June 05, 2025
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How Tawonga Campers Connect to Israel
May 19, 2017
By: Sam Quintana As I was waiting to board my plane to Tel Aviv, I noticed a few dozen Orthodox Jewish men wearing...
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VIDEO: New Family Orientation – Answers to Commonly Asked Questions
May 18, 2017
Every spring, Tawonga holds New Family Orientations to help families prepare for their children's experience at Camp In...
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Nervous Camper? Six Tips to Help Prepare
May 09, 2017
By: Ashley Costello As Tawonga’s Director of Community Engagement, one of my favorite parts of my job is helping...
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Confronting Our Biases
April 21, 2017
Last week, a group of 20- and 30-somethings gathered together at Wise Sons Jewish Delicatessen in San Francisco’s...
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Planting to Replenish
March 10, 2017
The Rim Forest Fire of 2013 was the largest fire in Yosemite history Camp Tawonga lost three non-camper housing structures...
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Inspired by Nature: Tawonga Quests
February 09, 2017
Summer may be over four months away, but at the Camp Tawonga office, we are busy planning the most amazing 2017 Camp...
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NEW Video: The Camp Tawonga Mission
January 26, 2017
In this short video, Camp Director Becca Meyer explains Tawonga's four-part mission, which has remained unchanged since...
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Teen “Winter” Retreat
January 12, 2017
By: Aaron Mandel, Camp Tawonga Associate Director What’s it like to be at Tawonga in the winter It’s like coming home,...
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Amazing Alumni!
The Magic of Keshet – By Steve Almond
November 04, 2016
Back in the 1970s, my brothers and I attended Camp Tawonga, all the way from B-1 to B-10 My memories of the place remained...
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Who Said Camp Has to Be in the Summer?
Camp Tawonga Down the Mountain
October 31, 2016
By Jon Moskin This article was first published on October 20, 2016 on the blog of the the Jewish Community Federation...
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