Camp Raanana JCC Ann Arbor

Camp Raanana is a pluralistic Jewish day camp that strives to create a transformative and fun summer experience. We provide each camper and staff member a safe environment that nurtures identity, builds character, and promotes a true sense of community.

At Camp Raanana we are surrounded by a natural beauty in the truest sense. The trees that line our camp each have stories of growth and development not unlike each of our campers and staff. Our trees, not unlike ourselves, are firmly rooted. Our shorashim (roots), or foundation, was planted upon the ideals of Identity (zehoot), Character (ofi), and Community (kehila). Our anafim (branches) grow from these roots and help support our campers and staff on their own journey. These branches are the central values for our camp community. We make time to accentuate our six branches every day and in doing so, they become something even more valuable to us: the skills we use to traverse an ever-growing and developing world.
Our six branches are:
Ruach – רוח (ruach)*loose English translation is “spirit”
Friendship – חברות (chevrut)
Independence –עצמאות (atzma’ut)
Creativity – יצירה(yetzirah)
Kavod – כבוד (kavod) *loose English translation is “respect”
Kindness – חסד (chesed)