Camp Be’chol Lashon

Camp Be’chol Lashon offers activities such as basketball, soccer, kickball, 9-Square, Gaga, swimming, kayaking, canoeing, outdoor games, arts and crafts, music and dance, and cooking. The program also includes Shabbat, the Passport to Peoplehood curriculum, and time focused on making friends among campers from racially and ethnically diverse Jewish families and others who want to be part of a global Jewish community.

• Ages: 8–18 years old
• Schedule: Session 1 runs July 12–19, 2026 (1 week); Session 2 runs July 12–26, 2026 (2 weeks)
• Price: Session 1 (1 week) $2,300; Session 2 (2 weeks) $4,500; Deposit $437.75 ($425 per child including 3% credit card charge); 10% Early Bird Discount if signed up by the end of the year; Session One discounted balance $2,070 by check/ACH or $2,132 by credit card; Session Two discounted balance $4,050 by check/ACH or $4,1711 by credit card

Camp Be’chol Lashon is a multicultural Jewish leadership camp that teaches about global Jewish diversity, builds community leaders, and inspires a love of Judaism. It is the only summer camp focused on Jews as a multicultural people, and campers ages 8–18 attend from across the United States and around the world, with leadership opportunities for ages 15–18. Everyone is welcome and no prior knowledge of Judaism is required.

Camp Be’chol Lashon’s mission is to offer a safe, nurturing, challenging overnight Jewish camp experience for children of racially and ethnically diverse Jewish families and those who want to be part of a global Jewish community. Its innovative Passport to Peoplehood (P2P) curriculum raises awareness about the racial, ethnic, and cultural diversity of Jews around the world and centers on Jews as a global multicultural people, engaging with the history and traditions of each culture and the shared values that connect all Jews. Each day, campers use their “passports” to “travel” to a different country to encounter the history and culture of the Jewish community in that region.

Camp Be’chol Lashon provides ethnically and racially diverse Jews with an opportunity to be the majority rather than the minority and to see themselves as an integral part of the Jewish people. Camp Be’chol Lashon staff foster global Jewish identity development in a safe, nurturing environment. In California, this summer sleepaway camp serves as a haven for Jewish children of color, who often share the experience of being seen as outliers, and at Camp Be’chol Lashon they celebrate their differences together.

Camp Be’chol Lashon was founded in 2009 and has operated as a multicultural Jewish summer camp since 2010. Be’chol Lashon, which means “in every language” in Hebrew, celebrates and prioritizes diversity as a Jewish value by uplifting the historic and contemporary racial, ethnic, and cultural diversity of the Jewish people and, in doing so, strengthens the entire Jewish community. Copyright © 2000–2026 Be’chol Lashon.

A parent from Berkeley, California, shared, “CBL has been instrumental in building a tremendous amount of pride in Sylvie’s Jewish-Black-Mexican identity — and a capacity to balance that pride with an instinct for inclusiveness.”

Last updated March 28, 2026.