Movie Making

By: Amy M. Earlix

Movie making was  very interesting.

First ,

We had to get into groups of four.

Then we had to think of a way

To have a skit about what

Really happens at camp.

It took the ezra staff  about

Three weeks to get

The filming done.

But,

About the end of that week

It was the actual filming night.

All the ezra staff were kind

Of nervous.

But,

They got  it over quickly. Luckily!

Ezra Day Off/Dahlia

BY: Margot Sonnenschein

Museum of Tolerance

 On Tuesday  we went  to the museum of tolerance  and saw very old thing and saw  we saw  old torahs and sad thing s people the Jewish people and  we  went on a tour of the museum and sew Anne frank’s diary and a  thing about bulling  we the Nazis are not nice people  we saw a hard  thing  and  Jewish  people   was very dark and where get a card on little  girls   and they did a  alt of hard   life and the Jewish and better people today because they had a hard life

Dalia 2011

 Last night was Dalia is singing and dancing. Dalia is  my favorite night of the session  after  Dalia  they was Israel Dancing on the basketball court each edah did half dancing and  the rest song  some edah wear different people   tzo – purple  gusher  blue adat shalom  - red  AMITZMIN PJ

Machon tie die   the GAN wear pjs  abirim red solellim  nitzanim green

  

My Camp Experience

By: Jesse Gillman   

                        My camp experience has been great for me, because I had a chance to grow and mature wall being a camper in Amitzim and now on staff in Ezra. When I came to Ramah as a camper I didn’t know anyone, but than I soon met new people and made new friends and consolers and I have had those friendships for a long time, also I have made some new friends through out the years I have been at camp.

            For the Jewish part of it I have been able to experience new ways of Judaism through tfilit and silence prayer, it has changed my views on being Jewish.

            People how have came form all walks of life I came to camp because it is special to those people who wanted to have   Ramah in there harts and so do I.

            Conclusion:  I have had a great experience at camp and I will have Ramah in my harts because this place is home away from home and it is like my second family.  

Greg "The Man" Turns 19

By: Shaina Barnett

The Man Turns 19!

Greg Fils, aka “The Man”, had just turned the ripe age of 19. For those who really know Greg and know how much he talks about BBQ sauce, his birthday present was—you guessed it—BBQ sauce. He had it with his French toast that morning. What was really interesting about Greg’s—excuse me—The Man’s birthday was the fact it landed on Dalia and when the sad day of Tisha B’Av ended. The Man may be getting older, but he still will be forever strong and winning the hearts of all the ladies.

  The Making of a Recording

Yesterday was the day I recorded with Ramacapella to make the Live from the Givah Volume VI. The equipment we used to edit the sound and record our voices were truly amazing! There were earphones that act as microphones so we can hear each and every one of our voices. For the first time in Ramacapella history, the melody went through the song L’Cha Dodi only once for recording! Although it is unknown whether they are done recording or not, many of the performers, including me, felt very proud to have their voice recorded, even if it’s only one song out of three.

The Deficit in the U.S.

By: Jesse Gillman

Source: NYTimes, Reuters

         

                                      Headline: U.S. Budget Gap Hits $1.1 trillion

                   Into- Washington D.C. – The United States is tuning a $1.1trillion budget deficit to date in the current fiscal year, the treasury Department, said Wednesday, as lawmakers to seek extra cuts in public spending to rein in debt.

                   Body: The budget deficit ten month into the government’s fiscal year was $69 billion lower than the same time a year earlier, said the Treasury Department.

          “The government continues to run significant deficits one reason S&P took its rating actions’’, said Thomas Simon’s money market economist with Jefferies and co in New York. The U.S. budget deficit to reach $1.4 trillion according to the congressional budget office. In July, the government posted of a budget defect of $129 billion the 134^th consecutive mouth of budget shortfalls.

          A special committee of Democratic and GOP lawmakers have been charged with finding $1.5 trillion in budget savings over the next decade.

                   Conclusion: I think if our budget system was not so confuting than it would have a much different affect on feeling of the American people about the economic.   

  

  

Cafe Ezra: The Final Chapter

By: Katherine Gerety

  Last night we had our last Café Ezra for the session. We had water, chips, cookies, ice cream sandwiches, and soda. We also had a karaoke machine. It was a fun night. We had a surprise guest and her name is Roxanna Donay.  She was in ISRAEL for a few weeks. We had a fun time with all of the staff of camp Ramah. I hope everyone had a great time as a camp. See you next year in 2012.

A Very Depressing Tisha B'Av

By: Shaina Barnett

 In honor--no, "honor" is the wrong choice of words. In reflecting the day Tisha B'Av, Ezra staff took a very depressing day off to the Museum of Tolerance. Learning about what hatred can do, especially in cases such as bullying, hate crimes, and the Holocaust in particular brought almost all of Ezra staff to tears. Almost everyone was holding one another. Being inside a replica concentration camp in one exhibit was the one that really hit the nail on the head. The brutality the Nazis had towards the Jewish people was unbelievable...but it was real. The blood of more than six million innocent Jews tainted Western Europe...all because of one sorry excuse of a man hated Jews for no reason. Although the trip to the museum was tearful and depressing, it's really important to know what really happened and how lucky the Jewish people of 2011 are for what we have today. Those poor people, those six million innocent unfortunate people who died nearly 70 years ago...that could have been us. Tisha B'Av is not just about fasting or just feeling sad. It's about being reflective and grateful for how far the Jewish people come through all these years. We should be proud of who we are and never let hatred to do its evil work.