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Weaving The Fabric of Our Jewish Community
April 13, 2018
Story originally posted in FederationFive on April 10, 2018 It’s April, the scent of spring is in the air. Once again, I spent my Passover holiday at our beautiful Ramah Darom campus in Clayton, as I have since 2002, celebrating with more than 400 people who have become part of my extended family. But this […]
Fred Levick
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Jewish Camps Offer Refuge After Tragedies
March 25, 2018
This article was originally posted in the Atlanta Jewish Times on March 12, 2018 Jewish summer camps in Georgia have experienced a painful offseason. The 17 people slain at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Feb. 14 included Camp Coleman alumna Alyssa Alhadeff and four other Jewish students, and many students at the heavily Jewish public school had ties to Coleman, Camp […]
Robyn Diamond
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Matzah Bagels and Giggles
March 22, 2018
It was the early 80’s, and I was ten years old. The room smelled of matzah ball soup, and I was sitting at a pool table, converted into a long Passover table with multiple connecting folding tables on each side. With a stained and soiled Manischewitz Haggadah in hand, and sitting on top of a […]
Robyn Diamond
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Sunrise Island at Ramah Darom
March 14, 2018
An Anniversary Gift of Love! It was Passover at Ramah Darom in 2007. We were doing one of our favorite things, relaxing in the sun in the very comfortable Adirondack chairs, looking at the lake and the Island. After a while, Lynn turned to me and said, “It’s eroding, you know.” She had been studying […]
Murray Friedman
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Tampa Here We Come
March 2, 2018
Camp Ramah Darom is coming to Congregation Kol Ami in Tampa, Florida for a weekend of camp-style fun and information sessions. Bring your friends and family to come meet Assistant Director, Rachel Dobbs Schwartz. March 23-25. We would love to see you there. For more information contact Kol Ami at 813.962.6338 or frontoffice@kolami.org or Rachel Dobbs Schwartz […]
Rachel Dobbs Schwartz
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Rockin’ Shabbat!
March 2, 2018
Camp Ramah Darom & AJMF Invite You to a Rockin’ Shabbat in Chattanooga at B’nai Zion with Sammy Rosenbaum & Rachel Dobbs Schwartz March 16-17, 2018 Download a PDF to print and share For more information contact Rachel at 404-531.0801 or radschwartz@ramahdarom.org
Rachel Dobbs Schwartz
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A Space to Celebrate
February 16, 2018
Farm 2 Table Tu B’Shevat at Ramah Darom As I drove through the dark into Ramah Darom, I thought, “This place is gorgeous.” I live just north of Asheville, North Carolina, which is an easy and beautiful two-hour drive to Ramah Darom through Southern Appalachia. Despite my grandfather being a former board member, I had […]
Sarah Julia Seldin
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VISION 2020 Update
February 16, 2018
The VISION 2020 Campaign is already leaving its mark on Ramah Darom! With fundraising 2/3 of the way to meeting our goal of $5 million, we would like to thank everyone who has participated to date. The VISION 2020 Campaign is not just about building; it is about maintaining a premier experience for our Ramah […]
Sharon Rosenfeld
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New Partnership with Pardes
February 15, 2018
Ramah Darom announces a new partnership with the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies. First Partnership Program to be held over Shavuot Weekend The Kaplan Mitchell Retreat Center at Ramah Darom and the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies are joining forces to bring together the best of what both institutions have to offer: dynamic learning platforms, exciting […]
Robyn Diamond
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My community is bigger than your button
February 15, 2018
In this era of “my button is bigger than yours,” the words ‘destabilizing’ and ‘unsettling’ come to mind. I am transported back in time to 2009, just after I made Aliya when I was hearing the rhetoric coming out of the Israeli Prime Minister’s office visa vis-a-vis a nuclear Iran. Call me naïve or unsophisticated, […]
Jonathan Madoff