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100 Days Until Camp!

In celebration of only 100 days left until camp! Do you want to be a part of this celebration? Sign up to create a “Countdown” photo here: Countdown until Camp sign up sheet

Ari and Matt’s Israel Trip

Ari Polsky and Matt Levitt In January, professionals from each of the Ramah camps traveled to Israel.  We gathered together for several purposes: a week of professional development for the Kerem Cohort (year round/program professionals that are “twenty something”), the annual Ramah Shabbaton in Israel, and interviews with Israeli staff for camp this summer. This […]

A revolutionary Jewish Wilderness Treatment Program

At Ramah in the Rockies, we have successfully created an oasis where Judaism is lived, taught, and celebrated for eight weeks each summer.  But when we close in August, our ranch sits dormant waiting for the following nine months to pass and the arrival of our community members once again. Why should this be? We have […]

The Chava and Judaism: What We Learn From Our Animals

This is the third installment in a series of blogs from our camp staff. Each of the staff were asked how their area of camp (rock climbing, archery, horseback riding, etc) and Judaism was linked for them, and how they have brought the two together in their lives. Ilana Weisberg The ways that we interact with animals […]

Rock Climbing and Judaism: Climbing to New Heights!

This is the second installment in a series of blogs from our camp staff. Each of the staff were asked how their area of camp (rock climbing, archery, horseback riding, etc) and Judaism was linked for them, and how they have brought the two together in their lives. Matt Levitt Gazing out of my college dorm window […]

Ramah in the Rockies – an experience that changed our lives!

Somewhere in the Rocky Mountains, next to a gorgeous river and inside a magical forest, lies a holy community. You may be wondering to yourself, “Holy community? It’s probably a bunch of crazy people who decided to build community in the middle of nowhere.” Maybe you should think again. Ramah in the Rockies is a […]

Archery and Judaism

This is the first installment in a series of blogs from our base camp staff. Each of the staff were asked how their area of camp (rock climbing, archery, horseback riding, etc) and Judaism was linked for them, and how they have brought the two together in their lives. Shira Rosenblum “What makes an archery class […]

We Heard You: Lessons from Post-Summer Feedback

You Spoke, We Listened Rabbi Eliav Bock The better part of the past eight weeks or so since leaving the chava (ranch) have been spent reaching out to you, our camper families, to gather your thoughts about us and our camp program this last summer.  We did this by personally calling or emailing each of […]

Returning To The Camp That Started This Awesome Adventure

Reflections on a long awaited return trip to Ramah Canada. After my first summer as Director of Ramah Outdoor Adventure, I had a chance in November 2009 to return to the place where I started my Ramah career as a 17 year old lifeguard. Driving past the Palmer exit on the Massachusetts Turnpike, I decided to […]