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The weekly "Shabbat stroll" at Camp Tawonga in 2022. (Courtesy Tawonga)
Posted inNorthern California

Camp Tawonga’s CEO to leave; interim leader named

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb February 11, 2026February 11, 2026

Camp Tawonga CEO Becca Meyer is leaving to join a national organization that supports Jewish camps, and longtime Tawonga leader Ryley Katz will step in as interim CEO on March […]

Posted inReaders' Choice 2025

Community: Jewish Camp – Readers’ Choice 2025

by J. Staff November 13, 2025December 4, 2025
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
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
Campers at Club Ed International Surfing School. (Photo/Forward-Justin Sullivan-Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

My generation of parents is ruining sleep-away summer camp

Jodi Rudoren by Jodi Rudoren and Forward July 18, 2022
A 1949 advertisement for a JCC summer camp
Posted inFrom the Archives

A century ago, Jewish summer camps promised ‘mental and moral strength’

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky July 12, 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
Eli Kane, flanked by his parents Scott and Nancy Kane (Photo/Facebook)
Posted inNews

Tawonga counselor, Berkeley High grad drowns near camp

by Sue Fishkoff July 17, 2021July 20, 2021

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