Camp Ramah - Ramah Programs in Israel

Ramah Programs in Israel

The Ramah movement’s Israel programs include the Ramah Israel Seminar, a seven-week study tour of Israel, and Tichon Ramah Yerushalayim (TRY and USY High), the Ramah Jerusalem High School (CEEB #475600), a high school semester-program in Israel. Students in grades 10–12 may choose to come on a 2 month track (USY High) or a 4 month track (TRY) in the spring semester. The highlight of the program is the intensive Israel Core Course, an 18 credit hour study of Israel from ancient times to the present, and which includes both fieldwork and engaging classwork. All studies are accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, with all AP courses certified through the College Board's AP Course Audit program. http://ramah.j-town.com/try/TRY/The_Ramah_Jerusalem_High_School.html

When campers age out of the Ramah summer camping experience at age 16, they can sign up for the Ramah Seminar in Israel. The six-week program is devoted to exploring the north, south, and center of the country. It is based at two principal sites: Havat HaNoar HaTzioni in Jerusalem, and the Hodayot youth village, adjacent to Kibbutz Lavi near the Sea of Galilee. The Seminar includes an optional ten-day trip to Poland to learn about Jewish life in Eastern Europe before the Holocaust. In 2010, Ramah Israel Seminar offered a second optional program, "Yarok," (Green) focusing on the environment.

Ramah Programs in Israel also offers short-term Israel experiences (10 days to 3 weeks) in the context of the Ramah Israel Institute for 8th grade day school classes, teens (Confirmation classes), synagogue groups, as well as families and adults. In addition there are two day camps in the summer, the Kaytanat Ramah is a Hebrew speaking day camp for Israelis entering grades 1–6, and the Ramah Jerusalem Day Camp is for English speaking children (both Israelis and tourists) entering kindergarten through grade 8.