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A summer sleepaway camp in California serves as a haven for Jewish children of color. These campers have the shared experience of often being seen as outliers. But at Camp

10-year-old from Oakland, went to a traditional Jewish summer camp last year and said he was bullied by some campers for being Black. “There were no kids of color there,” he said, “Some kids kept saying that you can’t be both Black and Jewish.

By Jacquelyn Martin | The Associated Press Maya Johnson, 7, of New York, is playfully swung into the lake by her friends during Camp Be’chol Lashon, a

A summer sleepaway camp in California serves as a haven for Jewish children of color. These campers have the shared experience of often being seen as outliers.

A summer sleepaway camp in California serves as a haven for Jewish children of color — many who grew up often feeling like outliers.

A summer sleepaway camp in Marin County serves as a haven for Jewish children of color.

One camper, from Oakland, has a white Jewish mother and a father who is Black and Muslim. Another was adopted in Uganda by a white Jewish woman; they now live in Montana.

A summer sleepaway camp in California serves as a haven for Jewish children of color. These campers have the shared experience of often being seen as outliers. But at Camp

PETALUMA, Calif. -- One camper, from Oakland, California, has a white Jewish mother and a father who is Black and Muslim. Another was adopted in Uganda by a white Jewish woman; they now live in Montana.

One camper, from Oakland, California, has a white Jewish mother and a father who is Black and Muslim. Another was adopted in Uganda by a white Jewish woman; they now live in Montana.