In Ben Platt’s words: “….there comes a time when you need to figure out for yourself what is going to mean most to you, and what will keep you connected to your Judaism. So going to camp and being your own person there, and learning how to socialize with all these other Jewish kids and discuss Judaism openly was a huge impactful thing for me, and that is the reason I am still very close to my Judaism.” Although the camp’s musical productions (always in Hebrew) paled in comparison to others he starred in, this was compensated by the fact that Ramah was “the first place that I was allowed to decide for myself what kind of Jew I would be.” Read More Here
How does Ramah make a difference?
