Utter Joy, Peace, Acceptance.
These are the feelings that perhaps best described the recent West Coast Party, held at URJ Camp Newman on January 13-16th, 2012. The weekend, which welcomed over 500 teens and young adults, was the largest gathering of Jewish teenagers of the year.
Social action is an important theme in the NFTY and camping world. Weather it be learning about AIDS like the Avodah campers do here at Newman or participating in the NFTY wide social action theme of Mishpacha (Family) every Jewish teen has a chance to be part of something bigger than themselves. The West Coast [...]