Chazak, Chazak, V’nitchazek – One Year Later

Chazak, Chazak, V’nitchazek – One Year Later

By Rabbi Allie Fischman, Camp Director, URJ Camp Newman On Monday morning, one year ago on October 9, 2017, I stopped at Starbucks on my way to work. I was so tired from being awake throughout the night, checking my phone for updates on the fires that had started...

Dear Camp Newman, 1 Year After the Fire

By Ari Rosenblatt, URJ Camp Newman camper Dear Camp Newman, You were my home, my life, and now you are gone. Since July of 2012, my relationship with you started. I was immediately immersed with Hevenu Shalom and all of the campers screaming and running to greet their...
The Indomitable Spirit of Camp Newman by the Bay

The Indomitable Spirit of Camp Newman by the Bay

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...
To Be a Mishlachat Is…

To Be a Mishlachat Is…

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...
Camp Is Awesome!

Camp Is Awesome!

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...