by Jared | Jul 31, 2015 | From the Blog
Yesterday was our last arrival day of the summer, and so that means we have some fresh faces around camp. We sat down with some of our new camp additions and asked them the following: Why did you come to camp? And what are you most excited for? Here are their...
by Jared | Jul 31, 2015 | From the Blog
Guest Blog by Lisa Langer, Associate Director of the URJ’s B’nai Mitzvah Revolution The principal of our local public middle school announced to the parents of all incoming sixth graders that the best thing we could do to prepare our children for middle...
by Jared | Jul 31, 2015 | From the Blog
By Ben Wong, URJ Camp Newman Communications Coordinator Rabbi Alfi and I met when I was three years old. I don’t remember our first interaction, but she recalls an active and talkative child who would not stop yapping about the San Francisco Giants. Seems...
by Jared | Jul 27, 2015 | From the Blog
By Julia Greenbaum, a participant on the URJ Camp Newman Mitzvah Corps Costa Rica trip It’s as if my outlook on life keeps unraveling stronger each day, especially since today was our first real work day. Today, we had nothing other than fabulous rice and beans...
by Jared | Jul 27, 2015 | From the Blog
By Shane Taleisnik, a participant on the URJ Camp Newman Mitzvah Corps Costa Rica trip Today was absolutely unbelievable; going into this experience with uncertainty, the opportunities we have been given have already exceeded all of my expectations. Costa Rica...
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