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Parashat Re’eh [Deuteronomy 11:26-16:17] begins the lengthy section [11:31-26:15] which Jeffrey Tigay entitles “The Laws Given in Moab” in his JPS Torah Commentary: Deuteronomy. We were so taken by the first verse that we devoted our entire conversation to it. You will have to read on your own to find out about the rest of the parashah! We continue to be keep in mind the hostages, both the living...

Parashat Ekev [Deuteronomy 7:12-11:25] features, among other things, the 2nd paragraph of the Shema [Deuteronomy 11:13-21] and the verse at the heart of the 2nd blessing of the Grace After Meals [Deuteronomy 8:10]. In his opening remarks Eliot suggested that this parashah is more about thinking than about doing, leading to a consideration of whether Jews think differently than other people. This w...

Get to know our "Campers Together" as they visit Radio Kol Ramah

More talk and Music with Bogrim Kayitz 2025

Talk and music with Bogrim

Talk and music with Ntzanim

Rotem welcomes Nitzanim to Radio Kol Ramah for a great music and talk show

Parashat Va-etchanan [Deuteronomy 3:23-7:11] is always read on Shabbat Nachamu, the Shabbat after Tisha B’Av, so named because nachamu is the first word of the haftarah [Isaiah 40:1-26]. It seems appropriate that the Shabbat we come out of our commemoration of the death and destruction associated with Tisha B’AV that our Torah reading includes both the first paragraph of the Shema [Deuteronomy 6:4...

Food talk by Nitznim - Rave reviews for kitchen staff!!

Heartwarming (and very cute) visit by Chaverim to Radio Kol Ramah!

Cantor Silverstone visits Rotem and Ta'am the studio and talks about the history of camp when he was a camper at CRB!

Parashat D’varim [Deuteronomy 1:1-3:22] is the opening parashah of the Book of Deuteronomy. Having reached the eastern border of the Promised Land, Moses addresses the people for the last time in a series of discourses, culminating in his death alone atop the mountain, to be buried by God in a place unknown to any human. We spent over half our conversation discussing Moses as prophet and leader at...

Bunk A17 Nitzanim stops by the Kol Ramah studio to visit Rotem and tell us all about life at camp!

Bunk A14 Tzeirim stops by the Kol Ramah studio to visit Rotem and tell us all about life at camp!

Bunk A10 Tzeirim stops by the Kol Ramah studio to visit Rotem and tell us all about life at camp!

Today we hosted the Camp Together program! Teens from Isreal are joining Camp Ramah and are here to tell us about themselves and their experiences.

Parashat Mattot-Massei [Numbers 30:2-36:13] is a double parashah which concludes the Book of Numbers. It is one of the longest readings of the year, even for those who use the triennial cycle. Our focus this week was the curious story about the tribes of Gad and Reuven, and the half-tribe of Menashe. As the Israelites’ forty-year journey is coming to an end, with the entrance into the Land of Isra...

Join us for the nitzanim show! We invited our hofa'a staff for a visit, and they told us all about their work on the musicals at camp. Featuring: Arielle , Raviv , Naama Yael, Hazel and Annabel . And our staff: Rotem Shimony with Stacy Greenblatt, Jojo Adams and Mika Sayag.

Parsha Talk Pinchas - a Kayitz favorite! Parashat Pinchas [Numbers 25:10-30:1] is probably best known for the holiday calendar in chapters 28 and 29, from which the maftir is taken for the Yamim Noraim [the Days of Awe, Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur], for the Shalosh Regalim [the three pilgrimage festivals, Pesach, Shavuot, and Sukkot], and Rosh Chodesh [the beginning of the Hebrew month]. In addit...

Listen to our guests from bunk a10! A live recording from 7/17 with tzeirim campers telling us about themselves and choosing some fun music:) Featuring Adin, Micah, Jona, Noam, Wesley, Seymour, Louis, Liaml, Asher, Charlie, Nolan, Ben.

Parashat Balak [Numbers 22:2-25:9] primarily tells the tale of Balaam the seer, who is commissioned to curse the Israelites, of whom Balak is deathly afraid. Balak’s plan does not go as planned, as God has other plans for Balaam, one of which involves the famous talking donkey, a precursor to the perhaps more famous Mr. Ed. According to the rabbis, the mouth of the donkey was created on the eve of...

Soundtrack of this year's fantastic Fourth of July extravaganza! Featuring Landon Braverman and the Tzevet Hofa'a Band!! Special thanks to Mike Schatzberg and Rotem Shimony for recording. Edited and mastered by Yaniv Morozovsky.

Shorashim bechira project - Tiyul Shorashim Join us for a trip around camp with Edat Ha'Shorashim and hear what the campers have to tell!

Parashat Chukat [Numbers 19:1-22:1] is perhaps best known for the story about Moses & The Rock, for which Moses and Aaron were denied entrance into the Land of Israel. Aaron will die later in the parashah, and Moses’s death is recorded in the last chapter of the Torah [Deuteronomy 34], read on Simchat Torah morning. The other well-known chapter is Numbers 19, which is the maftir reading for Shabba...

Parashat Korach [Numbers 16-18] primarily relates the story of Korach’s rebellion. Modern biblical criticism suggests that the text is perhaps an amalgam of as many as four different rebellions. Our conversation focused on the rebels and on what they were actually rebelling against. How should we characterize Korach, and Dathan and Aviram? Did they have legitimate complaints? Or are they best desc...