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JCC Maccabi Sports Camp

Israeli-born shlichim at Camp Ramah Northern California last summer. (Photo/Courtesy)
Posted inKids & Family

How the Israel-Hamas war could impact local Jewish overnight camps this summer

Leslie Katz by Leslie Katz March 11, 2024March 8, 2024

Summer after summer, Israeli emissaries in their early 20s — “shlichim” in Hebrew — have been as integral to Camp Ramah Northern California as swimming, arts and crafts and seaside […]

Fun with water balloons at Maccabi Sports Camp during summer 2019. (Courtesy JCC Maccabi Sports Camp)
Posted inBay Area

Covid resurgence hits local Jewish summer camps hard, closing one early

by Dan Pine July 20, 2022
Joel Swedlove in a JCC Maccabi Sports Camp jersey
Posted inBay Area

Two camps, two assistant directors, one case of brotherly love

by Dan Pine March 14, 2022March 15, 2022
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
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
Fun with water balloons at Maccabi Sports Camp during summer 2019. (Courtesy JCC Maccabi Sports Camp)
Posted inBay Area, News

Camp Tawonga, JCC Maccabi Sports cancel overnight summer programs due to coronavirus

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 7, 2020May 7, 2020
Fun with water balloons at Maccabi Sports Camp during summer 2019. (Courtesy JCC Maccabi Sports Camp)
Posted inBay Area, News, Sports

Maccabi sports camp merging with Palo Alto JCC

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky October 17, 2019
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 foot kicking a soccer ball
Posted inBay Area, News

JCC Maccabi Sports Camp offers new Peninsula day camps

by J. Staff March 10, 2017

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