Young Leadership Program in Cooperation with Camp Ramah, August 23 – September 2, 2010

Established in October 2007, Germany Close Up – American Jews Meet Modern Germany provides young leaders of Camp Ramah with an opportunity to experience modern Germany up close and personally. Participants will visit the actual sites of historical events, partake in various aspects of contemporary Jewish life in Germany and will meet with Germans of all backgrounds. The purpose of the program is to allow participants to gain their own perspective on Germany through individual experience.

Academic lectures and distinguished guest speakers will engage participants in discussion about the Shoah and Germany’s Nazi terror, in issues of memory and Germany’s continuing effort to come to terms with this terrible past, as well as Germany’s transformation in the last 60 years into a modern, reunified, and democratic country in the heart of the European Union which is home to the third-fastest growing Jewish community worldwide. The program is kosher and shomer shabbat.

The August 23 (start in the US is August 22) - September 2 Program will focus on the following topics: