Upcoming Events
Teen Resilience Roundtable – Parent Workshop
In partnership with JFCS’ Center for Children and Youth, Tawonga is co-hosting an online workshop How to Have Difficult Conversations with Your Teen. Parent Coach Elisabeth Stitt will share proven techniques for discussing sensitive topics with your teen and how to create an environment where open dialogue flourishes, even during difficult discussions. Visit this page to learn about other workshops in the series, all offered for free to Tawonga parents.
Tuesday, March 25 | 10:30am – 12pm | Online | Register
Jewish Families of Color – Family Sing-along
Join for shabbat singing with Isaac Zones, dancing, and community building with other multiracial Jewish families at Urban Adamah! This is an affinity space program for Jewish families that include at least one person of color in their family and is best suited for families with children eight years old and under, but older siblings are always welcome. In partnership with Olamim.
Saturday, March 29 | 7:30 – 8:45pm | Urban Adamah- 1151 Sixth Street, Berkeley | Register
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.
