Posts in Ukraine
Camp Ramah Yachad: Jewish life Flourishing in Ukraine

Ramah 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.

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A Milestone Summer in Ukraine

It’s always exciting for the staff and campers at Camp Ramah Yachad Ukraine to come together every summer for 10 days of Jewish living and learning. This summer’s camp from July 27 to August 6 was extra special, as Yachad celebrated its 25th anniversary and The Schechter Institutes honored Yachad director Gila Katz, who has led the camp since its inception.

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Ramah Magic

Native Detroiter Darrien Sherman has worked in the Ramah Detroit Davidson Fellowship program for three years. She spent many summers at Camp Ramah in Canada as a camper and staff member. From July 28-Aug. 10, she co-led a group of 11 Ramah camper graduates to work at Camp Ramah Yachad, a Jewish summer camp in the Ukraine as part of the Ramah Ukraine Teen Leadership Experience. 

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How was this wedding different from all other Jewish weddings?

What do 135 Jewish children from all over Ukraine, 25 counselors and staff from Ukraine and Israel, 13 junior counselors from seven North American Ramah summer camps, a Ramah mission led by Rabbi Mitch Cohen, National Director of Ramah, and the heads of the Schechter Institutes in Jerusalem have in common? We all gathered together at Camp Ramah Yachad Ukraine last week to celebrate the wedding of Lev and Yulia Kleiman.

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