Located at the foothills of the beautiful Berkshire Mountains, Camp Ramah in the Berkshires, one of seven overnight camps and three day camps under the auspices of the National Ramah Commission, is located in Wingdale, NY - approximately one and a half hours north of New York City. Each summer, approximately 500 campers from New York and New Jersey participate activities that include basketball, softball, arts & crafts, radio and video, ceramics, drama, swimming, tennis, special teen trips and much more, with Conservative Jewish values interwoven through all aspects of camp life.

The National Ramah Commission mission statement describes the essence of the Ramah camping movement:

National Ramah Commission: A Mission Statement

1. The current mission of Ramah is to create educating communities in which people learn to live committed Jewish lives, embodying the ideals of Conservative Judaism. Out of such communities, Ramah continues to "raise up" committed volunteer and professional leadership for the Conservative Movement and contemporary Jewry.
   
   
2. Ramah communities represent a powerful synthesis of educational and Jewish characteristics:
   regular study and engagement in open and continuing dialogue with Jewish texts, Halachah and value
   1. a participatory Judaism which fosters and nourishes everincreasing Jewish confidence, skill, observance, Hebrew ability and a sense of joyous Jewish living
   2. a caring, encouraging approach to personal growth and individual religious experience which interact to form Jewish identity
   3. a religious commitment to social justice and the ecological welfare of our world
   4. a readiness to undertake reflective religious and educational innovation within the guidelines of Conservative Judaism's values and practices as set forth in Emet V/Emunah.
      
      
3. The core of Ramah's program is directed toward two target populations: Campers (ages 9-16) and Staff (ages 17-25). Since Jewish learning and living are life long, one may become a Ramahnik at various moments in life. This leads us to offer the Ramah experience to a widening circle of participants, especially alumni and the families of our campers.
   
   
4. Ramah pursues its mission through two unique, powerful educational settings:
   The summer camp and winter-retreat settings. It is the experience of intensive immersion in a total environment of Jewish arts and culture, sports and daily living, which educates toward personal commitment.
   
   Israel - our commitment to the renaissance of the Jewish people in its homeland is reflected in a variety of intensive Ramah programs in Israel, as well as in the staffing and programming of our camps throughout North America and Ukraine.
   
   
5. Ramah affirms the centrality of home and synagogue as the primary institutions of Conservative Judaism. Our work carries with it the obligation to support and elevate the quality of home and synagogue life. Similarly, Ramah stands at the nexus of day school, supplementary and informal education in the Conservative Movement, where cooperative effort can advance the total educational experience of our youth.