Camp Ramah in New England alumnus Noam Neusner wrote about Ramah’s impact on his life in The Jewish Daily Forward.

“I owe my life to Jewish summer camp — literally.

I met my wife when we were counselors at Camp Ramah in Massachusetts. My  in-laws met as staffers at Camp HES (Hebrew Educational Society) in Suffern,  N.Y. My father met my mother when he was a camp teacher and she a camper, also  at Ramah. (I am told things didn’t get going until a few years later.)

Set aside, for a moment, what the pamphlets tell you about how summer camps  build Jewish identity, get campers in touch with the outdoors and build strong  peer relationships in a Jewish setting: Jewish summer camp is a hookup-fest.”

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