Ramah California, Ramah Canada, Ramah Nyack, and Ramah in the Rockies are among the 32 recipients of the Foundation for Jewish Camp's Yedid Nefesh Grant, designed to help camps address the mental, emotional, and social health (MESH) needs of both campers and staff.
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 MoreCampers attending Ramah Canada’s second session (July 20-Aug. 13) will have the option of choosing Machane Techny, a STEAM program that will include robotics, environmental sciences and programming, while incorporating Judaic elements and focusing on Israel.
Read MoreIn the last decade, campers have also been coming away with a heightened awareness and deeper understanding about where their food comes from, and how their eating choices impact their bodies and the environment.
Read MoreFor many teens who have completed their camper years at Ramah camps across North America, traveling to Israel with Ramah Israel Seminar is the next step in their Jewish journey toward assuming leadership roles back at camp, and in the Jewish community in general.
Read MoreStrong leadership is perhaps Ramah’s greatest asset. Ramah camps and Ramah Israel continue to attract outstanding professional leaders, and summer 2019 was no exception, as we welcomed five new senior year-round professionals into our camping movement.
Read MoreIt was a reunion almost eight decades in the making, except for one thing – the two parties had never actually met each other before. When Sharon Zadik and Laurel Rebenstock came face-to-face with each other for the first time this past summer at Camp Ramah in Utterson, Ont., they were rekindling a bond between their two families that started during the Second World War.
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.
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