Congregation Ramot Zion was established in 1973 when a group of North American Conservative rabbis, academicians, educators and educated laymen moved into the French Hill and Ramot Eshkol neighborhoods and decided that they wished to continue the pattern of religious and communal observance that had been a decisive factor in bringing them to Israel. Adept at synagogue skills and dedicated to traditional, but open Jewish practice and worship, they sought services and people who shared their needs. Many Israeli-born neighbors and colleagues were also attracted.

Individually, each family had its personal struggle to make it here. Together, they struggled to create Ramot Zion, overcoming both bureaucracy and an aggressive Orthodox opposition that did not understand or appreciate − and even feared − the newcomers and their approach to Judaism.

After 32 years, Ramot Zion has succeeded in creating a community of some 150 member families as well as contributing important values and institutions to Israeli society.

Ramot Zion works within the guidelines of the Conservative (Masorti) Movement, with a belief in the model of combining traditional religious observance with adaptation to modern life in order to offer Israelis a viable and creative option for religious expression.

Ramot Zion is also connected to the wider world in a variety of ways. It joins with similar congregations in representing the Movement’s principles and values while benefiting from its educational resources such as educational trips, women’s study days, lectures, etc.

Ramot Zion maintains very close ties with the Frankel School , the first Tali school in Israel , which is attended by the children of many of the members. The synagogue serves as the venue for the collective bat-mitzvah ceremony celebrated annually by Frankel sixth-grade girls. The students of Frankel also participate in the Junior Congregations as well as in the youth group of Noar Masorti( Noam). In addition, they celebrate the life cycle ceremonies in Ramot Zion.

Within the French Hill community-at-large, Ramot Zion conducts an outreach program also cooperating with the local community center to offer residents cultural and religious programs.

Each year Ramot Zion welcomes sabbatical families as well as interested overseas students living in the Hebrew University dorms on Mount Scopus , many of whom spend holidays and Shabbatot with Ramot Zion families.

Ramot Zion stays in touch with its many friends and supporters outside Israel by sending them a newsletter several times a year, and often hosting groups and guests visiting from abroad. Several of the bar and bat mitzvahs celebrated in the synagogue each year are those of boys and girls from Conservative congregations in North America.