It'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.
Read MoreWe are beginning to accept that our future will look radically different than we expected, even three short months ago. But now, we need to chart a path forward. We are no longer on a journey from; now, we are on our journey to.
Read MoreWhat are we mourning? Certainly not anything as profound as life and death itself – something we know so many others are suffering through – so what is it? So in this data-driven age of metrics, allow me to attempt to quantify the unquantifiable emotional losses of a cancelled summer
Read MoreTrust is the foundational currency of summer camp. Campers wholly trust their counselors. Counselors and staff trust their administration, and the administration, in turn, trusts their counselors and staff. Trust, of course, is also vital between administration and parents, as parents relinquish some of their responsibilities to administration and administration agrees to take on these responsibilities while maintaining the safety of all of its constituents.
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