Facing Fear and Jumping In

Facing Fear and Jumping In

by Jackson Mercer CIT Advisor ’16, Rosh Shira ’16 & ’17 Originally Written Summer 2016 Camp is about facing your fears and jumping in. I grew up terrified of water. In all my years at camp, I never went down the waterslide or joined for breicha...
A Warm Welcome Home

A Warm Welcome Home

This weekend, we welcomed over 200 alumni, current camper families and friends of camp back home to Porter Creek Road – some folks joined us for an entire Shabbaton and many spent their Sunday together with us at camp. With CIT classes represented from the 1970s all...
Environmentalism and Ecology at Camp

Environmentalism and Ecology at Camp

by Rachel Mellman, Camp Newman Alum & Marketing Associate Among the towering redwoods, generations of campers have made lifelong friendships, personal discoveries, and everlasting memories. Camp Newman comes from a legacy of tikkun olam, social action – our roots...

Youngest Campers, Biggest Heroes

Bonim: Building Connections, Becoming Mensches by Rachel Chancellor, Bonim Dalet Rosh A long time ago … well, not that long ago, just this summer… in a galaxy far, far away … on Porter Creek Road … our Bonim campers began their Camp Newman...