2025-2026 Year-Round Experiences
For Families
Multifaith family camp
September 19-21, 2025
For multi-faith families with at least 1 Jewish parent/guardian
Grandfamily camp
November 14-16, 2025
A camp weekend for grandparents and their grandkids
alumni shabbaton
December 12-14, 2025
For all camp alumni: bring your kids, spouses and friends!
For kids & teens
Fall Camp & West Coast Party jr.
For 2nd-5th (Fall Camp) and 6th-8th (WCP Jr.) Grade Campers!
November 7-9, 2025
Join your friends from around the bay area for a weekend at Camp Newman: great for those considering attending camp next summer for the first time and returning campers, too! Have a blast getting a taste of camp complete with campfires, climbing the Alpine Tower, art, sports, and an amazing Shabbat celebration!
Pre-registration is open for Fall Camp and West Coast Party Jr.
NFTY West Coast Party
January 16-19, 2026
More info coming soon
Retreats for Adults
Food & Wine Weekend
September 5-7, 2025
Women’s Retreat Weekend 2026
May 1-3, 2026
Check out our spaces in the picture gallery above!
- Stay in our new cabins where you get the comfort of home with a camp atmosphere.
- Let out your inner explorer on our high ropes sky park and 50-foot alpine tower.
- Enjoy Shabbat surrounded by the beautiful Santa Rosa hills in our open-air Beit T’fillah.
- Hike our scenic trails through Camp Newman’s 500-acre property.
- Utilize indoor and outdoor programming spaces.
Cancellation Policy
– Cancellations received up to 1 month before the event start date are subject to a 10% cancellation fee.
– Cancellations received between 1 month and 2 weeks of the event start date are subject to a 50% cancellation fee.
– Cancellations received within 2 weeks of the event start date are not eligible for refunds
Health & Wellness Protocols
WELLBEING and BEHAVIORAL EXPECTATIONS
- We expect that participants will be willing to participate in program activities.
- We expect that participants will be able to communicate their needs.
- We expect that participants will not threaten harm to themselves or others or engage in self-injury.
- We expect that participants will be able to understand and follow multi-step directions.
- We expect that participants will not wander or elope from their group.
- We expect that participants will eat while at camp so that they can stay nourished and healthy.
- We expect that participants will be able to manage their own self hygiene.
- We expect that participants will be able to manage any challenges they may have with the tools and skills that have been successful in their home and school settings.
- We expect that participants will be nonviolent and will not be physically aggressive toward others.
- We expect that participants will not require ongoing one on one supervision or “shadowing”.
- We expect that participants will take individual responsibility for upholding and embodying the values of our communities of belonging.
Are you concerned about your child’s ability to meet these expectations? If so, please email campnewman@urj.org
INFECTIOUS DISEASE GUIDELINES
- All participants and staff are strongly recommended to stay up to date with annual flu and COVID vaccinations. See most up-to-date URJ Vaccination Policy.
- All participants and staff are strongly recommended to conduct an at-home rapid antigen (RA) COVID-19 test prior to traveling to URJ camps and programs, and not attend if COVID+ or feeling unwell.
- If you begin to feel unwell during a short-term program, depending on the severity of symptoms, you will be taken for evaluation at an urgent care facility at the discretion of program leaders, or evaluated on site if medical staff are present.
IMPORTANT NOTE
We will continue to evaluate the current infectious disease conditions (including COVID and flu conditions) as we look ahead. The health and wellbeing of our communities has always been and will remain our top priority as we work to prepare for our programs. This information is based on what we know today. We are deeply committed to open, ongoing, and honest communication with our camp and program communities. All guidelines and protocols in this document are subject to change based on the evolving infectious disease landscape, and do not represent protocols for URJ long-term immersive programs.
Financial Assistance
If you are affiliated with a congregation, we ask that you first check with your congregation’s educator or Rabbi about scholarship to help with the weekend tuition. If further financial support is needed, or your congregation is not able to help, we invite you to complete the scholarship request form.