Shalom, Camp Ramah Families!
The Ancient Wisdom Series is a program designed for teens to gather once a week, over dinner, to explore Torah and Jewish thought as a living conversation about who we are and how to live. Join us this fall as we dive into The Creation Series, exploring why we're here and what it means to be human. Weekly sessions begin August 27th, September 9th, and October 4th.
"I wish we could learn for 3 hours a week!" — Rahm, 11th grade
Who Are We?
The Six11 Project is a Jewish education nonprofit based in Los Angeles, founded by Rabbi Brett Kopin, who served as rabbi-in-residence at Camp Ramah in Ojai during the second machzor (session) of kayitz (summer) 2026. The mission of The Six11 Project is to cultivate a lifelong love of Jewish learning, empowering individuals to draw on the wisdom of the tradition to build meaningful, purpose-driven lives.
7-10
Students Per Cohort
7
Weeks Per Module
1
Hour Per Week
Over Dinner
What is the Ancient Wisdom Series?
Picture one of the best hours of your teen's week: a home full of friends, dinner on the table, and a conversation about the biggest questions of life through a Jewish lens – about identity, purpose, and freedom – that camp makes feel exciting and alive.
Students meet weekly in intimate cohorts of up to ten, guided by a mentor who engages them as serious thinkers and thought partners. Classes are organized into thematic seven-week modules, so each cohort goes deep on one set of questions at a time. At the end of every module, families choose whether to continue, which means every student in the room is there because they want to be. In other words, it’s Torah Lishma. There are no grades and no tests. Just dinner, real conversation, and space to think seriously about who you are and how to live, with friends you already love spending time with.
The best part? The learning doesn't stay in the living room. Students bring what they discover back to camp with them, becoming the ones who deepen the Jewish conversation happening in their own bunks and eidot (age groups).
Our Pedagogy: Bringing the Shetach Home
At camp, the shetach (שטח) is home — the dirt, the trees, the sky, the tzrif/ohel (cabin) neighborhood where chanichim (campers) spend the majority of their time and where real growth happens. The Ancient Wisdom Series is built to bring that same feeling into the rest of the year through three interconnected ideas:
שאלה – ש
She'elah - Question
We believe the question is holier than the answer. As students navigate their lives outside of camp, they run into new questions: academic, social, and personal. We focus on embracing those questions and wrestling honestly with their surroundings, choices, and values.
טבע – ט
Teva - Nature/Character
At camp, teva is the physical world around them. Year-round, teva becomes their inner world: their personality, character, strengths, and struggles. Drawing on the Maharal of Prague's vision of Torah as soil, we treat classical texts as living ground from which each student's identity and purpose can grow.
חינוך – ח
Chinuch - Mentorship
Growth doesn't happen alone. A consistent mentor who knows each student by name, over time, changes lives. Not by handing over answers, but by providing the relational space that lets a student keep exploring who they are. Through weekly cohort gatherings, that mentorship continues throughout the year.
Adina, 9th Grade
I had so much fun in all the discussions and learning how to understand the Torah through different lenses. Thank you for opening me up to all that Judaism can mean.
Rami, 11th Grade
We would get into deep discussions in class and go on random tangents while learning. It really made the learning considerably more engaging and meaningful.
Roan, 11th Grade
One of the highlights of my week. I learned about myself and my religion during the past months and really appreciate every lesson we had.
Eitan, 12th Grade
I've realized that there is so much wisdom to be gained through studying Jewish sources... it's a great way to make me consider many different perspectives.
This Fall:
The Creation Series
Our first module of the year explores the biggest questions in Jewish thought: why we're here, what it means to be human, and what to do when things go wrong, through the lens of the Creation stories at the beginning of the Torah.
7-week cohorts will begin on different dates to accomodate the start of the school year: Thursday, August 27th, Wednesday, September 9th, and Sunday, October 4th. Each class is framed around one major she’elah (question):
How It Works
Cohorts are built around existing eidot (age groups), so every class feels like meeting up with a group of camp friends to learn together during the week. If this sounds like something your teen would love, reach out! We'll talk about the right fit and which cohort makes the most sense.