Interesting, I was reading in the Bible and happened to look up Ramah:

This is what the LORD says: “A cry is heard in Ramah–deep anguish and bitter
weeping. Rachel weeps for her children, refusing to be comforted–for her
children are gone.”

I discovered that there is a Jewish establishment in Connecticut, one hour away from Newtown, called Ramah, in East Hampton, CT.

Though it is one hour away, could this verse be somewhat prophetic?  Just a quick, interesting thing I wanted to share I just discovered. 

And as another side note, the town Ramah is in provided a lot of support…more than anyone else, to the people of Sandyhook.  Came across that in the search too.  We all have felt and do feel their pain, but the town where Ramah is was right on it…overboard helping them.

Again, I just thought it was noteworthy and quite interesting!  -Lyn Leahz

History of Ramah|SOURCE

During the  1940s, The Jewish Theological Seminary established several programs to  reconnect Jewish youth with the synagogue and cultivate American-born Jewish  leadership. One of these programs was Camp Ramah, a program conceived by Moshe  Davis and Sylvia Ettenberg of the JTS Teachers’ Institute. The first Ramah camp  opened in Conover, WI, in 1947. Over the course of the next twenty-five  years, a network of resident camps was established, so that today, in addition to Camp Ramah  in Wisconsin, there are Ramah camps in Lakewood, PA (Camp Ramah in the Poconos, founded in 1950); Palmer, MA (Camp Ramah in New England, which opened at East Hampton, CT in 1953 and moved to the  Palmer site in 1965); Ojai, CA (Camp Ramah in California, founded in 1956); Utterson, ON (Camp Ramah in Canada, founded in 1960); and Wingdale, NY (Camp Ramah in  the Berkshires, which opened in Nyack, NY, in 1961 and moved to the Wingdale site in 1964). In 1997, Ramah opened   Ramah Darom, in  Clayton, GA, and in 2010, Ramah opened its first specialty camp, Ramah Outdoor Adventure in Deckers, CO.In addition to these overnight camps, Ramah operates Ramah Programs  in Israel and day camps in the Philadelphia  area, in Nyack, NY, and  in Chicago.More than 9,000 campers and staff annually attend  Ramah’s seven overnight camps, three day camps, and Israel programs. More than  1,500 university and graduate students work as counselors, teachers, and  specialists, along with an additional 200 professionals–rabbis,  cantors, social workers, psychologists, doctors, nurses, Jewish educators,  coaches, and others. Approximately 45 rabbinical, cantorial, education and  other graduate students from JTS, as well as others from AJU and other  universities, work at Ramah in senior educational roles. More than 200  mishlachat members work at Ramah camps each summer, strengthening the  connections between the camp communities and Israel.

DIRECTIONS

Driving directions to East Hampton, CT

 

 

Newtown, CT

	1. Head north on Queen St toward Church Hill Rd
		56 ft
	2. Turn right onto US-6 E/​Church Hill Rd
		0.7 mi
	3. Turn right to merge onto I-84 E/​US-6 E toward Waterbury Continue to follow I-84 E
		25.1 mi
	4. Take exit 27 to merge onto I-691 E toward Meriden
		8.6 mi
	5. Continue onto CT-66 E
		6.7 mi
	6. Turn left onto Main St
		1.2 mi
	7. Turn right onto CT-66 E/​Marlborough St Continue to follow CT-66 E
		8.1 mi
	8. Turn right onto Main St
		0.5 mi

East Hampton, CT

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