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 Beverly Hills was on the board of Camp Ramah in California, we chose that camp in Ojai. Today, our kids’ best friends in life are the friends they met at Camp Ramah. I don’t expect them to make college friends as close as the friends they have made at Ramah.

Because of the influence of Ramah, our kids want us to invite more people to Shabbat dinner, to engage in intellectual discussions on Jewish topics, and to sing songs and do the bentshing. They now feel a duty to the community as Jews.

They now also have a very special relationship with Israel because of the Ramah Israel Seminar experience. Ramah has created for our kids a wonderful worldwide network of friends. Camp Ramah was the best thing that we have ever done for our kids. Ever!

Laura Miller is a Former Mayor of Dallas, Texas.