Ben Platt of Camp Ramah in California is one of Tinsel Town’s brightest stars with a breakout role in the smash hit, Pitch Perfect.
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Matthew Kaufman & Robin Lewis Kaufman
We were apparently in Gesher (8 years old) and Sollelim together, but didn’t meet or become friends until our Machon year. I noticed Matthew because he always volunteered to lead […]
David Saiger & Elizabeth Jefferson Saiger
David and Elizabeth met in the summer of 2003, when Elizabeth was a Mador (first-year counselor) and David a fourth-year (this made him very desirable in her eyes; in his […]
Rabbi Ronald Levine’s Reflection
It was Friday night, June 29, 1956 — the first Shabbat of the first full summer of Camp Ramah in California. One hundred and fifty of us, probably dressed in […]
Gil Graff’s Reflection
In the course of my junior year at Hebrew University, I met dozens of Ramahniks from across the United States and Canada and was impressed with their common commitment to […]
Gady Levy’s Reflection
In the movies, when the hero or heroine has the defining, life-changing moment, the camera dramatically swoops in, the music swells to a crescendo, and the rain suddenly stops as […]
Paul Schultz’s Reflection
My first contact with Camp Ramah was in a January 1954 phone call from Rabbi Herman Kieval, z”l, to my mother indicating that he had some scholarship money ($50) in […]
Susan North Gilboa’s Reflection
My life’s journey took me down a path of no return when I spent my first summer as a camper at Ramah in Palmer, Massachusetts, in 1968. From that point […]
Rabbi Robert D Wexler’s Reflection
As someone who did not grow up spending summers at Camp Ramah in California, it took me a while to understand the deep connection that former campers and staff members […]
Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson’s Reflection
I have fifteen-year-old twins — Jacob and Shira — in my opinion, both of them wonderful, extraordinary children and both of them in their own way, very devoted to Jewish […]