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...
March 6, 2019
As you are getting your kids ready for camp we know that questions will start arise. Here are some of the most Frequently Asked Questions we have received in the past month about camp!...
February 14, 2019
Siena Yeh, a second grader at Cole Elementary, wrote a beautiful article (below) regarding her first summer at Ranch Camp. This article was then published in her school’s newspaper! Hmm…do we have a budding...
In January, we received an email from a parent asking us to consider adding an additional choice for gender on our application. I responded by saying that there should be an additional choice, and...
July 31, 2018
Session 3, Day 18 Ranch Camp is a place rich with tradition, many of which are songs that are sung on all different occasions. One of the most treasured songs is Joni Mitchell’s “Circle...