Upcoming Events
Community Celebrations
🕎 Jewish Families of Color Chanukah Celebration
You and your family are invited to a Families of Color Chanukah Celebration on Saturday, December 20! We hope you’ll join us for this special affinity space gathering for Jewish families that include at least one person of color. We will build community, sing songs with the amazing Isaac Zones, get crafty with kids Chanukah activities – and of course, light candles!
Info Sessions
😎 Tawonga All-Gender Cabins
Join Tawonga year-round team members Shoshie Flagg and Jules Cohen for this information session on our all-gender cabins. This session will help you get your questions answered for summer 2026.
Tawonga’s all-gender cabins are good options for children who identify as nonbinary, trans or gender expansive, prefer to bunk with children of other genders, want to be part of an LGBTQ+ affinity space, or for campers who feel this is the best fit for any reason.
⛺ Rising 4th-6th graders – Session 4 (July 26 – August 7)
⛺ Rising 7th-8th graders – Session 2 (June 14 – July 3)
⛺ Rising 9th-10th graders – Session 3 (July 5 – 24)
🌲 Summer Camp is Calling!
Get ready for 2026! This webinar is for anyone why may have a question about general programs. The same webinar will be offered on 6 different dates – choose the one that best works for you!
Camp Fairs
The Tawonga Team will be in attendance at many camp fairs throughout California. Know someone who may be interested in attending but does not live in the San Francisco Bay Area? This could be a great opportunity for them to connect in person!
| Date | Time | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| November 13, 2025 | 7-8pm | AG cabins Info. Session | Zoom |
| November 16, 2025 | 9:30am - 12:30pm | Camp Takeover Day | Temple Emanu-El (San Jose) |
| November 19, 2025 | 7-8pm | Info. Session | Zoom |
| November 20, 2025 | 6-7pm | Camp Fair | Congregation Beth El (Berkeley) |
| November 21, 2025 | 5:30 - 7:30pm | Camp Shabbat | Congregation Emanu-El (San Francisco) |
| December 2, 2025 | 7-8pm | Info. Session | Zoom |
| December 9, 2025 | 5:45 PM | Camp Presentation | Netivot Shalom |
| December 9, 2025 | 7-8pm | Info. Session | Zoom |
| December 14, 2025 | 8:30am - 1pm | Camp Fair | Temple Isaiah (Los Angeles) |
| December 14, 2025 | 4-5:30pm | Camp Fair | B'nai B'rith (Santa Barbara) |
| December 16, 2025 | 7-8pm | Info. Session | Zoom |
| December 16, 2025 | 5:30 - 7:15pm | Chanukah Fair | Netivot Shalom |
| January 6, 2026 | 7-8pm | Info. Session | Zoom |
| January 20, 2026 | 7-8pm | Info. Session | Zoom |
| January 24, 2026 | 10:00 AM | Camp Shabbat | Congregation Beth Jacob (Redwood City) |
| January 25, 2026 | 11am - 12:30pm | Camp Fair | Congregation Dor Hadash (San Diego) |
| January 31, 2026 | 12:30 - 1:30pm | Camp Fair | IKAR (Los Angeles) |
| February 8, 2026 | 11:20am - 12pm | Jewish Residential Camp Fair | Temple Beth El (Aptos) |
| March 15, 2026 | 10am - 12pm | Mini Camp Fair | Rodef Sholom (San Rafael) |
More Ways to Engage
Check out recordings of past events below – or take a break from screen time with Tawonga radio.
Past Event Recordings
Judaism Unbound podcast with Meg Adler about Tawonga’s Bar, Bat & B’nai Mitzvah Program
Tawonga Radio
Tap into the Camp spirit and take a break from screens through Tawonga Radio! Stories below:
📻 From Monotone to the Moon: How One Song Leader Found His Voice: Elan Lavie was a camp song leader who didn’t quite know how to sing. Through sheer determination, he found a way and brought a bunk of 12-year-old boys closer in the process.
📻 Emmett Cooks: From Tawonga Kitchen Staff to Culinary Entrepreneur: When Tawonga’s 2020 summer season was canceled, Tawonga Lead Cook, Emmett Verba, took a leap of faith. He started “Emmett Cooks,” delivering inventive meals all around the Bay Area. Hear how he got his business off the ground.
📻 Journeys to Tawonga: Ken Kramarz: Former Tawonga Executive Director Ken Kramarz shares how his entire life changed after the summer of 1981 when he worked as a Tawonga Unit Head. “It was a total antidote to everything I had experienced.”
📻 Journeys to Tawonga: Becca Meyer: What made Camp Director Becca Meyer shift from pursuing a PhD in cognitive neuroscience, and studying the brains of mice, to working at Tawonga? Listen to find out!
📻 Journeys to Tawonga: Rabbi Laura Rumpf: What do marshmallows have to do with Jewish teaching? At Tawonga, it turns out, a lot! Listen to this “Journey to Tawonga” with Rabbi Laura Rumpf to hear more.
📻 Journeys to Tawonga: Brenton “Big Fiji” Seeto: How does someone working at a resort halfway around the world in Fiji come to find a home on Tawonga’s summer staff? Listen to find out.
📻 Journeys to Tawonga: Liz Chenok: Liz Chenok survived the embarrassment of showing up at Camp to work her first summer with her entire family in a minivan; now she’s a member of Tawonga’s year-round staff!
Questions
Feel free to email info@tawonga.org or call 415.543.2267 with any questions.