Ezra, a 7-week vocational training program, captures the passion and excitement of Camp Ramah. During the summer, young adults live at camp, along side 1400 staff and campers. They fill their days with job site experience, life skill classes, recreational activities and living Judaism. The Ezra Program allows participants to take their existing skills and enhance them to live more independent and
productive lives. The independent living experience at Camp Ramah improves functioning through:
Vocational Skills
independent living abilities
self-image
social functioning
Jewish community skills
Camp provides an ideal setting for Ezra participants who live in communal, independent living quarters with peers under adult supervision. Participants learn lessons of responsibility, kinship, sportsmanship and sharing. Participants receive job-training experience in a number of service areas throughout camp and are held accountable for their interpersonal relationships in the Ramah community. Program goals include preparing young adults for independent living and teaching them employment related skills. In addition to personal development, the Ezra program includes specific components to enhance their independent living experience:
Cafe Ezra - participants devote one evening a week to running a cafe for the entire camp staff
Buddy Program - participants are designated a special staff buddy to enhance friendships and interpersonal skills
Days off - each week participants will collaboratively plan their day off activity
For more information on Tikvah, please call the Ramah office at (310) 476-8571 or email [email protected].