We met outside the staff laundry room, Dani was at camp for the first time following completion of his mandatory Army service in Israel.

Not only would our paths never have crossed without Ramah, but our joint experience at Ramah also enabled two people with different Jewish experiences — one a secular Israeli and the other a practicing Conservative Jew — to share a common experience and realize that we could bridge this gap and build a Jewish life together.

We now have the amazing experience of returning to Ramah California as a family where Miriam works as a yoetzet, along with our gan-age children, Yael and Rafi — no doubt, soon to be campers!