by ayoakum | Aug 23, 2018 | From the Blog
By Ruben Arquilevich, Executive Director, URJ Camp Newman October 9th, 2018, GRIEF consumed the URJ Camp Newman community as our beloved home was ravaged by the Tubbs fire. I’ll never forget one of the messages I received that day -“the Camp Newman community, world...
by ayoakum | Aug 9, 2018 | From the Blog
By Faculty Rabbi Greg Wolfe of Congregation Bet Haverim in Davis, CA Last October when the fires roared through Northern California, and more specifically the Santa Rosa area, the flames incinerated the forested home of our beloved URJ Camp Newman; a spiritual place...
by ayoakum | Aug 9, 2018 | From the Blog
By Delaney Stock, Summer Camp Marketing Associate Year after year, 15+ Israeli’s come to Camp Newman to spend their summer engaging in a Jewish community across the globe. We call them our Mishlachat, our Israeli delegation. Although it may be a daunting task, their...
by ayoakum | Aug 3, 2018 | From the Blog
By Rabbi Morley T. Feinstein of University Synagogue Within three weeks following the devastating Santa Rosa fires last fall, and the destruction of Camp Newman, Summer 2018 was planned for an alternate site at California State University Maritime Academy: Camp Newman...
by ayoakum | Aug 3, 2018 | From the Blog
By Delaney Stock, Summer Camp Marketing Associate Since the 1970’s, our 10th and 11th grade Hevrah campers have stood for a statement of changing the world, every year shifting their focus towards a new theme. This year’s focus is on Economic Inequality, and...
