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URJ Camp Newman

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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
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
URJ Camp Newman (seen here before it was ravaged by fire in 2017) has decided to cancel summer 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo/File)
Posted inBay Area, News

Camp Newman cancels summer season because of coronavirus

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky April 30, 2020
URJ Camp Newman in Santa Rosa, one year after the summer camp was largely destroyed by fire (Photo/Courtesy URJ Camp Newman)
Posted inBay Area, Northern California, News

Two local Jewish camps get grants to increase accessibility

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky December 23, 2019
Rabbi David Young of Congregation B'nai Tzedek in Fountain Valley leads campers in song from the top of the iconic Camp Newman star. (Photo/Alaina Yoakum)
Posted inBay Area, News

Kids’ first visits since 2017 fire help rekindle the Camp Newman spirit

Shoshana Hebshi by Shoshana Hebshi August 6, 2019August 7, 2019
URJ Camp Newman in Santa Rosa, one year after the summer camp was largely destroyed by fire (Photo/Courtesy URJ Camp Newman)
Posted inNews

New state budget includes money for fire-damaged Jewish camps, Holocaust museum

Ben Sales by JTA and Ben Sales June 28, 2019July 9, 2019
Surrounded by blackened vegetation, Camp Newman's iconic hillside Star of David, Oct. 2017, shortly after a wildfire devoured much of the camp. (Photo/Courtesy URJ Camp Newman)
Posted inNews

Campers will visit Camp Newman for the first time since 2017 wildfire

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman April 5, 2019April 11, 2019
One of Lily Gottlieb's photos from the “Porter Creek: A Portrait of Home” exhibit shows new growth after the fires around Camp Newman's iconic Star of David.
Posted inArt, Culture, Photography

From Camp Newman’s ashes, photos of devastation and hope

by Liz Harris April 4, 2019April 5, 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

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