By Eliav Bock on December 22, 2009 - 5 Tevet 5770
Ramah Outdoor Adventure, a new overnight summer camp that offers an extraordinary Rocky Mountain wilderness experience that builds Jewish identity, opened registration for the inaugural 2010 summer session.
Ramah Outdoor Adventure is part of the Ramah Network, the camping arm of Conservative Judaism. Ramah Outdoor Adventure will be running seven weeks of program for entering 6th-10th graders in 2010. Camp opens on June 16th with one, two and four week sessions.
Referred to as “Ramah Outdoors” this one-of-a-kind adventure camp will run programming both at the base camp of Ramah in the Rockies as well as in the surrounding national forests & national parks. The Ramah in the Rockies base camp is a 360 acre ranch in the heart of the 1.2 million acre Pike National Forest. Activities at base camp include horseback riding, mountain biking, wilderness survival, orienteering, wilderness arts and crafts, bouldering and alpine field sports. Campers spend their day engaged with the natural world without many of the technological amenities that they are used to in their regular lives. From waking up with the sun to cooking many of their own meals over camp stoves to learning how to start a fire with a bow drill, campers at Ramah Outdoors will gain valuable wilderness skills that will enable them to feel more comfortable engaging in the natural world and have a greater sensitivity to the natural environment around them. They will return to their technology-filled lives with a greater appreciation for what is a necessity in the world and what is a luxury. Learning to appreciate what one has is one of the core values that campers will gain from spending time at Ramah Outdoors. (more info below photo)
“Each day our campers will face challenges,” said Rabbi Eliav Bock, Director of Ramah Outdoor Adventure. “The challenge might be how to wake up when it is still cold outside, or how to climb to the top of a cliff attached to a rope and harness or how to stay on a horse as it cantors up a mountain. At Ramah Outdoors we see these challenges as a metaphor for life in general: If you can push yourself to go just a little beyond when you are riding a horse, climbing a cliff or getting out of your tent in the morning, you can go above and beyond when you go back to school, your family and your friends.”
A unique aspect of Ramah Outdoors is the extended excursions into the surrounding wilderness areas. Every other week, campers leave the comfort of their tents for several days and truly experience the treasures of nature. Each night, staff and campers pitch their own tents, cook their own meals and hang out together around a campfire. This is team and friendship building at its best. The memories and experiences each camper packs and brings home will last a lifetime.
At its core, Ramah Outdoor is a camping experience that will enrich the lives of Jewish youth and instill a deep sense of joy and comfort in Jewish learning. A highlight of their experience is the magic of Shabbat. Every Shabbat is spent at base camp as part of the larger camp community. Shabbat is a time for campers to reflect on the challenges and accomplishments of their week , pray together as one community and have time to relax and prepare for the coming adventures that await them at camp and beyond.
“Campers have told me of experiencing God for the first time during the quiet and peacefulness of davening alone in the woods during Shabbat,” Rabbi Bock said. “The spiritual nourishment and renewed commitment to Judaism are key ingredients that go into molding passionate and sensitive young Jewish adults. Imagine the power one month in this exceptional place will have on these kids.”
Although Ramah Outdoors opens for campers in 2010, the staff began training for the opening season in 2009 when 17 future staff members came to the Ramah ranch for 10 days of wilderness first aid training, leadership development and community building.
Families can visit Ramah Outdoor’s new website, www.ramahoutdoors.org, to learn more about the camp and to register for the summer 2010 session or call the camp office 303-261-8214.
Numerous incentive programs are available for first time campers at Ramah Outdoors through a cooperative relationship with The Foundation for Jewish Camp and local Federations. Campers living in the Western states are eligible for up to $1,800 in tuition incentive through the JWEST program. In addition, need-based financial aid is available. Find out more at www.onehappycamper.org or call the camp office for more information.
Ramah Outdoor Adventure is run under the auspices of the National Ramah Commission and is funded by the Jim Joseph Foundation, in partnership with the Foundation for Jewish Camp.
For Jews, Xmas is not simple and it is not avoidable. The sights (lights, shoppers, commercials) and sounds (Xmas elevator music, Salvation Army bells) are everywhere. It makes many of us feel uncomfortable, left out, and unseen. Some of us feel jealous (Xmas people when they shop just seem so happy and generous!). Some get angry. And everyone comes up with some way to deal – some minhag (custom) that allows them to carve out their own space within the holiday cheer that is not theirs. Some groups rip all the toilet paper they will need for a year’s worth of Shabbats on that day. Many Jews refuse to call the holiday by its full name, using aphorisms like Xmas or Kretchmeir. Some people even refuse to learn Torah on that day. These may sound funny or xenophobic, but they should be honored as ways in which a tiny minority salves itself when it feels overcome by the cultural onslaught of Xmas cheer.
From the earliest age, I always knew that Jews eat Chinese and go bowling on Xmas. This was our family’s minhag, and, it turns out, many families have this tradition. It is part practical (Chinese restaurants tend to be open, as opposed to Wendy’s or TGI Fridays), part ironic, part identification with other minorities (Chinese, people who go bowling), part unifying (all Jews get it – it is a part of our culture and no one else’s).
So why should this year be different from other years? Let’s gather up, eat homemade, kosher Chinese food in a warm and joyous environment with good people. And let’s also talk about how it feels to be Jewish at Xmas time. We will spend some time learning from people in the Torah who had to function as a minority in a large non-Jewish culture, and actually found a way to thrive.
Friday, December 25th, services at 4:30 pm, dinner at 5:45. Everyone is welcome. Aish Kodesh members $10/adult $5/kid, new faces come free. Please RSVP by contacting Mitten at ExecutiveDirector@BoulderAishKodesh.org
By Reb Nadya on December 22, 2009 - 5 Tevet 5770
Every Thursday morning, 9:00 – 10:30 AM. NEW location with easy access at the corner of Iris and 28t, at Vida Yoga Studio, 2749 Iris Ave, Boulder. Drop-ins Welcome anytime.
When everyone else is busy doing the usual things on Christmas Eve, you can be special. Come and tune your body with the rhythm of the Torah cycle and the biblical Hebrew chants!
Torah Yoga is an integrative and gentle activity of body/mind/soul in which participants experience Yoga poses, Hebrew chanting and Jewish meditation. It is a weekly program co-led by Rabbi Ori Har and Rabbi Nadya Gross. Torah Yoga is open to all adults, genders and religions. No background in either Torah or Yoga is required, only a willingness to move in new ways, and to pray with your body.
By Lisa Velick on December 22, 2009 - 5 Tevet 5770
Celiac Disease: a Hidden Epidemic,””>According to Dr. Peter Green, author of “Celiac Disease: a Hidden Epidemic,” nearly one in every 100 people are affected by Celiac disease. Celiac disease is an autoimmune disease that causes damage to the small intestine, which can lead to the malabsorption of nutrients. The damage is due to a genetic intolerance to gluten, a protein found in wheat, rye and barley. However, 97% of people with the disease remain undiagnosed!
I am Gluten Free. Not only am I gluten free, but soy free, chocolate free, partially-hydrogenated-oil free, high fructose corn syrup free, Splenda® free, aspartame free AND caffeine free! One might ask…..How? Why? One might comment…Impossible! Ridiculous! Too much work! I am here to tell you the ‘whys’ and ‘hows’, and why it is all worth it! I truly believe you are what you eat. I believe that food is the best medicine of all. I believe that healing starts from the inside out. I believe that you can feel better if you put good foods into your body. I hope I can change a life, make someone feel better, make someone think about what they eat, make someone stop feeling so bad. My goal is awareness. There are so many people who are not even aware of this disease or how it can affect them. I would like to help people understand that this is a very real disease, that everyone should get tested and if they are diagnosed, even with a sensitivity for gluten, that it is easy to live a gluten free lifestyle (whether kosher or not) and they will feel better because of it!
In the 18 months that my family has been gluten free, I’ve experimented with many recipes, for every-day use as well as for Jewish holidays. As you can imagine, I bake my own gluten-free challah, as well as hamentashen and even matzoh. If you have questions about eating gluten-free, please leave a comment. Here’s one of my family’s favorite recipes. Try it and let me know how you feel after!
Lisa’s Irresistible Peanut Butter Cookies
1 cup Natural Peanut Butter OR Almond Butter (The more liquidy the better!)
1 cup Brown Sugar
1 T Flax seeds with ¼ cup hot water
1 t baking soda
1 t vanilla
2 T Gluten Free Flour (Bob’s Red Mill’s is good and sold at Costco)
½ cup carob chips (optional)
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix all the ingredients in a bowl. Form into balls about 1″ diameter, and press with a fork. Bake at 350 degrees for 8 minutes. Makes about 30 cookies. Try to let them cool before eating.
Nu, what’s happening? We’ve gathered a list of happenings and the hours of some of our favorite hangouts around town.
THURSDAY (Dec 24, Xmas Eve)
7 am Minyan at Bonai Shalom: The regular Thursday morning minyan has been short a few people lately due to travel/winter break, and so could use a few good… Jews. It’s at 1527 Cherryvale and there is plenty of parking (and coffee afterwards). The minyan ends by 8:10.
Torah Yoga — When everyone else is busy doing the usual things on Christmas Eve, you can be special. Come and tune your body with the rhythm of the Torah cycle and the biblical Hebrew chants! Read More »
Early closings at some coffee hangouts – see the table below.
Dinner at Spice China (Louisville) – Traditional pre-Christmas dinner. 6 pm. A few families are headed there and there’s room for a few more folks (total 30 and we have 12 so far) — rsvp by comment below if you’re planning on coming!
Heebonism –E-3 Events is hosting Heebonism 2009, a Christmas Eve party tradition for Jews in their twenties, thirties and forties. New location and open bar after-party will make the largest event for young Jews in Colorado the place to be Thursday night. Read More »
FRIDAY (Dec 25, Xmas)
Open coffee houses — see the table below (please add comments if you know of more places).
Chinese Shabbat Dinner at Aish – For Jews, Xmas is not simple and it is not avoidable. Let’s gather up, eat homemade, kosher Chinese food in a warm and joyous environment with good people. Rabbi Goldfeder explains. Read More »
Volunteering: check with local shelters for volunteer opportunities, so that others may enjoy the holiday with their families.
Boulder Area Open/Closed 12/24-12/25
Location
Thursday Closes at:
Christmas Day Hours
Amante
6PM
OPEN 7:30AM - 1PM
Breadworks
4PM
OPEN 7AM - 3PM
Brewing Market on Folsom (next to McGuckins)
5PM
Closed
Buchanan's on the Hill
Closed
Closed
Flatirons Coffee
5PM
Closed
Folsom Coffee
Closed
Closed
Glacier on Baseline
8PM
Closed
Jimmy and Drew's 28th St. Deli
3PM
Closed
Moe's Bagels on Arapahoe
5PM
Closed
Moe's Bagels on Broadway
5PM
Closed
Original Pancake House
2:30PM
Closed
Ozo Coffee
1PM
Closed
Peet's Coffee
6PM
Closed
Saxy's Cafe
2PM
Closed
Vic's on Broadway
4PM
Closed
A quick check of which local coffee and bagel/breakfast places have special hours this week.
BREAKING NEWS: Michelle Wildman of Boulder BBYO was elected Rocky Mountain Region BBYO Gizborit (Treasurer) at the 2009 RMR BBYO Convention. Elections took place on Monday, December 21.
Michelle is a junior at Boulder High and has served as Chapter President and as Ozeret on the last Regional board, responsible for outlying chapters including New Mexico. She has participated in numerous conclaves, retreats and conventions at the local level, the Chapter Leadership Training Conference at Beber Camp, Mukwonago, Wisconsin, Kallah at Perlman Camp, Lake Como, Pennsylvania (formerly called “Starlight, Pennsylvania”), and 2 BBYO International Conventions.
Michelle is the only Boulder leader to serve on the Regional Board this coming year. In her role as Gizborit, she’ll be responsible for planning the BBG budget for the region, including fundraisers and commitments to the International Service Fund, BBYO’s tzedakah project. Congratulations, Michelle!
BBYO is the largest transdenominational Jewish youth movement in the world, reaching over 25,000 teens. For more than 80 years, BBYO has provided exceptional identity enrichment and leadership development experiences for hundreds of thousands of Jewish teens. In 60 communities across North America, Jewish teens connect with one another, volunteer in the community, celebrate their Jewish heritage, prepare for leadership roles, and travel the world together, all within a Jewish context. BBYO’s 250,000 alumni are among the most prominent figures in business, politics, academia, the arts, and Jewish communal life.
By Eric Elkins on December 21, 2009 - 4 Tevet 5770
New location and open bar after-party will make the largest event for young Jews in Colorado the place to be on Christmas Eve.
E-3 Events, a non-profit organization dedicated to bringing together Jews in their twenties, thirties and forties, is currently selling tickets to Heebonism 2009, a Christmas Eve party tradition in Colorado for nearly two decades. The annual celebration, co-hosted by Heeb Magazine, is the largest local gathering of young and youngish Jewish professionals all year. This time, Heebonism will take place at the gorgeous JET Hotel, 1612 Wazee Street, in historic Lodo.
“This will be the biggest event we’ve ever produced,” said Eric Elkins, who, along with Ean Seeb and Ezra Shanken, formed E-3 Events. “We’re designing this party to have something for everyone—three talented and beloved DJs, a classy new venue, and an after-party that will last all night. Come early, leave early, or stay until the wee hours of the morning…we’ll be there until the sun comes up. And we’re thrilled that Proximus Tequila will be providing free tequila drinks for an hour, starting at nine!”
Entertainment will be provided by three popular DJs. Local favorites Max Klaw and Ginger are bringing along four-time DMC world champion DJ Vajra, who spins videos and tunes in complex and stunningly danceable ways.
“If you like to dance, you’ll love these DJs,” said Ean Seeb. “If you just want to talk to 500 of your dearest friends, you’ll love the venue. And if you truly want the full Heebonism experience, you’ll love the open bar, provided by Mr. B’s Wine and Spirits, starting at 2am.”
“E-3 is proud to welcome agency co-hosts again this year,” said Ezra Shanken. “We’re partnering with Hebrew Education Alliance, Birthright Israel Denver, CAJE, Judaism Your Way, Mizel Museum, Allied Jewish Federation of Colorado, and Jewish Family Service. And our continuing partnership with Heeb Magazine, though it makes me nervous, always adds some serious spice to the party.”
“This is an opportunity for newcomers and those already connected to the Jewish community to gather,” added Eric Elkins. “So many of us are looking for fun events where we can meet new people and feel good about being Jewish, without the sense that there’s some ulterior motive or agenda. Plus, where else are you going to find fun and friends on Christmas Eve?”
Advance tickets are available exclusively on the E-3 website (http://www.e-3events.com). Discount room packages start at $99 and are subject to availability – packages include two tix to Heebonism. For room reservations, contact 303.572.3300 or reservations@thejethotel.com. For VIP bottle service, contact 720.308.2366 or vip@thejethotel.com.
Heebonism 2009 will start at 8:30pm on December 24. E-3 is maintaining a low price of admission: $18 in advance, or $25 at the door. The door price will be discounted to $20 for anyone who brings three non-perishable food items for Jewish Family Service’s food bank.
As part of the BBYO Regional Convention, all Jewish teens are invited to a special performance by the band Flobots Tuesday night. Doors open at 8:00 pm at the Inverness Hotel in Englewood. Open to any Jewish 8th-12th grader – need not be a member of BBYO, but you must have ID showing your age. The cost is $20 at the door.
This is an incredible opportunity to hear the band in a teen-friendly environment. Here’s a sample of their music. For more information about BBYO including summer travel programs worldwide, visit bbyo.org
BBYO is the largest transdenominational Jewish youth movement in the world, reaching over 25,000 teens. For more than 80 years, BBYO has provided exceptional identity enrichment and leadership development experiences for hundreds of thousands of Jewish teens. In 60 communities across North America, Jewish teens connect with one another, volunteer in the community, celebrate their Jewish heritage, prepare for leadership roles, and travel the world together, all within a Jewish context. BBYO’s 250,000 alumni are among the most prominent figures in business, politics, academia, the arts, and Jewish communal life.
By Shaul Amir on December 21, 2009 - 4 Tevet 5770
Shalom to all my friends in Boulder and Colorado.
We have just finished lighting the last candle in the Chanukiah (Menorah) with big hopes for a miracle, the release of Gilad Shalit from captivity. Unfortunately this did not happen and we are all hoping to see him home before the beginning of 2010 which is around the corner. The holiday season brings out the good in people and maybe our enemies will feel a little bit of the holiday spirit and let Gilad celebrate the coming new year with his parents.
It is at this time of the year that one remembers all his friends and I would like to take this opportunity and wish all my friends in Boulder and Denver Colorado Happy Holidays and Happy New Year. May the coming year be a happy year full of fulfilled dreams and peace around the world.
With best wishes to all,
Shaul Amir
Shaul Amir served as Shaliach to Denver in the early 1990′s and again as Director of Allied Jewish Federation’s Israel Center from 2002 – 2006. He now lives in Tel Aviv with his wife Kika, and serves as ISIME’s Director in Israel as well as the Vice President of REAL Housing Ltd. He writes occasional updates and columns for the Boulder Jewish News.
By Jani Fellows on December 20, 2009 - 3 Tevet 5770
For almost a year now, the Denver Public Library, through its Cultural Programming Department, has been running a project called “K4OT”, Knit for Our Troops. The object of the program is to have local volunteers knit helmet liners for our troops in Iraq and especially Afghanistan, where winters can be pretty harsh. To date, the program has donated over 13,000 caps to the Rocky Mountain USO, who distributes the caps to families of soldiers deployed overseas. I got involved with the project as an instructor at the DPL for its Monday night “Madame DeFarge Knitting Salon” program.
I’d like to share with you a letter that Chris Loeffelmacher at the Library received recently from the wife of a deployed soldier:
“…My husband Mike is currently deployed to Afghanistan. I recently received caps for him, and 5 of his fellow marines from the Rocky Mountain USO. It is bitter cold in Afghanistan this time of year, and the one thing all of our Marines are asking for is something to help keep them warm. The caps I received will be a godsend to them, when they get them at just about Christmas time.
“I can’t say thank you enough for the support and care that is being shown by the wonderful people who knitted the caps. Just know that the boys will appreciate them more than you will ever know! Thank you again for everything you’ve done, and God bless you!
“Warmly,
Betsy”
Chris would like you knitters out there to know that the program is still going on, and with even more troops being deployed to Afghanistan this winter, the need is growing! Chris said, “If you have an extra skein of washable wool and a free evening or two, we’d love to include your hat(s) in a shipment headed to our brave soldiers on overseas assignments.” For a copy of the pattern and more details visit www.denverlibrary.org/capsproject.
Regardless of one’s opinion about the conflicts overseas, a simple thing like knitting a cap for a cold soldier is an act of chesed, kindness.
Though we all have differing opinions about war, we’re not conflicted about our soldiers – who stand up for our country everyday. Knitting for Our Troops is a great way to say how much we care for our service men and women – and your donation will mean a lot to a soldier far away from home.
Hats can be made in a few hours, even by beginner knitters. Individually or in a group – this is a “knitzvah.” If synagogue knit groups would like to get involved, please leave a comment below or visit my blog at www.knitsbyjani.com. For more information on this program, read my blog post about it. Hats may be dropped off at the Boulder Jewish News office.
The 2009 Regional Convention for Rocky Mountain BBYO began today. Boulder BBYO sent 10 teens to the 4-day convention, held at the Inverness Hotel in Englewood. Today we had chapter competitions where we sang our chapter song, showed our banner and our scrap book! Later we listened to “lives”, which is when outgoing seniors receive and dedicate their honorary “life memberships.” It has been a bunch of fun so far.
Matisyahu‘s final “Festival of Light” concert this Sunday night is available live on the internet. In case you missed him (and the very cool Disco Dreidel) on “Late Night with David Letterman,” – you can see the video below (#2) and you won’t want to miss this concert. Sunday’s Festival of Light Concert is the last of 9 concerts in New York that started December 10. See it on Ustream – Sunday night, December 20 at 5:45 pm Mountain Time. Check out the videos below!
Click here to read the Colorado Daily story from his appearance at CU in February, 2009. You’ll probably hear a lot of Matisyahu in the coming months: NBC is using his “One Day” as the music for some of their Winter Olympics advertising – first video:
Second Video – from Late Night on David Letterman, 12/18/09:
Our jaws dropped. Shock turned to disbelief, which turned to rage at the injustice. How could Face have been booted in the first round from nationally televised a cappela competition, ‘The Sing-Off?’
We are admittedly die-hard Face fans and have been following this Boulder musical phenomenon from their beginnings as an all vocal rock band that defy the conventions and expectations of the a cappella music genre. But seriously, how could anyone, let alone “professional” judges, fail to recognize their talent, originality and infectious appeal?
Yet they inexplicably lost to a screechy group of Mormons, a vapid Christian group and a talented group of Puerto Ricans who kicked off with a very laid-back song? Could it have been the costumes or choreography that were foisted upon them by the producers? Certainly it was not the musicianship of their rendition of Bon Jovi’s “Livin’ on a Prayer.” In fact, based on both the judges’ comments and the reaction of the crowd, Face was not low man on the musical totem pole.
Apparently it was not only Face’s large local fan base that was shocked by this upset defeat. The NBC website overflows with comments from viewers across the country baffled by the judges’ decision. Even the New York Times’s article about the ambitious NBC series took umbrage at Face’s early dismissal.
But once you get past the outrage and before you pity this deserving sextet, whose chance at a $100,000 and a Sony record deal was so cruelly dashed, consider the good news. Face was deemed one of the top eight acapella groups in the nation and made it on the show, seen by seven million viewers. Who knows who might have been watching with enough smarts to recognize their talent even if they only got to sing one song? A career boost is still very possible. Their website has recorded an exponential increase in hits. Locally, their star has soared, with shows selling out in record time.
So while I am still stunned and angered that Face did not get the chance to show their versatility and musical power with subsequent contest performances, I take heart that Face stood up and faced the music like the pros they are. I know good things lie ahead for these great guys, just as surely as I know they will ditch the green flannel shirts.
Oh yes, on Monday night the final three will perform, having already been voted on by the public. Unbelievable, Voices of Lee (I thought it was Voices of Glee until I saw it in print) is still in the running. My vote will go to Nota, a solid and musically interesting group, even though I love the showmanship of the Beelzebubs, Tufts’ energetic boy band.
Will I watch? Yes, for one simple reason. When all is said and done, “The Sing-Off” could be very good for a cappella, and that too stands to benefit Face.
Shabbat Shalom and Happy Eighth Night of Chanukah! It seems like the week was one long party…but all the more light brought into our otherwise dark and cold winter as we head for the solstice in a few more days. It was great to see so many of you at the events this week. If you have photos we missed and would like to share them on Boulder Jewish News, please let us know.
By Reb Nadya on December 17, 2009 - 30 Kislev 5770
March 21-April 2, 2010
Do you want to visit sacred sites in the Holy Land? Do you want to celebrate Shabbat and a Pesach (Passover) Seder in Jerusalem? Do you want to gain a deeper understanding of the Abrahamic connections between Judaism, Christianity and Islam? Do you want to meet Jews and Arabs working for peace in the Holy Land? Do you want to find our more about a new educational paradigm in Israel for healing and peace that Reb Zalman Schachter-Shalomi calls “The greatest hope for peace-shalom, salaam” that teaches Jewish and Arab children to become “agents of reconciliation”?
This Spring bring the family on an Interfaith Philanthropic and Spiritual Pilgrimage, March 21-April 2, 2010 co-led by
Boulder Renewal Rabbis Nadya and Victor Gross
Shepha Schneirsohn Vainstein, co-founder of Salaam Shalom Educational Foundation (www.SSEFoundation.org) – learn more here
and Imam Jihad Turk (more info here: Sunday LA Times front page article on Jihad’s interfaith peacework in LA)
We will:
Pray at the Tomb of the Abraham, Patriarch of Judaism, Islam and Christianity
Study the Abrahamic connections of Judaism, Islam and Christianity
Visit the Dome of the Rock, the Western Wall, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre and other sites holy to the Abrahamic religions
Experience healing classroom environments and interact with Israeli children and teachers who are building friendship bridges between Jewish, Arab and Christian children.
Dine at the homes of Jewish and Arab families who are transforming polarized communities in Israel
Celebrate an interfaith Shabbat and Passover Seder with story telling and song in Jerusalem
Explore mystical Tsfat
Learn from respected teachers
Lunch at the home of a Bedouin Sheikh, leader of 40,000 Bedouins in the Galilee
Pray with religious leaders
Meet inspiring artists and activists who envision a world based on respect and cooperation.
Take time to meditate and contemplate in natural surroundings from ancient times
Bathe in the Dead Sea
Participate in peacemaking circles
Conclude with a ceremony for peace at Rabin Square.
(more info below photo)
Numerous incentive programs are available for first time campers at Ramah Outdoors through a cooperative relationship with The Foundation for Jewish Camp and local Federations. Campers living in the Western states are eligible for up to $1,800 in tuition incentive through the JWEST program. In addition, need-based financial aid is available. Find out more at www.onehappycamper.org or call the camp office for more information.
According to Dr. Peter Green, author of “
Click on these links to see additional photos from Chanukah activities:
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