An amazing four days with colleagues in special needs camping

At last week’s National Ramah Spring Leadership Training Conference, staff members from special needs programs at Ramah camps, Union of Reform Judaism (URJ) camps, and other Jewish camps joined together to share best practices and learn from one another. Although this is the fourth year of Ramah’s training program for staff from throughout the Ramah network of Tikvah and other special needs programs, this was the first time that staff members from different movements who work with children with disabilities have had the opportunity to participate in professional development training together.

Ramah Summer Season Starts Today!

The 68th summer season for Ramah camps and Israel programs starts today with the opening of Camp Ramah Darom in Georgia. Over the next several weeks, all of our eight overnight camps, four day camps, and our Israel Seminar will begin.

AnnouncementsNRC WebmasterJune 1, 2014Summer 2014, National Ramah

The Family That Plays Together

Summer camp isn’t just a place for kids. Ask Lori Brockman, a mother of two who recently took part in a family camp in Malibu.“It’s a great balance of family time and adult time,” she said. “[It’s] so much fun being with the other families, and the kids just love being at camp.”

Ramah in the NewsNRC WebmasterMay 23, 2014

Your Mom Away From Mom

She might not make you matzah ball soup, but camp mom does provide emotional solace to homesick campers

NRC WebmasterMay 23, 2014

Ramah Poconos Planning New Special Needs Program

Fueled with a grant from two elderly philanthropic sisters, Ramah in the Poconos aims to integrate special needs campers into its regular sessions.

Tikvah/Special Needs, Ramah in the NewsNRC WebmasterMay 21, 2014Tikvah, Poconos

Helping Ramah Grow

Ramah is growing and thriving. We’ve doubled the number of campers attending our programs in 20 years. Over 10,000 campers and staff will attend a Ramah program this year, whether in our overnight camps, our day camps, our summer Seminar in Israel, or on our high school semester program in Jerusalem.

Blog/ReflectionsNRC WebmasterMay 14, 2014Mitch Cohen, National Ramah

Ramah to Open Day Camp in Greater D.C. Region

Ramah, the Conservative movement's summer camp, will test the waters in the Greater Washington area with a weeklong day camp in August.

Ramah in the NewsNRC WebmasterMay 7, 2014DC Day Camp

How My Son Finally Opened Up About His Little Brother With Special Needs

The first time I remember talking to Oscar about his younger brother Saul’s special needs, he couldn’t have been more than 5 years old. Definitely still in preschool. There was something–though I can’t remember exactly what–that Oscar thought Saul would like and he said, “Saul is going to do this!” and started flapping his hands and bouncing up and down. I lost it. I couldn’t believe my sweet little boy was making fun of his younger brother who has Fragile X, which is a genetic syndrome and the cause of intellectual disabilities that can include learning problems, autism, anxiety, sensory, and behavioral issues.

Tikvah/Special Needs, Blog/Reflections, Ramah in the NewsNRC WebmasterApril 30, 2014Tikvah, New England

Memories For Everyone

Children and youth in the U.S. have already internalized inclusion. They live it every day at school, on the playground, at youth groups. To them, inclusion is the norm. This is mainly because the national culture in the U.S. has surpassed the American Jewish community in its embrace of inclusion.

Tikvah/Special Needs, Blog/ReflectionsNRC WebmasterApril 6, 2014Tikvah, Ruderman Foundation