Because of Ramah’s investments and partnerships with the Shalom Hartman Institute and others (including The Jewish Agency and the World Zionist Organization, we anticipate that Ramah camps this summer will be communities where conversation, study and experiences of Israel will be passionate, thoughtful and engaging, with space for productive disagreement. In so doing, we will confidently assert and deepen our core commitment to Israel.
Read MoreThis year’s Louis and Shoshana Winer Leadership Institute for Rashei Edot brought together 31 participants from 10 different Ramah camps from May 22-24 at Ramah Day Camp in Nyack.
Read MoreOur Maslul Yisrael 2023 cohort of 18 senior counselors, who will be working at nine different Ramah camps this summer, spent May 15-21 engaged in deep learning with the Shalom Hartman Institute.
Read MoreOne of the highlights of the busy pre-summer preparation season is the training of mishlachat members at Kibbutz Shefayim. This year’s Shefayim, with its focus on sacrifice, celebration, and sharing personal narratives, lays the foundation for a summer of dialogue and connection that we hope will strengthen bonds among the Jewish people.
The Kerem cohort of young professionals working year-round for Ramah camps visited Berlin over Yom HaShoah. It was an incredibly moving experience. We saw firsthand how a Jewish community rebuilds itself after tragedy.
Read MoreI had the privilege of spending the past week with our Tichon Ramah Yerushalayim high school students during their journey to Poland. I don't use the word privilege lightly—joining this group of 38 passionate, thoughtful, and articulate teens, along with our gifted educators, was an extraordinary experience.
Read MoreOur magical Tikvah Ramah Birthright Trip concluded yesterday with visits to the Old City and Machaneh Yehudah yesterday, and we are now back in North America.. We experienced so many of the wonderful things that Israel has to offer, and we have made friends from other Ramah camps.
Read MoreIt has been almost three years since we launched TikvahNet, Ramah’s virtual vocational training and socialization program for current Tikvah participants (aged 18+) and Ramah alumni with disabilities. Our in-person and virtual programs have engaged over 100 Ramah alumni with disabilities from across North America, and we have many exciting initiatives on the horizon.
Read MoreAttendees at the National Ramah Winter Leadership Training Conference immersed themselves in a Ramah environment for four days, reconnecting with friends from their own camps, and sharing in traditions from the 12 Ramah summer camps and Israel programs represented
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