What Is TRY

In addition to travel and study throughout the country, students spend time in such settings as kibbutz and Gadna (simulated army training). As well, they visit with Israeli host families throughout the program and have special activities with Israeli peers. In this way, students have the opportunity to see Israel through the eyes of Israelis their age.

Sponsorship and Affiliation

Tichon Ramah Yerushalayim is a project of Ramah Programs in Israel, a branch of the National Ramah Commission of The Jewish Theological Seminary of America. It is fully accredited by the Middle States Association of Schools and Colleges, and is an affiliate of the Solomon Schechter Day School Association.

For additional information and application details please contact:

National Ramah, 3080 Broadway, NY, NY, 10027

Tel. (212) 678-8883, Fax (212) 504-0858

E-mail:ramahisrael@jtsa.edu

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TRY is:

✦ a high-level academic semester for 10th - 12th graders
✦ a fully accredited program of General Studies
✦ a fun and intensive Hebrew language program
✦ a core course focusing on Zionism and contemporary Israel
✦ extensive outings throughout Israel
✦ tefilah, Shabbat and holiday programming
✦ an international campus, housing students from Israel, Ethiopia, France and Yugoslavia
✦ interaction with Israeli teens and families through home hospitality
✦ an enriching Jewish lifestyle

What is TRY?

TRY is Tichon Ramah Yerushalayim, the Ramah Jerusalem High School, a fully accredited international secondary school program. TRY offers tenth and eleventh graders the opportunity to live and learn in the land of Israel. For four months – February through June -- TRYers experience every facet of the country; you will hike up Masada and down the Ramon Crater, bike through the desert and barbeque on the beach. You will volunteer in community service projects, learn Hebrew intensively and undergo simulated army basic training. You will participate in daily prayer and experience different shuls each Shabbat in Jerusalem. You will visit with friends and family, keep up a regular school schedule and spend a span of the Jewish Calendar in a new and different atmosphere.

History

Tichon Ramah Yerushalayim (TRY) is a project of Ramah Programs in Israel, a branch of the National Ramah Commission of The Jewish Theological Seminary of America. TRY is accredited by the Middle States Association of Schools and Colleges, recognized by Israel’s Ministry of Education, and is an affiliate of the Solomon Schechter Day School Association.

Serving youth from North America since 1982 - is an international secondary school program in Israel offering students an academic curriculum of high-level general studies parallel to that which they would be pursuing in their home communities, and a superior course of Hebrew, Judaica, and Israel studies such as is possible only in Jerusalem.

TRY draws students from all sectors of the Jewish community in North America. Many of the TRY participants are also veteran Ramah campers who bring with them the love of Jewish life, learning and traditions that they have experienced at camp. As mentioned in other sections, Shabbat, Jewish holidays, kashrut and tefillah are all integral to the TRY program. Participants engage in a variety of activities intended to stimulate the consideration of a personally meaningful Jewish lifestyle.

TRY is an all-encompassing framework, designed to provide the students with a stimulating cross-cultural experience while focusing on their development as Jews. Ideally, the student's maturing sense of self and evolving self-realization as a Jew become inextricably intertwined at this critical point on the threshold of adulthood.

TRY is a challenging program in which to participate. Away from family, friends, and a familiar environment, the student is confronted with numerous choices, freedoms, and responsibilities not previously encountered. It requires a readiness to be independent - and a willingness to accept limitations. Students return home more mature, having gone through a long and demanding process of learning about themselves: their priorities, their limits, and their potential.