Three Camp Ramah Alums Now Have Leading Roles on Broadway. What’s in the Bug Juice?

Turns out that singing in Hebrew in front of your peers may be the ticket to superstardom

Alumni, Ramah in the NewsNRC WebmasterJuly 31, 2017Reshet Ramah, Ben Platt

Tony Award-winner Ben Platt's journey from Camp Ramah to Broadway

Dear Evan Hansen’ star credits Conservative Judaism’s camping movement with helping him ‘decide for myself what kind of Jew I would be’.

AlumniNRC WebmasterJune 14, 2017Ben Platt, Reshet Ramah

Ramah Alumni Survey: A Summary

Based on research conducted for the National Ramah Commission by Professor Steven M. Cohen of Hebrew Union CollegeJewish Institute of Religion and the Berman Jewish Policy Archive at Stanford University. This study was supported by generous funding from Eileen and Jerry Lieberman.

AlumniNRC WebmasterJune 1, 2017National Ramah, Reshet Ramah

Ramah Announces Results of Alumni Survey

Study confirms that Ramah alumni are much more highly engaged in Jewish life than other Jews of similar backgrounds.

The Ramah Camping Movement announces the results of “The Alumni of Ramah Camps: A Portrait of Jewish Engagement.” This survey of more than 5,000 camper alumni was conducted by Professor Steven M. Cohen of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion and the Berman Jewish Policy Archive at Stanford University.

Announcements, AlumniNRC WebmasterFebruary 9, 2017National Ramah

Camp Community Comes To Michigan

For as long as I can remember, Camp Ramah has been a central part of my life. In fact, I vividly remember standing in the kitchen with my mom when I was eight years old trying to figure out my plans for the upcoming summer. My mom told me it would be wonderful if I chose a Jewish camp. With friends at Tamarack and my older siblings at Ramah, the decision seemed almost impossible to make. But I did ultimately decide to go to Camp Ramah in Canada.

AlumniNRC WebmasterMay 31, 2016Reshet Ramah

Grassroots Alumni Basketball League Celebrates 20 Years of Nurturing the Camp Community Year-Round

In 1996, before alumni engagement was a buzz phrase in the philanthropy industry, a group of Camp Ramah in the Berkshires young alumni (recent college graduates) sought a place to play basketball with their camp friends. For many of them, playing on the courts in camp was one of their favorite memories as a camper and as a staff member. Without realizing it, this group of four teams of ten established the Ramah Berkshires Alumni Association’s basketball league – known as the RBA.

AlumniNancy ScheffApril 20, 2016Berkshires

Camp friendships can last for decades

For many former campers, summer camp is not just a place to ride horses, race canoes and tie-dye T-shirts. It’s a place to meet people who become their family.

AlumniNRC WebmasterFebruary 27, 2016Reshet Ramah, Wisconsin

The Camp-Campus Connection: Seizing the Opportunity

The level of Jewish engagement and support for Israel on college campuses can be significantly strengthened by leveraging the incredibly positive Jewish experiences of the thousands of undergrads who spend their summers at Jewish camps. It is absolutely time for camp and campus leaders to work more closely together to harness this leadership potential to increase Jewish engagement and positive identification with Israel.

Alumni, Blog/ReflectionsNRC WebmasterNovember 3, 2015Reshet Ramah

Camp, to Last a Lifetime

When Gabe Scott-Dicker, 30, lost his mother last year, he found him-self wondering where he was going to say Kaddish.Like most in his generation, he does not belong to a synagogue. Raised in West Caldwell, New Jersey, and now living in Manhattan, he visited many and felt welcomed by all. But none of them felt quite right. “What I really wanted was that feeling you get at camp,” he realized. “I wanted that Friday night Camp Ramah experience again.”

Alumni, Ramah in the NewsNRC WebmasterAugust 31, 2015Reshet Ramah