leora and I co-directed the Camp Ramah Family Camping Program and the Shabbat Plus study program for adults. Both our kids, Keren and Zach, attended Poconos Ramah for many years, and Keren's husband Aryeh attended Camp Ramah in the Berkshires.

David Krohn & Risa Rosenbaum Krohn
Camp Attended: Glen Spey
Met: 1971
Married: 1972
We had made plans separately to be staff at Palmer. When Palmer closed that year, we were both arbitrarily (Who believes in "arbitrary"? We both believe it was the hand of G-d directing us to each other.) assigned to Glen Spey. We met staff week, and decided we would marry within two weeks. We attended Palmer together the following year where I had my aufruf the last Shabbat of the camp year. We returned in 1980 and 1981 to Palmer where I was camp doctor for part of each summer. We just celebrated our 33rd anniversary, and have, thank G-d, three grandchildren.

Dov Vogel & Gila Stamler Vogel
Camp Attended: Glen Spey
Met: 1971
Married: 1972
We met at Glen Spey in 1971. Gila, who had spent many summers at various Ramah camps went to be a counselor in the Tikvah program. Dov was spending his first summer ever at Ramah before attending rabbinical school. We met when Gila asked Dov for a ride out of camp on a day off. There was no room in the car that day but we began to date after camp. We spent many summers afterwards as staff members, moved to Israel and sent our children to the Ramah-Noam Camp in Israel.

Daniel Paul & Randi Heskins
Camp Attended: Glen Spey
Met: 1971
Married: 1980