Habonim Dror Camp Gilboa

03/28/2026

No Kings rallies all over the country today!

Find the one nearest you and come out!

https://www.nokings.org

02/05/2026

Solar power is coming to Camp Gilboa!

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 27, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Jewish Solar Challenge (JSC) has awarded grants to nine Jewish organizations across America t...

02/04/2026

From Grief to Partnership: An Inspirational Webinar with Aziz Abu Sarah & Maoz Inon

New Jewish Narrative Seminar begins at 8am California time this morning! Please join!

I’m pleased to invite you to a webinar with two remarkable individuals – one Israeli and one Palestinian – whose activism energizes me.

Their personal stories are powerful: Maoz Inon’s parents were killed by Hamas on October 7. Aziz Abu Sarah’s brother died shortly after being beaten in an Israeli prison. Both men turned their profound personal loss into a commitment to peacebuilding and to Jewish-Muslim partnership. Today, they are Co-CEOs of InterAct International, a nonprofit dedicated to Middle East peace.

Join New Jewish Narrative for an inspirational webinar with Maoz and Aziz on Wednesday, February 4 at 11:00 AM (Eastern Time). Advance registration is required.

Aziz and Maoz’s new book, The Future Is Peace, will be available in April. It was already named one of the most anticipated nonfiction books of 2026 by the New York Times.

At a moment when public conversations about Israel and Palestine feel more polarized than ever, New Jewish Narrative is bringing together two voices who refuse to give up on our shared humanity. Maoz Inon’s parents were killed by Hamas on October 7. Aziz Abu Sarah’s brother died shortly after be...

01/20/2026

Tonight!

01/15/2026

Dear Gilboa families, alumni, and teens:

We'd love you to join the next session in our speaker series Tuesday January 20th at 6:00pm PT with Caroline Luce: Jewish working-class Los Angeles—labor, community, and fighting fascism in our own backyard.

Dr. Caroline Luce is a historian whose work sits at the intersection of labor history, Jewish studies, and digital humanities. Specializing in immigration, labor, and working-class culture in the American West, she is currently writing a book about the Yiddish-speaking Jewish diaspora in Los Angeles. Her research and public history projects bring to life the neighborhoods, workplaces, and cultural institutions that shaped Jewish Los Angeles.

Click HERE to Register for the speaker series!
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/TQ8DjgSCTh-ieyDlNEJEmg #/registration

01/04/2026

Camp Gilboa's Annual General Meeting is tomorrow (Sunday) at the Ikar event space! Join us!

01/04/2026

Michelle Azar, Habonim alum and one of our fabulous storytellers at the Stories in the Sukkah fundraiser in October, is performing her one-woman show on Thursday, January 15 at Temple Emanuel in Beverly Hills. Let's get a big Camp Gilboa turnout!

You can read about the show here: https://jewishjournal.com/culture/arts/theater/386078/from-baghdad-to-brooklyn-a-journey-through-family-music-and-identity/

12/17/2025

Rediscovering Our Roots speaker series starting now!

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Session 1 of Camp Gilboa's learning series: The youth movements and the Yiddish cultural worlds they came from, with Robby Adler Peckerar.

12/15/2025

12/12/2025

New blog post all about our speaker series! Hope to see you at one (or all) of these events!

Habonim-Dror & Camp Gilboa: Understanding Our RootsBen CooleyI wanted to quickly give folks a little more background on the Zoom series we’ve put together and how it came about. As noted in an earlier newsletter, we all know that Camp Gilboa is special but we have felt along with many of you that ...

12/05/2025

Rosh Announcement!! Congrats, Shosh!

Hello Gilboa, It is me, Shosh, your Rosh Gilboa 2026. I would like to thank all my friends, family, coworkers, mentors, and my community for their roles in helping me reach this point. Love you guys, I wouldn’t be here without you. Especially you, Dad (Chair of the Board). This summer, I am so exc...

12/05/2025

Gilboa Parents, alumni, teens… we heard you!
It’s time to come together for some community learning and dig into where Habonim-Dror REALLY comes from — and how Camp Gilboa grew out of that history here in SoCal!
Join us for a 3-part Zoom series this winter:
1️⃣ Dec 16 — Robby Adler Peckerar: The European youth movements + the Yiddish worlds behind them.
2️⃣ Jan 20 — Caroline Luce: Jewish working-class LA — labor, community, and anti-fascist organizing.
3️⃣ February — Sandra Fox: Post-war Jewish summer camps — what makes Habonim-Dror stand apart.

SIGN UP AT:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/TQ8DjgSCTh-ieyDlNEJEmg