Beloved Camp Tawonga staffer from Berkeley drowns in river near Yosemite
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FILE PHOTO. The Covid 19 Pandemic closed most US National Parks during 2020. National Parks are slowly opening for the 2021 season. View of the Merced River in Yosemite National Park Wednesday May 12, 2021. Photo by Tom O Neill (Photo by Thomas O Nei
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STANISLAUS COUNTY, Calif. - A 20-year-old Berkeley man who worked as a staff member at a well-known Jewish summer camp died Thursday while swimming in a river near Yosemite National Park.
Camp Tawonga announced Friday that Berkeley High School graduate Eli Kane, 20, drowned at a river spot outside of Camp Tawonga’s property in Stanislaus National Forest during his day off.
LOWER MERION â Historic West Laurel Hill Cemetery, established as a profoundly different kind of burial place â a rural cemetery of distinct beauty and horticultural interest, announces yet another milestone with the official groundbreaking of its expansion to its first Jewish section of the cemetery. Construction for this new area â Makom Shalom, A Place of Peace â recently got underway.
With this new burial section, West Laurel Hill will continue their commitment to honor Jewish traditions.
Inspired by the natural landforms that make West Laurel Hill Cemeteryâs landscape and experience memorable, Makom Shalom takes advantage of one of the finest views in the cemetery from a spectacular viewing terrace.