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BaMidbar Welcomes New Teen & Young Adult Advisory Commitee Members!
May 21, 2025
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Through the launch of the Jewish Teen & Young Adult Advisory Committee, BaMidbar reaffirms its dedication to making sure no young person faces their mental …
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Meet Marisa: Q&A from the field
Jory Hanselman
April 9, 2018
We chatted with Marisa to learn more about her passion for wilderness, what it means to be a field therapist and to get a glimpse ...
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The Jewish Hour- Podcast with Rabbi Herschel Finman
Jory Hanselman
April 8, 2018
This weeks episode of the podcast and radio show “The Jewish Hour,” Rabbi Herschel Finman interviewed BaMidbar Director Jory Hanselman regarding our program. https://jcastnetwork.org/storage/JHour/04-08-2018.mp3 ...
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A Dash of Drash- Podcast with Rabbi Marc Soloway
Jory Hanselman
April 4, 2018
This weeks episode of the podcast “A Dash of Drash,” Rabbi Marc Soloway and BaMidbar Director Jory Hanselman discuss the physical, metaphorical, and spiritual journey taking place at BaMidbar. ...
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This 13 year-old Gets It!
Jory Hanselman
March 27, 2018
At the end of the Passover narrative, G-d speaks to Moses and imparts various commandments. One of these commandments emphasizes the importance of the seder-וְהִגַּדְתָּ֣ לְבִנְךָ֔ בַּיּ֥וֹם הַה֖וּא V’Hegadita ...
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A Week In Pictures
Jory Hanselman
March 16, 2018
What does a week at BaMidbar look like? To answer- let us show you. Our week begins with Kavanah Group, where participants and staff set goals ...
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Purim, Joy Without Drinking
Jory Hanselman
February 26, 2018
By Miriam Green, Rabbinic Intern A couple of weeks ago, in my Facebook feed, I started receiving invitations to Purim parties. Some highlighted costume themes, ...
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February Newsletter
Jory Hanselman
February 15, 2018
During the month of January our team of clinicians, field guides, spiritual counselors, volunteers, and lay leaders came together for trainings on the topics of ...
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Be A Nachshon
Jory Hanselman
January 26, 2018
By Jory Hanselman In 2014, Ramah in the Rockies began to ask the question: Where else can we have a profound effect on the American ...
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Meet Our Clinical Team
Jory Hanselman
January 8, 2018
BaMidbar is excited to introduce our Clinical Team Charles Elias, LCSW, MAC, LAC, CCPS II, SAP Clinical Director CharlesE@BaMibdarTherapy.org Charles is a native of London, ...
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A Space for Prayer in the Wilderness
Jory Hanselman
December 15, 2017
By Hindy Finman Exhausted and dirty, I boarded my flight home. As I sat down I was overcome with a sense of gratitude and happiness. ...
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Dreams Become Reality
Jory Hanselman
December 6, 2017
A short eighteen months ago, Ramah in the Rockies made the commitment to create the nation’s first Jewish wilderness therapy program. In January 2018, this ...
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Abraham: The World’s First Wilderness Therapy Student
Jory Hanselman
October 30, 2017
As featured in The Forward: By: Jory Hanselman On Friday night, October 27th, 2017, BaMidbar’s Director Jory Hanselman spoke at Mishkan Chicago’s services. The Forward featured a portion of ...
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Impermanence and Meaning: A Time for Tearing Down and a Time for Building Up
Jory Hanselman
October 10, 2017
By Miriam Green The festival of Sukkot is the season of the Jewish people’s greatest rejoicing. From the beginning of Elul through Rosh Hashanah and ...
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Within Our Reach
Jory Hanselman
September 15, 2017
As we prepare for the Days of Awe, the task before us is not insignificant. Nor is it easy. Yet, we are capable. And, as ...
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Spiritual Counseling Redefined
Jory Hanselman
September 1, 2017
This summer, I spent a week at Beit T’Shuvah, learning best practices in the Jewish world of recovery and getting a chance to see their spiritual ...
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Ritual in the Modern World: What Our Families Need
Jory Hanselman
August 29, 2017
By Miriam Green When I arrived at the Wilderness Therapy Symposium on Thursday, I found myself in a new community, very different from the Jewish ...
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Finding Wholeness in Unexpected Places
Jory Hanselman
August 11, 2017
By Rabbi Mark Goodman Depending on your perspective, Moses was either a flawless paragon of moral virtue, or an ill-tempered foster child with a tendency ...
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An Update on the Fire at Ramah in the Rockies
Jory Hanselman
August 10, 2017
As many of you may know, at 2:00 am MDT Monday morning, a fire broke out in the lodge at Ramah in the Rockies, the ...
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A Month at Ramah in the Rockies
Jory Hanselman
June 29, 2017
I just returned from a month at Ramah in the Rockies, overlapping with tzevet (staff) training, and the first few weeks of chalutzim (campers) on ...
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The Hero’s Journey
Jory Hanselman
May 25, 2017
At the recent Independent Educational Consultant Association conference, I attended a session discussing Joseph Campbell’s “Hero’s Journey.” In The Hero with a Thousand Faces, Campbell ...
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