National Ramah Tikvah Network:
Virtual & Alumni Programming

The National Ramah Commission coordinates and supports the National Ramah Tikvah Network by providing funding, training staff, sharing best practices, marketing nationally, connecting members of the Tikvah community, and facilitating communication and collaboration among our Tikvah directors.

Strengthening Year-Round Connections

TikvahNet Virtual Programming Hub

TikvahNet is the National Ramah Tikvah Network’s virtual programming hub. In addition to year-round programs offered by Reshet Ramah and individual camps, TikvahNet provides innovative and engaging vocational and socialization programs for current participants and alumni of Ramah Tikvah programs aged eighteen or older. To date, over 125 current or former campers with disabilities from across the US and Canada have participated in TikvahNet.

Programs take place twice a month on Zoom. Programs have included topics such as healthy living, money management, and job interviews, as well as social activities such as games and cooking classes. TikvahNet also regularly welcomes guest speakers, such as personal trainers who offer accessible fitness classes, and representatives from companies that recruit employees with disabilities. We also encourage TikvahNet participants to lead programs they design themselves for our group.

Read more: Reflections on Our Third Year of TikvahNet: How We've Expanded Social and Leadership Opportunities for Ramah Alumni with Disabilities (2023)

Tikvah Family Speaker Series

In addition to continuing our TikvahNet programs for alumni of Ramah Tikvah programs, we offer engaging virtual programs for parents of Ramah Tikvah alumni. In November 2023, we launched our “Tikvah Family Speaker Series: Transition Planning and Adulthood,” which has continued into 2025. To date, we have offered six virtual programs, which have engaged 150+ parents of Ramah Tikvah alumni. Topics covered to date include transition planning, housing, financial planning, employment, and advocacy. In addition to hearing from expert guest speakers, the speaker series has been a very helpful forum for parents to support one another.

National Ramah Tikvah Network Facebook Group

At our early Tikvah Family Speaker Series calls, parents expressed a desire to connect with each other and find more ways to share resources.  Accordingly, we continue to invite members of the extended Ramah Tikvah community—parents, siblings, staff members, alumni, and others—to join the National Ramah Tikvah Network Facebook group. Please forward this link to any Ramah Tikvah alumni, parents, siblings, former counselors, or others who might be interested.

Training for Tikvah Participants and Alumni

In recent years, participants in our camps’ vocational training programs have attended our in-person movement-wide leadership training conferences.The vocational training track at the 2025 Weinstein Institute comprised ten adults with disabilities who will be returning to camp this summer. They joined division heads, senior counselors, rabbis, and other Ramah leaders to further develop their skills and make new friends. They took part in all large group programs and attended track-specific sessions focused on skills such as goal-setting, self-advocacy, managing downtime, and planning programs at camp.

Read: “Building Skills, Making Connections, and Preparing for Summer: Reflections from Participants on the Weinstein Vocational Training Track” (2025)

Camp Programming

Year-round virtual Tikvah programming from our camps has included:

  • Ramah Wisconsin - weekly "Shavua Tov" for Atzmayim participants

  • Ramah Poconos - weekly "hangouts" for Yedidim edah

  • Ramah New England - weekly "Shabbos Is Calling," including special holiday-themed celebrations