Tag: Camp Ramah
Camp Ramah rejects rehiring counselor who supports anti-Israel views
Leadership at Ramah Day Camp in New England has asserted Zionist beliefs for employment, a decision that inspired nearly 150 alumni to write an open letter against that requirement.
The dispute arose following an unnamed former counselor...
Former 49er, current dad and doctor, goes to Jewish summer camp
Some nice Jewish boys become doctors. One nice Jewish boy became a doctor while also playing in the National Football League.
When campers at Ramah Sports Academy in Cheshire, Conn., visit the infirmary this summer,...
Reform movement cancels summer camps, Israel trips out of coronavirus worries
As some states begin to reopen for business, a number of Jewish summer camps have announced that they will be closed for the season because of the COVID-19 outbreak.
The Union for Reform Judaism released...
Israeli rabbinical student learning and teaching at camp
Every summer, dozens of Israeli emissaries arrive at Jewish summer camps in Canada with the goal of linking Israel and the Diaspora.
Israeli rabbinical student Yosef Baruch, 43, arrived in Canada on Aug. 4 and...
Swimming against the tide? The battle for Camp Ramah
How does a liberal Jewish institution stay faithful to its mission without declaring war on those who would subvert its purpose?
That’s the challenge that Camp Ramah—the Conservative movement of Judaism’s summer camping arm—is facing...
Conservative movement alumni draw red line on anti-Israel rhetoric
Members and alumni of the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism are the latest targets of IfNotNow, an organization that seeks to promote sympathy for the Palestinian narrative by encouraging fellow Jews to oppose the...