Upcoming Events
High Holidays Events
Join us in Oakland for a vibrant Erev Rosh Hashanah celebration with the whole family. Then conclude the Days of Awe with us for a contemplative Early Kol Nidre service for those ages 13 and up. Find out more and get your sliding scale tickets below!
October 2 (Weds) | 3:30 – 5:30pm | Joaquin Miller Park, Oakland | Tickets
October 11 (Friday) | 3-5pm | Joaquin Miller Park, Oakland | Tickets
Camp Tawonga’s 100th Anniversary Celebration
Mark your calendar for a special evening filled with community, song, dinner and celebration! We can’t wait to toast 100 incredible years of Tawonga with you. Ages 21+. More information and ticket link coming soon.
Saturday, March 8, 2025 | 6pm | 715 Harrison St., San Francisco
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
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📻 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 cancelled, 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.