I was always interested in Jewish tradition from the time I was very young although I didn’t grow up in a halachically observant home. I was thrilled to go to […]
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RSS feed for this sectionSaul P Wachs’s Reflection
I started my twenty-five years at Ramah in the summer of 1951 as a junior counselor at Ramah in the Poconos. My senior counselor was Yochanan Muffs, z”l. On the […]
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 […]
Stacey Cohen’s Reflection
When I think of camp, my mind instantly races to any given Friday. It is a hectic work day for everyone. For swim staff, the day begins early; classes are […]
Jonathan Woocher’s Reflection
I spent most of my summers during that wonderful decade, the 1960s, at Camp Ramah — or better, Camps Ramah: the Poconos, Nyack, Israel Seminar, back to Poconos for Mador, […]
John S Ruskay’s Reflection
Camp Ramah, the summer camp of the Conservative Movement, had such profound significance for me. Raised in a marginal Jewish family, indifferent to the content of my Hebrew school experience, […]
Rabbi Menachem Creditor’s Reflection
Just last week, my family returned from seven days at Camp Ramah in Ojai, CA, where I served as Camp Rabbi. What makes me most sad to have left was […]