• Readers’ Choice 2025
  • FREE NEWSLETTERS
  • DONATE
  • News
    • Bay Area
    • U.S.
    • Israel
    • World
  • Culture
    • Art
    • Books
    • Ideas
    • Music
    • On Stage
    • TV & Film
  • Opinion
    • Opinion
    • Columns
    • Letters
  • Jewish Life
    • Lifecycles
    • Obituaries
    • Food
    • Religion
    • Education
    • Kids & Family
    • Seniors
    • Philanthropy
  • Calendar
  • Archives
  • Subscribe | Renew
  • Jewish Resource Guide
  • Facebook Page
  • Instagram

Landing Top

Skip to content
Donate

J.

The Jewish News of Northern California

Donate

J.

The Jewish News of Northern California

  • Readers’ Choice 2025
  • FREE NEWSLETTERS
  • DONATE
  • Facebook Page
  • Instagram
  • News
    • Bay Area
    • U.S.
    • Israel
    • World
  • Culture
    • Art
    • Books
    • Ideas
    • Music
    • On Stage
    • TV & Film
  • Opinion
    • Opinion
    • Columns
    • Letters
  • Jewish Life
    • Lifecycles
    • Obituaries
    • Food
    • Religion
    • Education
    • Kids & Family
    • Seniors
    • Philanthropy
  • Calendar
  • Archives
  • Subscribe | Renew
  • Jewish Resource Guide

summer camp

Temple Sinai in Oakland. (Photo/Wikimedia Commons-Jayjg)
Posted inBay Area

Oakland Temple Sinai halts preschool camp due to six Covid cases

by Gabriel Greschler August 10, 2021August 10, 2021
Campers from the Fremont Gan Israel day camp enjoy a day at Six Flags, July 1, 2021.
Posted inBay Area

‘Birthright Judaism’ camp scholarship program helps families

Rachel Raskin-Zrihen by Rachel Raskin-Zrihen July 27, 2021August 3, 2021
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
Campers at OSRUI, a Reform summer camp in Wisconsin, sing songs during Erev Yisrael (Israel Night).
Posted inNews

How are Jewish summer camps talking about Israel? It’s complicated.

Rachel Hale by Rachel Hale and Forward June 24, 2021
Camp cabins
Posted inCalifornia

Jewish camps are ready to open this summer. Will states let them?

Arno Rosenfeld by Arno Rosenfeld and Forward February 16, 2021
The new community center under construction at URJ Camp Newman. (Photo/Courtesy Newman)
Posted inNews

‘It feels like hope’: Three years after fire, Camp Newman plans return home in 2021

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky November 3, 2020November 10, 2020
At Camp Che-Ne-Wah in the Adirondacks, future Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was sometimes called the camp's "junior rabbi." (Photo/heyalma.com)
Posted inU.S.

From camp ‘rabbi’ to pursuing justice: How Judaism animated Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s life

Ben Sales by Ben Sales September 22, 2020September 22, 2020
three little girls walk on a trail wearing masks and waving to the camera
Posted inNews

Local JCC day camps have successful summer navigating Covid

by Liz Harris September 1, 2020September 2, 2020
five children in matching blue t-shirts sit smiling outside
Posted inUncategorized

Jewish day camp in Texas closes following Covid-19 outbreak

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA July 15, 2020July 15, 2020
2017 Camp Kee Tov campers Jules Rabinowitz, Isabelle Keim and June Waggoner. (Photo/Courtesy Emily Schnitzer)
Posted inBay Area, Kids & Family, Jewish Life, News

Jewish day camps prep for a fun but unusual summer

Rachel Raskin-Zrihen by Rachel Raskin-Zrihen June 9, 2020June 9, 2020

Posts pagination

Newer posts 1 2 3 4 5 … 7 Older posts

Get J.'s latest headlines sent to your inbox:

MOST POPULAR

Organ donation: One heroic decision can save a life
Berkeley’s Beth Israel celebrates two decades of rabbi’s leadership
Loss of egg-cellence: Why Boichik is discontinuing its beloved egg bagels
Years after boycott fight, Ben and Jerry’s Israel debuts flavor celebrating Israeli resilience
San Francisco Jewish Film Festival’s 2026 lineup: 65 films and an award for Rachel Bloom
  • Facebook Page
  • Instagram

About

  • Mission
  • People
  • Policies
  • Financials
  • Careers

Ways to Give

  • Donate
  • Legacy giving
  • Donors

J. IN PRINT

  • Subscribe or renew
  • Subscriber FAQs
  • Change of address
  • Archives

Connect

  • Free Newsletters
  • Jewish Resource Guide
  • Readers’ Choice Awards
  • Advertise

Submissions

  • Contact
  • News Tips
  • Calendar Events
  • Obituaries
  • Lifecyle Events
  • Letters to the Editor
Privacy & Cookies: This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use.
To find out more, see here: Privacy & Cookie Policy
  • © 2026 J.
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Use
Powered by Newspack