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 […]
Archive | Alumni Reflections
RSS feed for this sectionEvery Ramah alumni story is different, but the message is always the same: the lasting impact of Ramah is incredibly powerful. Read what others have written and share your own story as well! To submit a reflection please email [email protected]
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Ali Viterbi’s Reflection
On the top of a mountain in the most southern region of Israel, near Eilat, over forty 11th and 12th graders from the United States and Canada stood in awe, […]
Sally Kaplan’s Reflection
With every rocky step we took, the sun beat less and less miserably against our backpack laden teenage shoulders. The mountains grew against the sinking ball of light, and darkness […]
Michael Dittelman & Michelle Cole Dittelman
Michael Dittelman and Michelle Cole Dittelman met in 1993. Mike attended Camp Ramah Berkshires and Michelle attended Camp Ramah in California. They were married in 2000.
Mitch Paschen’s Reflection
Hi, my name is Mitch Paschen and I’m autistic. No, I don’t stare at the wall for hours without saying anything, but I do have most of the U.S. Atlas […]
Jonathan Adam Ross’s Reflection
In the early spring of 1992, my best friend Robbie and I were told by our parents that for some reason, they had decided to give us what they called […]
Casey Natalie Weiss’s Reflection
I have been to day school (9 years!), I am active at shul, I am part of the first ever class at the American Hebrew Academy (Jewish boarding school) in […]
Miriam Weinstein’s Reflection
This year I got up and I went to the land. Actually to more than one land but I did not leave my deep Ramah roots at home in Toronto. […]
Yedida Soloff’s Reflection
New campers know that Shabbat is part of Jewish life at camp. But they don’t yet know when Shabbat begins. Perhaps it begins Friday afternoon in the kikar, camp’s “town […]
Molly Hefetz’s Reflection
As you know, I have recently spent four months of my high school career in Israel on a program called Tichon Ramah Yerushalayim.