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Eden Village West

Jewish summer campers take a break in the grass. (Photo/Courtesy Foundation for Jewish Camp)
Posted inPhilanthropy

Jim Joseph Foundation awards $12M for Jewish summer camps

by J. Staff December 7, 2021December 7, 2021

The San Francisco-based Jim Joseph Foundation has awarded $12 million to the Foundation for Jewish Camp to be disbursed over the next four years, the New York-based camps organization announced […]

URJ Camp Newman staff dance together on Shabbat before the return of campers, June 2021.
Posted inBay Area

‘Pure magic’: Jewish summer camps return after year of Covid

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman June 21, 2021June 22, 2021
Firefighter puts out fire in a forest
Posted inBay Area, Northern California, News

Jewish community on high alert as wildfire season nears

by Dan Pine July 21, 2020
Campers at Camp Ramah Northern California. (Photo/Courtesy Camp Ramah)
Posted inNews

Ramah NorCal and Eden Village West latest overnight summer camps to cancel

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 14, 2020May 14, 2020
Screenshot from campscollective.org
Posted inBay Area, Northern California, News

Northern California Jewish summer camps team up for one-stop info website

by J. Staff March 27, 2019April 1, 2019
A happy camper with a goat at Eden Village West summer camp. (Photo/Courtesy Eden Village West)
Posted inNews

Green thumbs up for Eden Village summer camp’s first year

Alix Wall by Alix Wall September 18, 2018September 18, 2018
Rabbi Mendel Rice tends to the rabbits. (Photo/Alix Wall)
Posted inFood

Chabad rabbi makes a deal with the Devil and learns to raise pigs

Alix Wall by Alix Wall July 26, 2018July 31, 2018
A camper (right) and counselor chat during boat ride under the Golden Gate Bridge on July 12. (Photo/Hannah Jannol)
Posted inBay Area, Israel, News

Israeli teens get respite from grief with fun trip to Bay Area

Hannah Jannol by Hannah Jannol July 19, 2018July 24, 2018
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
Eden Village West camp director Casey Yurow and assistant director Zach Friedman (on mandolin)
Posted inNews

Eco-friendly Jewish summer camp expands to California

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky October 31, 2017March 19, 2018

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