June 27, 2019
It’s been one day since the Session Two campers made their way through the front gate for the first time this summer. The drive up the main road to camp feels longer than it...
June 23, 2019
Saturdays, like Fridays, are different from every other day at camp. The continuation of Shabbat celebrations from the previous night transforms the day into a space separate from the rest of the week, a...
June 20, 2019
JCC Ranch Camp is located on 380 acres of land in the Black Forest of Colorado. With the exception of the trips programs, most members of the camp community spend the entire two weeks...
June 18, 2019
Sunday morning began as a fresh start, the Havdalah ceremony the night before separating Shabbat from the rest of the week. As campers spread across camp to enjoy their activities, their spirits were still...
June 14, 2019
Session 1, Day 4 June 14th, 2019 The Torah is obsessed with rules. Particularly (and fittingly) the book of Numbers, from which we are currently reading. Many of the rules and the stories that contain...
June 13, 2019
Session 1, Day 3 June 13th, 2019 As the sun rose over the 400 beautiful acres of JCC Ranch Camp, the community that had just gathered the day before slowly began to wake. Birds...
June 12, 2019
The sun rose this morning onto a changed Ranch Camp – even before the first camper set foot onto the property, the air hummed with a new energy. This day has been anticipated for...
March 29, 2019
Dear Ranch Camp Community, I hope you will share my pride as I present an excerpt from an exciting press release that went out on March 26. A transformational gift of $2 million has...
March 7, 2019
Among the most interesting statistics gleaned from our 2018 survey was that 33% of our campers come from a home with one parent that does not identify as Jewish. This is the third highest...
