Program Info Sessions
Tawonga B*Mitzvah Program
Tues, August 4, 7 – 7:45pm PST
This two-year program brings the magic of Tawonga down the mountain to the Bay Area, offering students and families a unique way to experience this milestone through joyful community building and meaningful learning.
Info Session Overview
📚 Learn about our monthly camp-inspired classes
🌲 Hear about immersive Shabbaton retreats and family Kabbalat Shabbat services
✡️ Explore how we support families with adult learning, simcha planning, and meaningful Jewish expression
💭 We’ll have plenty of time for Q&A so please bring your questions.
Community Events
Tawonga Reunion at Oakland Ballers Game
Saturday, August 11 · 6:35pm
📍 Raimondi Park: 1800 Wood St, Oakland, CA 94607
Purchase Tickets and See Event Details
Join fellow Tawongans for Jewish Heritage Day at the Oakland Ballers! This is the perfect way for campers, families, and alumni to celebrate the last moments of summer and connect with old friends and new.
Select seats in section D and use code CAMPT25 to enjoy 25% off your tickets.
Please input the promo code before selecting any seats to ensure the promo code is applied. The code will expire on August 11th at 11:59 PM.
More Ways to Engage
Tap into the Camp spirit and take a break from screens through Tawonga Radio – the pandemic-era project that keeps on giving!
Tawonga Radio Stories
📻 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 [email protected] or call 510.401.1965 with any questions.
