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Habonim Dror: A Recipe For Engagement
Girls at camp Moshava celebrate Shabbat. When asked to summarize the 78-year-old Habonim Dror Progressive Zionist movement, Camp Moshava executive director Jen Silber is understandably overwhelmed....
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Best Of Both Worlds
Camp Ramah in the Poconos now offers a basketball academy run by Tamir Goodman. When the first Jewish summer camps were founded over a century ago, they offered youngsters respite from urban blight and...
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‘They Were So Cool’
Jennifer Wingrat, her daughter, Rachel, and niece Maya Glass say having fun counselors is key to the camp experience. She met them nearly 30 years ago, but Jenny Wingrat still remembers her three...
View ArticleGreat Beginnings
One dollar was all it took. At least, that’s how longtime director Sara Yudlson recounted the start of Camp Louise in a self-published history. Post World War I, she writes, immigrants were pouring...
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It’s Spring Break: Time for Camp!
Summer is not the only time that kids can enjoy a fun and educational camping experience. Nip boredom in the bud: Get your 9 to 12-year-olds away from TV and video games and give them an enriching...
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Beware of Poison Ivy!
It’s green, bushy and lurks in leaves of three: It’s poison ivy. Urushiol is an oily allergen that is found on the leaves of poison ivy, poison oak and poison sumac. This toxin causes an uncomfortable...
View ArticleBUDEN
On February 7, 2014, ROSALIE (nee Rosenbloom), beloved wife of the late Sidney Buden; devoted mother of Stanley Buden; loving sister of Jerome (Anita) Rosenbloom and the late Sylvia Peck, Rena Feldman...
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On February 9, 2014, MELBA KATZ (nee Klasmer), beloved wife of the late Robert Irving Katz and Phil Sussman; loving mother of David, Barry and Steven Katz; devoted sister of the late Morton Klasmer and...
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On February 8, 2014, SIGMUND (SIGGY), beloved husband of Bernice (Bunny) Fepelstein (nee Greenberg); loving father of Marsha (Ed) Schleider, Robyn (Steve) Lustig, Susan (Sandy) Goldman and David...
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On February 7, 2014, JOSEPH, beloved husband of the late Ethel Cohen (nee Branoff); devoted father of Arlene and Fred Glick, Donald and Barbara Cohen; dear brother of the late Bernard Cohen; loving...
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On February 8, 2014, DAVID, beloved husband of the late Chaya Gittie Hess; cherished father of Naftoli (Sorah) Hess, Avi (Miriam) Hess, Miriam (Yisroel) Ickovitz, Boruch (Yocheved) Hess and Tziporah...
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On February 8, 2014, JACOB, beloved husband of the late Betty Hornstein (nee Spiegelberg); devoted father of Kenneth Hornstein (Larraine Bernstein), Richard (Jan) Hornstein and Ellen Hornstein (Denis...
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On February 7, 2014, MERRILL, beloved husband of the late Nanette Lehman (nee Strauss); cherished father of Philip (Chana) Lehman, Dr. Robert (Libby) Lehman and Betsy (Barry) Starr; devoted brother of...
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On February 6, 2014, DAVID, beloved husband of Tatyana Vaysman (nee Koranfild); devoted father of Olga Vaysman; cherished brother of Antonina (Dmitry) Smolkin and Raisa Klishchenko; dear uncle of...
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On February 10, 2014, WILLARD, beloved husband of Lillian Bernice Hackerman (nee Patz); devoted father of Nancy Hackerman and Steven (Esther) Hackerman; loving grandfather of Noach (Chana) Hackerman,...
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JCC Migdal Celebrates Its Anniversary
On February 2, the Jewish Community Center of Odessa Migdal celebrated its twenty-second birthday! The program, created by Migdal members, was held in one of Odessa concert halls; yet, the family...
View ArticleSemisweet Secrets
My late mother told me to wait for post-holiday sales for great buys on anything. This adage still rings true. Even a non-Jewish holiday such as Valentine’s Day can provide residual benefits and...
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Baltimore Community GOES to Annapolis
Many Baltimore residents came to Annapolis on Feb. 5 with the Baltimore Jewish Council to discuss ideas and bills with their district legislators. (David Stuck) More than 100 local community members...
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