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URJ Camp Newman

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
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
Gov. Gavin Newsom announcing the formation of the Council on Holocaust and Genocide Education at the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles, Oct. 2021. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy Newsom's office)
Posted inCalifornia

JPAC, Jewish caucus tout big wins in Newsom’s proposed budget

Lillian Ilsley-Greene by Lillian Ilsley-Greene May 25, 2022May 26, 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
Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg in Mountain View, 2019 (Photo/JTA-Ian Tuttle-Getty Images)
Posted inPhilanthropy

Which local Jewish institutions shared the $1.3M Zuckerberg-Chan gift?

by Dan Pine October 6, 2021October 7, 2021
Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg attend the 2020 Breakthrough Prize Red Carpet at NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View, California on Nov. 3, 2019. (Photo/JTA-Ian Tuttle-Getty Images for Breakthrough Prize)
Posted inPhilanthropy

Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan give $1.3 million to Jewish causes, mostly in Bay Area

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev and JTA September 20, 2021September 22, 2021
Wilderness Torah Rosh Hashanah celebration at Camp Newman, September 2021. (Photo/Darren Miller)
Posted inUncategorized

Wilderness Torah, Camp Newman collaborate to build Center for Earth-Based Judaism

Robert Nagler Miller by Robert Nagler Miller September 17, 2021September 20, 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

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