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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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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.
Rabbi Jeremy Pappas’ Reflection
I vividly remember my first summer as a Rosh Edah and the initial nightmare of nikuy shtachim. The typical pick-up-garbage routine wasn’t working for our edah, so I decided to […]
Rabbi Avi Killip’s Reflection
When I was growing up, I thought that God lived at Camp Ramah. Ramah was my first experience praying every morning, and later three times a day, and in the […]
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 […]
Jeremy Schreier’s Reflection
It has been five years since my last Ramah summer (when I worked on tzevet at Camp Ramah Darom in 2010), but at the Reshet Ramah event, I quickly felt […]
Reflections on “From Camp Ramah to Broadway,” David Offit
I’m still a little bit on cloud nine from Sunday night! I shrieked with excitement when I first heard about the possibility of an event centered on Broadway stars and […]
Dana Fine’s Reflection
This one time at Jewish overnight camp … I discovered my calling. No, I am not a rabbi. No, I am not a teacher. And I am not a social […]
Robyn Cohen’s Reflection
When my oldest son, Billy, was six months old, my husband, Adam, and I brought him to Ramah Poconos on visiting day. I was thrilled! I started camp when I […]
David Offit’s Reflection
We all remember our last night as campers at Ramah. Whether you were in Nivonim, Gesher, Alonim, or Machon, something about that last night made it feel like your life […]