For five days in the Summer of 1997, Camp Ramah held the Kesher Program. The Kesher Program is a program for deaf Jewish children and their families. Gregory Pollock, age 8, and his father attended. (Pittsburgh PA, Tree of Life Synagogue.) The group consisted of thirty-eight individuals, twelve families plus 11 staff members. (The most committed, hardest working staff you have ever seen!) All activities including religious services, educational programs, discussion groups and social events were Sign Language Interpreted. We were provided the opportunity to learn in both American and Israeli Sign Language. The Kesher Program provided all of us an opportunity to LIVE Judaism in our hearts, through our eyes and our souls. Judaism reaching out to bring us in. It was truly the experience of a lifetime!
