In the course of my junior year at Hebrew University, I met dozens of Ramahniks from across the United States and Canada and was impressed with their common commitment to […]
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RSS feed for this sectionGady Levy’s Reflection
In the movies, when the hero or heroine has the defining, life-changing moment, the camera dramatically swoops in, the music swells to a crescendo, and the rain suddenly stops as […]
Paul Schultz’s Reflection
My first contact with Camp Ramah was in a January 1954 phone call from Rabbi Herman Kieval, z”l, to my mother indicating that he had some scholarship money ($50) in […]
Susan North Gilboa’s Reflection
My life’s journey took me down a path of no return when I spent my first summer as a camper at Ramah in Palmer, Massachusetts, in 1968. From that point […]
Rabbi Robert D Wexler’s Reflection
As someone who did not grow up spending summers at Camp Ramah in California, it took me a while to understand the deep connection that former campers and staff members […]
Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson’s Reflection
I have fifteen-year-old twins — Jacob and Shira — in my opinion, both of them wonderful, extraordinary children and both of them in their own way, very devoted to Jewish […]
Rabbi David Wolpe’s Reflection
Camp is a series of snapshots: in the Poconos on the lake, in California on the mountains, at Palmer on the vast green. As a camper I enjoyed Ramah; as […]
Anne Schiffman Bonowitz’s Reflection
Camp Ramah in the Poconos, 1950: I was twelve and had received a scholar- ship from my synagogue so I could attend camp that summer. I think I was the […]
Rabbi Steven Wernick’s Reflection
Ramah and United Synagogue Youth (USY) have both played incredibly important roles in shaping my Jewish identity, fostering the development of lifelong friendships, and influencing the core values I cherish […]
Laura Miller’s Reflection
Years ago we decided that it would be very nice to have all eleven kids on my husband’s side of the family attend the same camp. Because my sister-in-law in […]