What if therapy and recovery also encompassed exploring the wilderness, plus a deep connection to Jewish spirituality? BaMidbar Wilderness Therapy is doing just that, cultivating a safe, inclusive, and diverse environment for young people within the wider Jewish community.
Read MoreCamp Ramah in California, Camp Ramah Darom, Ramah Day Camp in Nyack, and Camp Ramah in the Poconos are among the first recipients of a new grant to increase accessibility for campers and staff with disabilities through Foundation for Jewish Camp’s Yashar Initiative.
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 MoreIn the inaugural year of the Ramah Asiyah program, Magen David Adom and Ramah Israel Seminar have partnered to offer teens an immersive internship program working as emergency responders.
Read MoreDetroit native Hindy Finman has helped to shape BaMidbar Wilderness Therapy, which serves young Jews struggling with mental health issues. “We’re taking the best of a Chabad house, a summer camp, a treatment center and hiking in nature, and smushing it together. That’s what we’re about,” she says.
Read MoreFor many years Camp Ramah has provided Jewish summer camp experiences for kids that inspire Jewish commitment. But Rabbi Mitchell Cohen, Ramah’s national director, says that some campers and parents were looking for something a little more…athletic.
Read MoreIn the late 1960’s, Herb and Barbara Greenberg, two teachers working in the field of special education, approached several Jewish summer camps with a novel idea: why not include children with disabilities at camp?
At the time, this was an unheard-of idea, and the Greenbergs encountered a lot of pushback and opposition.
Read More“We started RSA because we felt that there was a great demand for a summer camp that could provide elite sports instruction in an inspiring Jewish summer community, and in the process enable us to expand the Ramah umbrella,” - Gabe Nechamkin, Ramah Sports Academy board chair.
Read More"At Camp Ramah, we try to individualize programs that benefit each type of camper who comes through our door. I meet individually with families. I talk to parents. I meet with teachers and educators to figure how we could we make camp successful for all different types of kids. I work with typical campers, too, to see how we can make camp successful for them." - Elana Naftalin-Kelman, Tikvah Director
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