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Camp Tawonga

Prospect Sierra students sit around a campfire at Camp Tawonga. (Prospect Sierra/Facebook)
Posted inBay Area

Private East Bay school ends relationship with Tawonga over its ties to Israel

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss April 22, 2026April 29, 2026

Jewish families at Prospect Sierra, a politically progressive, private school in the East Bay, were taken aback earlier this school year when the middle school’s annual overnight trip to a […]

Jamie Simon and Ryley Katz
Posted inNorthern California

From cabinmates to CEOs: How a Tawonga friendship grew into a leadership legacy

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb March 11, 2026March 11, 2026
Archival photo of boys at summer camp
Posted inFrom the Archives

100 years of tan lines, bug bites and Jewish camp memories

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss July 16, 2025July 16, 2025
Joanne Forman, an on-site therapist at Camp Tawonga, and her family. "You just automatically fit in," she said.
Posted inSPONSORED CONTENT

The Camp Tawonga spirit: Belonging, generation to generation

by Rachel Lehmann-Haupt May 30, 2024May 31, 2024
Protesters dressed as oppressed women from the TV series "The Handmaid's Tale" at a protest against the Netanyahu government's proposed judicial reforms outside of the Israeli consulate in San Francisco, July 13, 2023. (Courtesy UnXeptable)
Posted inOur Crowd

Honors, happenings, comings & goings — July 2023

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb July 18, 2023July 19, 2023
The weekly "Shabbat stroll" at Camp Tawonga in 2022. (Courtesy Tawonga)
Posted inU.S.

At Jewish sleepaway camps this summer, bunks and bathrooms accommodate any gender identity

Louis Keene by Louis Keene June 27, 2023
The weekly "Shabbat stroll" at Camp Tawonga in 2022. (Courtesy Tawonga)
Posted inKids & Family

Tawonga to be first Jewish camp with full-time DEI director

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten March 2, 2023March 17, 2023
Tawonga's incoming CEO Rebecca Meyer (left) with outgoing CEO Jamie Simon. (Photo/Courtesy Camp Tawonga)
Posted inNews

Rebecca Meyer, longtime Camp Tawonga leader, named new CEO

by Dan Pine January 17, 2023January 10, 2025
Divorce and Discovery tashlich ritual, in which attendees cast off unwanted feelings they were carrying around from their divorce. (Photo/Margot Yecies)
Posted inBay Area

Jewish divorce retreat creates room to grieve and heal at Camp Tawonga

Alix Wall by Alix Wall November 7, 2022November 9, 2022
Shabbat services at the inaugural Jewish Families of Color Weekend at Camp Tawonga, Sept. 2021. (Photo/Courtesy Tawonga)
Posted inNorthern California

‘Breath of fresh air’: Camp Tawonga weekend for Jewish families of color coming up Aug. 25-28

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten August 3, 2022August 4, 2022

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