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URJ Camp Newman

Roasting marshmallows is a time-honored tradition at summer camp. (Courtesy Camp Tawonga)
Posted inSports

S’more and s’more Jewish summer camps around the Bay

Shoshana Hebshi by Shoshana Hebshi January 26, 2018January 29, 2018
Daniel Kurzrock and Jennifer Capeloto first met at URJ Camp Newman in the summer of 2005. (Photo/Nataly Zigdon)
Posted inUnions

That ‘long-distance thing’ worked out for this summer camp couple

Alix Wall by Alix Wall November 21, 2017November 20, 2017
The URJ Camp Newman amphitheater, where Shabbat services are held, once nestled among verdant trees, now sits among their blackened remains. (Photo/Courtesy URJ Camp Newman)
Posted inNews

Registration strong for 2018 Camp Newman at Cal Maritime site

by Rob Gloster November 14, 2017March 19, 2018
Shabbat services at URJ Camp Newman, summer 2017 (Photo/Courtesy URJ Camp Newman)
Posted inOpinion

The powerful prayer at Camp Newman that changed my life

Elle Gennis by Elle Gennis November 6, 2017
URJ Camp Newman's 2018 summer sessions will be held at California State University Maritime Academy in Vallejo. (Photo/Flickr-williamwilliams CC BY 2.0)
Posted inNews

Fire-ravaged Camp Newman announces 2018 site in Vallejo

by J. Staff November 3, 2017
Surrounded by blackened vegetation, Camp Newman's iconic hillside Star of David survived the Tubbs Fire, Oct. 2017. (Photo/Courtesy Newman)
Posted inNews

‘Miracles’ in the rubble as Newman officials visit burnt camp

by Rob Gloster October 17, 2017March 19, 2018
Remembering Camp Newman at Congregation Beth Am in Los Altos Hills, Oct. 13, 2017 (Photo/Rob Gloster)
Posted inNews

Local shuls remember Camp Newman with songs and love

by Rob Gloster October 14, 2017March 19, 2018
Shabbat services at URJ Camp Newman, summer 2017 (Photo/Courtesy URJ Camp Newman)
Posted inNews

Grieving Newman community finds camp spirit lives on in each other

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky October 12, 2017March 19, 2018
The archway that greets campers, families and staff as they leave Camp Newman still stands — but the greenery around it is gone.
Posted inNews

Camp Newman family mourns devastation, vows to reopen

by Dan Pine October 10, 2017March 19, 2018
Chabad of Sonoma's Rabbi Mendel Wolvovsky has been out visiting shelters, bringing food, comfort and other necessities. (Photo/Courtesy Rabbi Mendel Wolvovsky)
Posted inNews

Bay Area Jews come together as families are displaced and fires rage

by Sue Fishkoff October 10, 2017October 13, 2017

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