This week, 122 madrichim and madrichot (counselors), rashei edah (division heads), and Amitei Ramah (year-round Ramah Fellows) from across the Ramah Camping Movement joined together to participate in the Weinstein Winter Leadership Institute, an inspiring 3-day virtual staff training conference.
Read MoreThrough this program at Camp Ramah in Northern California, we noticed the barriers between teens and mentors, whether rabbi, cantor, rosh edah, or others, were lessened. Teens realized their mentors cared about them, made themselves available to them, and that they treasured having one-on-one conversations with them – our teens mattered.
Read MoreAt the conclusion of this year’s National Ramah Winter Leadership Training Conference at Camp Ramah in Ojai, California, over 40 participants joined an extended Ramah leadership institute.
Read MoreFor the 130 attendees of this year’s National Ramah Winter Leadership Training Conference, last weekend was a chance to be in an immersive Ramah environment for 4 days, and remind themselves why they are so strongly committed to their role as madrichim (counselors).
Read MoreWe are delighted to announce that over the last several weeks, the National Ramah Commission (NRC) has received various new grants of $1.2 million in order to develop initiative for Tikvah vocational education expansion, professional internships for college students, development of supplemental staff training materials promoting child safety, and intensive leadership training for college sophomores.
Read MoreAt many of our overnight camps, campers in the oldest edah plan Yom Sport or Maccabiah. They use their creativity and organizational skills, work as a team, and serve as role models for younger campers. Running Maccabiah or Yom Sport--or being chosen as a team captain--is something that campers throughout the Ramah Camping Movement look forward to from the time that they are in the youngest edot.
Read MoreIn a small office of a Jewish day camp in Rockland County’s Nyack, two counselors, one from Israel and one from the United States, are comparing notes on a recent morning about the tone of political discussions in their respective countries. It’s getting worse in both places, they agree.
Read MoreThis year, for the second year, a group of participants at the Bert B. Weinstein Institute, Ramah’s winter leadership conference, wrapped up their time in California with a unique Ramah experience - at Disneyland! Our program included nearly 50 participants, with representatives from almost all of our camps, including “vatikim” (college sophomores), Ramah College Network Fellows, Ramah Service Corps Fellows, and rashei edah (division heads).
Read MoreThis year’s National Ramah Winter Leadership Training Conference took place over Shabbat, January 3-6, at Camp Ramah in Ojai, California, and all of our participants felt reinvigorated by the opportunity to spend a weekend with members of their camp community and the greater Ramah community, singing their favorite Ramah Shabbat melodies, experiencing traditions from different Ramah camps, all the while learning from senior leaders from across our movement.
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