Camp Ramah Scholarships Announcement

Dear B'nai Israel,

Thanksgiving may be this week, but we are already thinking about Summer 2025! If your family or a loved one has a child eligible for camping next summer, we want to make sure you aware of significant and generous scholarship funds available for B'nai Israel families to send their children to Camp Ramah, the official camping arm of the Conservative movement.

B’nai Israel is fortunate to have generous donors and supporters who have established endowment funds to help enable B’nai Israel members to experience Camp Ramah, which offers both a local day camp and a sleep-away camp, Camp Ramah New England. There are other Ramah camping experiences which are eligible for scholarships from B'nai Israel. We have a variety of scholarships to offer for these Ramah summer experiences. Read more about eligibility for these scholarships below, and make sure to check out the very bottom of this email for information about a special scholarship for first-time Jewish overnight campers. 

Click here to apply for a scholarship! 

As always, if you have any questions, please reach out to me at lilyp@bnaiisraelcong.org.

Lily Pollack

Youth Coordinator

I want to spend Summer 2025 at...

Ramah DC Day Camp (Please note that some of the age groups at Ramah DC already have wait lists. We encourage you to join the wait list so that you can receive a scholarship if space opens up.)

First-time campers are eligible for:

• Scholarships up to 25% of the tuition thanks to the Kravitz Jewish Day Camp Fund.

Returning campers are eligible for:

• Scholarships up to 10% of the tuition thanks to the Kravitz Jewish Day Camp Fund.

If our scholarship money can make the difference for whether your child can enjoy the experience of Camp Ramah this summer, please indicate so on the scholarship form. 

Camp Ramah New England

First-time campers are eligible for:

• Scholarships up to 50% of the tuition thanks to the Schnitzer Israel & Camp Ramah endowment.

Second-time campers are eligible for:

• Scholarships up to $1,000 thanks to the Schnitzer Israel & Camp Ramah endowment.

Returning campers are eligible for:

• Scholarships up to $500 thanks to the Schnitzer Israel & Camp Ramah endowment.

Please note that these scholarships are for full-session campers (either First Session, Second Session, or Full Summer). If you are attending one of the Mini Kochavim sessions, you will be eligible for scholarships up to $1,000. 

Other Ramah Overnight Experiences

First-time campers are eligible for:

• Scholarships up to $1,000 thanks to the Schnitzer Israel & Camp Ramah endowment.

Returning campers are eligible for:

• Scholarships up to $500 thanks to the Schnitzer Israel & Camp Ramah endowment.

Ramah Israel Seminar

Scholarships are available after completion of the scholarship application.

We express appreciation to the following funds that support our Camp Ramah Scholarships:

Kravitz Jewish Day Camp Fund

Marie Lebowitz Camp Ramah Scholarship Fund

Bruce R. Saypol Camp Ramah Scholarship Fund

Rabbi Jeshaia and Hilde M. Schnitzer Israel and Camp Ramah Scholarship Endowment Fund

Rabbi Joshua Rubinow Simon Memorial Endowment for Camp Ramah Tikvah Program

If you would like to make a contribution to one of the above funds to support B’nai Israel families sending their children to Camps Ramah, please click here to make a contribution.

One Happy Camper Scholarship for First-Time Jewish Overnight Camps

Up to $1,500 in additional scholarship funds!

If you are considering other wonderful Jewish summer camp experiences outside of Ramah we want to ensure you know about the One Happy Camper scholarship.

For the past ten years, The Jewish Federation of Greater Washington has partnered with The Foundation for Jewish Camp’s One Happy Camper, a program that facilitates 100% Federation-funded grant distribution for first-year Jewish overnight campers. The One Happy Camper program works to inspire new campers to try Jewish overnight camp through incentive grants. One Happy Camper shares Federation’s belief that “children with pivotal Jewish camp experiences are more likely to become adults who value their Jewish heritage, support Jewish causes, and take on leadership roles in their communities.”

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