Through 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 More“The Tikvah virtual vocational training and socializing series offered reliability and predictability during uncertain times; it offered friendship and conversation during a summer when in-person socializing wasn’t possible. The program expanded the world of our participants.”
Read MoreA recent letter from the parents of a child in one of our Tikvah programs captures the feelings of so many in the Ramah community this summer. “Even without camp, Ramah was critical for our children, offering fun tefillot, choices of chugim, bunk and edah reunions, and great concerts. Even without camp, Ramah was there for us, and it added so much to a very challenging summer.”
Read MoreIt's hard for me to feel Tisha B’Av this year. I don't need a break from weddings because there are no weddings. I stopped eating meat a few months ago, and I rarely drink wine except on Shabbat anyway. I don’t go to any concerts or other social events. And in fact, over the past four months I haven't shaved more than once every few weeks, so what does it matter to abstain for nine days. And yet, precisely this year, I need Tisha B’Av.
Read MoreFor the past 50 years and still today, Tikvah inspires us at Ramah camps and across the international Jewish community to question – are we approaching our relationships and our communities through Jewish eyes?
Read MoreSummer 2020 marks the 30th anniversary of the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) into law which coincides with the 50th anniversary of the start of the National Ramah Tikvah inclusion program.
Read MoreThe Ramah Camping Movement recognizes that we can do so much more within our programs to educate about racial injustice in our society. We must respond now to the clear call for action.
Read MoreStudents participating in Tichon Ramah Yerushalayim (TRY), Ramah’s Jerusalem High School, may have left Israel earlier than planned, but the learning and community-building has continued - virtually.
Read MoreWhen Raizel O’Brien graduated from Portland State University in 2019, she was contemplating making aliyah when she discovered the Masa Israel Teaching Fellows program with Ramah Israel.
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