We met during Steve’s first summer at Ramah – Andrea had been a camper for years. We were married in June of 1965; and, after a two-day honeymoon on the […]
Archive | Ramah Marriages
RSS feed for this sectionRamah couples celebrate simchas every year and we would love to celebrate you! Ramah marriages can be defined in many ways; whether you met your spouse at camp, or simply married another Ramahnik from a different camp, your Ramah matrimony is something special! There are more than six decades worth of wonderful stories. To have your Ramah marriage listed on our website please submit your story.
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Marc Swatez and Elise Rice Swatez
We first met at USY International Convention and started dating on Tisha B’Av that summer at camp when we were both counselors for Solelim.
Ari Glazer & Stephanie Goldberg Glazer
I am a second-generation Ramah marriage as my parents Rabbi Steven and Andrea Glazer are also a Ramah marriage.
Alan Levine & Barbara Portnoy Levine
We were both campers at New England for many years (starting at the camp in Moodus) and met in 1968. Alan was a waterfront counselor and I was the Omanut […]
Gil Goldberg & Cindy Schonbrun Goldberg
Gil Goldberg and Cindy Schonbrun Goldberg met in 1980 at Camp Ramah in California and were married in 1990.
Offer Isseroff & Nava Zwi Isseroff
Offer Isseroff and Nava Zwi Isseroff met at Camp Ramah in the Poconos in 1986 and were married in 1987.
Ivan Marcus & Judy Lefkowitz Marcus
How wonderful to be claimed by more than one Ramah!! Ivan and I spent our camping years at Connecticut where we were in the same edah but went out with […]
Amir Cohen & Alysa Gerstley Cohen
I came late to camp that year (it was my 4th year) because I had to take summer courses for grad school. My second day back at camp was Amir’s […]
Martin Bogot & Hadara Skidelsky Bogot
Leah Abrams, drama counselor, arranged for the two of us to play in a Tisha B’av night performance as Jeremiah and Bat Yisrael.
Noam D. Zelman & Susan Hirsch
Good friends in 1967, a couple in 1968. Lost contact after a few years, until we met for a drink in Atlanta in 1984. Talk about bashert!!