Wendy Rosenthal | Ramah California Wendy retired from her 35-year career of teaching General Studies and Judaica Studies at Kadima Day School in Los Angeles. She now spends her time […]
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Micha & Sarah Gordis
Micha and Sarah Gordis | California Micha recently finished a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and works as a software engineer at PayPal in Tel Aviv. Sarah has a bachelor’s […]
Transferring Judaism’s Fire
Rabbi Elliot Dorff, is Rector and Anne and Sol Dorff Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the American Jewish University, Visiting Professor at UCLA School of Law, and Chair of the […]
From Camp to Camps: My Ramah and March of the Living experiences
“Do you have to work at a summer camp in order to staff this trip? All of you guys work at camp!” This was the question I heard on my […]
March of the Living
“Like at a normal museum, we entered, wearing headphones, accompanied by our tour guide. Yet, this was not a normal experience.” – Josh Raikin
Julie B. Platt’s Reflection
Camp Ramah changed my life. I remember no place feeling more at home as a Jew than surrounded by that environment.
Jesse Blasberg’s Reflection
I consider Camp Ramah my home away from home. I enjoy having all of my friends at camp around me and I see Camp Ramah as an escape from the […]
Aviva Davis’s Reflection
Judaism has been a part of my life since I was born. My mother snuck Shabbat candles into the hospital in preparation for my birth and I was born on […]
Daniel Gavens’ Reflection
The Conservative Movement has always played an important role in my life, the center of which was USY and Ramah. I grew up at Camp Ramah in California where I […]
Rabbi Ronald Levine’s Reflection
It was Friday night, June 29, 1956 — the first Shabbat of the first full summer of Camp Ramah in California. One hundred and fifty of us, probably dressed in […]