Author: Joel Seltzer

Rabbi Seltzer, the Director of Camp Ramah in the Poconos, writes regularly for Haaretz.com’s Rabbi’s Round Table. Click here to read his latest about the Fifth Cup at your Passover Seder Or you can read the text of the article below: Coffee, Haggadot, and Jewish assimilation Modern and – yes, let’s face it – assimilated Jews find it hard to stick out a full Passover seder, but the answer is not to capitulate, rather to renew that which is ancient and [...]

Rabbi Seltzer, the Director of Camp Ramah in the Poconos, writes regularly for Haaretz.com’s Rabbi’s Round Table. Click here to read his latest on Tzedakah on Purim. Or you can read the text of the article below:   A lesson of charity in the frivolity of Purim If we waited all year for the perfect time to give tzedkah, perhaps we would never give it at all. Therefore, why not tie the mitzvah of giving to the day which represents not [...]

Rabbi Seltzer, the Director of Camp Ramah in the Poconos, writes regularly for Haaretz.com’s Rabbi’s Round Table. Click here to read his latest on the power of Jewish Chaplaincy.   Or you can read the text of the article below: What I learned as a Jewish Chaplain When, as a student chaplain, I signed up for a unit on Clinical Pastoral Education, I was assigned to three units: intensive care, pediatrics and the psych ward. The first two opportunities were [...]

Admit it, you’ve watched Bravo’s Top Chef! This is your opportunity to see legendary Ramah chefs meet head to head in a contenst of culinary skill and creativity. On March 17th, 2013, Camp Ramah in the Poconos will test the inventiveness of 6 top chefs, past and present, from our finest Ramah kitchens. In conjunction with the Top Chef Ramah event, we are pleased to offer the first Ramah Cookbook, Tastes of Ramah. We invite you to place ads/and or contribute your favorite kosher recipes to be [...]

Camp Ramah in the Poconos and Ramah Day Camp are opening their doors to Unaffiliated families who are interested in participating in the joys of the Camp Ramah experience.   http://www.heraldonline.com/2013/01/29/4576219/camp-ramah-opens-its-doors-for.html