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 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.
I 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 MoreSix participants in the Kerem cohort—young professionals working full-time for Ramah camps—traveled to Israel with the National Ramah Commission for a week of learning, touring, and welcoming nearly 350 shlichim and shlichot and 70 NOAM campers at Kibbutz Shefayim. The trip emphasized Jewish peoplehood at all levels.
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 MoreAs a Ramah Israel MASA Israel Teaching Fellow in Jerusalem, Jennifer Cutler “has taught English to children in Israel since September, but rather than return home when the coronavirus began to mushroom, she elected to stay and continue teaching however she could.”
Read MoreFor many teens who have completed their camper years at Ramah camps across North America, traveling to Israel with Ramah Israel Seminar is the next step in their Jewish journey toward assuming leadership roles back at camp, and in the Jewish community in general.
Read MoreAbout three times a day, the campers at Camp Ramah in the Poconos walk past a mural…The mural is the perfect place for Rabbi Joel Seltzer to tell the story of Michael Levin, a lone soldier killed in the line of duty in 2006, whose memory survives at the camp he spent much of his childhood exploring.
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