At Camp Ramah in Ukraine, sports and Jewish traditions are an escape from war
This year, fewer Ukrainian men came to camp, to avoid forced conscription. A teen from Chicago volunteered instead
Camp Ramah
The Latest
-
Fast Forward -
Fast Forward When campers’ luggage got stranded, a Ramah alum’s new trucking company stepped in
Camp Trucking, a nearly 50-year-old company, suddenly closed its business, leaving dozens of American summer camps in the lurch just days before they were set to send their kids home
-
News Camp Ramah returns to Ukraine after a war-induced exile — now with a bomb shelter
The camp filled up in less than a week as families sought normalcy for their children a year into Russia’s war on Ukraine
-
News At Jewish sleepaway camps this summer, bunks and bathrooms accommodate any gender identity
Increasingly at non-Orthodox camps, there isn’t simply a boys side and a girls side
-
Fast Forward Director resigns as Ramah camp settles sexual assault lawsuit
The lawsuit claimed the former director, Rabbi Ethan Linden of Ramah Berkshires, described an alleged perpetrator as “just a horny little boy”
-
News COVID came to Jewish camps this summer, sending staff and parents scrambling
'I don't think any of us were prepared,' said Jeremy Fingerman, head of the Foundation for Jewish Camp
-
Fast Forward Libs of TikTok is now targeting a Jewish summer camp
The social media account usually goes after public schools and influencers. Now they’re going after Camp Ramah for its policies towards LGBTQ youth.
-
Opinion Unless we teach our teens about consent, sexual assault at Jewish summer camps will continue
While educators have developed tools that can help teen boys develop healthier sexualities, very few camps are using them.
Explore
Most Popular
- 1
Opinion Trump’s NYC rally was a morally disgusting glimpse of the MAGA future
- 2
Opinion I’m a U.S. Navy veteran. Here’s why I’m protesting Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally
- 3
FIRST PERSON As a rabbi, he helped others mourn. So why wouldn’t his daughter say kaddish for him?
- 4
Film & TV He directed a film about the 1939 fascist MSG rally — here’s what he saw at Donald Trump’s
In Case You Missed It
-
Sports The Jewish Sport Report: After a thrilling World Series, a historic Jewish MLB offseason is on-deck
-
Fast Forward Argentina’s Javier Milei selects Jewish ambassador to replace foreign minister he fired
-
Culture ‘A Real Pain’ is Jesse Eisenberg’s love letter to Poland, the country his family left under duress
-
News When colleges shut down their ‘Gaza solidarity sukkahs,’ they prompted debates over anti-Zionist Jewish observance
-
Shop the Forward Store
100% of profits support our journalism
