I grew up in a small Jewish community, and for the first time I was exposed to the religiosity of Ramah, which had a huge impact on my life. Our […]
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Joe Roberts & Becca Roberts
Joe and I met when we were Nitzanim Staff together. We were friends throughout the summer and the rest of the year.
Leonard Kaplan and Mayer Bubba Mitchell’s Reflection
I raised four children in Mobile, a small southern town, and luckily they all married Jews. But with the intermarriage rate at over 50%, I was concerned for my eight […]
Maya Aviv’s Reflection
Before I arrived at Ramah Darom, I was very disconnected from the world of religion. Although my mother grew up in a religious home, I never personally related to the […]
Rabbi David Baum’s Reflection
At the time of this interview, David Baum was a fourth-year rabbinical student at The Jewish Theological Seminary ( JTS) and was spending his ninth summer at Camp Ramah Darom. […]
Rose Penchansky
Rose Penchansky is a Darom and Berkshires Ramahnik who made Aliyah in 2009.
Sally Kaplan’s Reflection
With every rocky step we took, the sun beat less and less miserably against our backpack laden teenage shoulders. The mountains grew against the sinking ball of light, and darkness […]
David Baum & Alissa Solom Baum
We are from the same hometown but started our relationship at camp.
Jonathan Stein & Vanessa Ivey
As a camper and a Seminar alum, it was only natural for me to return to staff at Camp Ramah Darom. Three weeks after high school graduation, I was on […]
Jason Cathcart & Vicki Sykes Cathcart
We are both happy that Ramah decided to open a camp in the South. We will always be known as Darom’s first married couple.