This morning we celebrated the bat mitzvah of one of our chalutzim, Josh. Â This was Josh’s first summer in Jewish summer camp. Â His parents, siblings and grandmother were here to celebrate. Â We will post pictures later today or tomorrow, but in the meantime, I wanted you to enjoy the poem our assistant director, Sarah Shulman, […]
Ramah Stories
What a day! I write this blog post just before midnight on our second to last day of camp. Today, we were awoken at 6:15 am by Israeli music for Yom Yisrael. It was the beginning of a day of Israel related activities. During shmirat Hagoof (morning physical activity) Achi and Karin, our two Israeli […]
This is a very brief note before Shabbat just to let everyone know that our all of our trips have safely returned to camp. Our chalutzim had an amazing time on their Massaot. Two trips went hiking, (one in Pike national Forest, the other in Rocky mountain national park) one went rafting and biking, one […]
What an amazing week! In a few hours we will gather in the field for our third Shabbat at camp. As I type this update, our chalutzim (campers) are busy working on their pre-Shabbat service projects. As part of these service projects, there are chalutzim fixing the bikes, painting picnic tables, fixing a trail, packing […]
I cannot believe it has been a week since I wrote the last blog post. What a week it has been. Last Monday morning all of our chalutzim left for their five day excursions. We sent out five separate groups on excursions. Two groups went hiking in the nearby Lost Creek Wilderness, where they experienced […]
Wow what a few hours! Â Our last trip arrived back in camp about 45 minutes ago. Â Everyone had an amazing time. Â There were smiles, squeals of delight and all sorts of banter about the experiences they just had. Â Most chalutzim have headed to the showers to clean up and get ready for shabbat. Â I […]
This is an email we are sending to many of our supporters. ——————————————————————————————— “I saw my first elk in the wild!†[Simon] “I’ve got to tell my parents about this!†[said upon successfully lighting his first fire with flint. [Daniel] “I rode a horse for the first time!†[Aviva] “This is the most awesome camp […]
I am hoping to write a longer update from camp before Shabbat, but I wanted everyone to have a chance to also read the following update written by Rabbi Mitch Cohen, the National Ramah Director. Â Rabbi Cohen was here for opening day and shared his thoughts in an email to members of the Ramah Community. […]
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