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Shoshana Hebshi

Shoshana Hebshi

Shoshana Hebshi is a freelance writer and former J. copy editor living in the North Bay.

Rabbi David Young of Congregation B'nai Tzedek in Fountain Valley leads campers in song from the top of the iconic Camp Newman star. (Photo/Alaina Yoakum)
Posted inBay Area, News

Kids’ first visits since 2017 fire help rekindle the Camp Newman spirit

Shoshana Hebshi by Shoshana Hebshi August 6, 2019August 7, 2019

The haverim got off their bus and stood under the shade of an oak tree. It was a hot mid-July day, and the sun was beating down on the browned […]

Holocaust survivor Irene Butter
Posted inSeniors

Survivor with ties to Anne Frank to speak at S.F. synagogue

Shoshana Hebshi by Shoshana Hebshi February 7, 2019February 10, 2019
A classic summer camp song session at Camp Nai Nai Nai (Photo/Shelly Howe)
Posted inBay Area, Northern California, News

Jewish millennials let down their hair at summer camp in the redwoods

Shoshana Hebshi by Shoshana Hebshi September 7, 2018September 6, 2018
Yiscah Smith shares her story at Ner Shalom in Cotati, the first of three talks in the North Bay. (Photo/Shoshana Hebshi)
Posted inNews

In Sonoma, trans Jewish scholar talks about her journey to ‘authentic living’

Shoshana Hebshi by Shoshana Hebshi June 20, 2018June 20, 2018
Shoshana Hebshi at her home in Santa Rosa
Posted inOpinion

My community is healing, but the heartache still lingers

Shoshana Hebshi by Shoshana Hebshi April 20, 2018April 19, 2018
At an empty lot in the former fire zone, new green growth mixes with charred remains of trees, April 2018. (Photo/Rob Gloster)
Posted inNews

‘People are still suffering’: the North Bay fires, six months later

Shoshana Hebshi by Shoshana Hebshi April 19, 2018June 26, 2019
Roasting marshmallows is a time-honored tradition at summer camp. (Courtesy Camp Tawonga)
Posted inSports

S’more and s’more Jewish summer camps around the Bay

Shoshana Hebshi by Shoshana Hebshi January 26, 2018January 29, 2018
(From left) Rachel Lessem, Rachel Raskin-Zrihen and Geri Kahn in the Ozcat Radio studio
Posted inNews

Jewish radio show looks to community for second life

Shoshana Hebshi by Shoshana Hebshi December 28, 2017December 28, 2017
Santa Rosa psychotherapist Alissa Hirschfeld-Flores (right) leads a group in Emotional Freedom Technique tapping, which uses acupressure points to relieve stress and induce calming. (Photo/Shoshana Hebshi)
Posted inNews

For some wildfire victims, long-term healing began at ‘reJEWvenate’

Shoshana Hebshi by Shoshana Hebshi December 4, 2017December 7, 2017
Counselors Michael Greenfield, Mia Ragent and Louis Langois at Camp Kee Tov's annual Messy Day in 2005 (Courtesy/Emily Schnitzer)
Posted inJewish Life

Berkeley’s beloved Camp Kee Tov roars with ruach at year 50

Shoshana Hebshi by Shoshana Hebshi July 12, 2017July 11, 2017

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