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Summer Programs and Scholarships

and other funding opportunities

Jewish overnight camping and Jewish travel programs provide special opportunities for children and teens to connect to Judaism and Israel on their own terms, in their own environments. Here are a few ways to make those connections happen:

USCJ Summer Programs

OT kids are amon Ramah campers preparing for Shabbat

Some of our campers with Rabbi David and Talya Kalender.

Camp Ramah: Camp Ramah in New England offers an outstanding overnight camp in a dynamic Jewish environment. The rich and varied programs offer campers the opportunity to grown, learn, and develop life-long friendships as they connect to Judaism in a unique way. All of this happens on the beautiful campus of more than 75 acres of prime lakefront land in western Massachusetts. Camp Ramah offers two-week sessions for children currently in grades 2-3 and four or eight week sessions for children in grades 3-10. Ramah New England draws campers from Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, parts of New York, Rhode Island, Vermont, as well as Maryland, Virginia and Washington, DC. To learn more about this exciting opportunity for your child, please contact Ramah’s NoVA liaison, Talya Kalender at 703.426.8348 or talyak@campramahne.org.

Grants and financial aid: APlease do not allow finances to stop you from thinking about the experience of a lifetime for your child. Contact Talya for more information.

Ramah Israel Seminar: The Israel Seminar offers former Ramah campers realistic insights into Israel, its people, achievements, dreams, and challenges.

USY Summer Programs: USY offers five different U.S. travel programs and six Israel and Israel-Europe summer programs for teens.

There are many other excellent Jewish summer programs for children and teens. The Foundation for Jewish Camping, (212) 792-6222, is a good resource for more information.

Israel Teen and College Programs

Legacy Heritage Internships for Young Scientists is a six-week summer program that takes scientifically gifted high school students to Israel for the summer, at no cost. For more information about the program, please contact Marci Karoll, (212) 578-8190 x126.

Ramah Israel Seminar: The Israel Seminar offers former Ramah campers realistic insights into Israel, its people, achievements, dreams, and challenges.

USY Summer Programs: USY offers five different U.S. travel programs and six Israel and Israel-Europe summer programs for teens.

Weizmann Institute Dr. Bessie F. Lawrence International Summer Science Institute is a fully-funded four-week summer program for for students who have just completed 12th grade. Students spend three weeks working on a project at the reknown Weizmann Institute in Rehovot, Israel, and then attend a field school in the Judean Desert for their last week.

Nativ and Nativ–Gesher are gap-year programs in Israel for high school graduates from North America Information can be found on the Nativ website at www.nativ.org. For more information please contact the Nativ office at 212-533-7800 ext 1119.

Financial Aid, Scholarships, and Free Programs

Camp Ramah: Need-based scholarship applications may be requested by e-mailing Erica Silverman.

One Happy Camper: Subsidies available for youth ages 8-11 who do not attend day school and who will attend Jewish overnight camp for the first time! For qualifying details and an application, call (301) 348-7330 or e-mail onehappycamper@shalomdc.org.

Capital Camps: Need-based scholarships are available.

Holland & Knight Charitable Foundation Holocaust Remembrance Project is a national essay contest for high school students that awards scholarships and other prizes to students in first, second and third place categories.

Israel Quest: Israel Quest provides grants for Jewish teens in grades 9-12 who reside in the Greater Washington, D.C. area and plan to travel to Israel during their high school years on a teen program. Please contact Rachelle Palley, (703) 425-1880, for information about subsidies for youth travel to Israel. Israel Quest grants are co-sponsored by Federation, the United Jewish Endowment Fund, the Partnership for Jewish Life and Learning (PJLL) and Olam Tikvah. Funding depends on the length of the trip; see the Funding Guidelines for more information. For a description of the application process, see the Grant Application Process. The PJLL Israel Quest page contains more information.

Koach Birthright Israel is an worldwide program that sends thousands of college students to Israel, at virtually no cost. The program exists thanks to the philanthropy of many generous individuals and the government of the State of Israel.

USY Yellow Candle Scholarship: Need-based scholarships for USY programs to Israel and Eastern Europe are available from the Federation of Jewish Men's Clubs.