Hilary Bair, Hilary Cedergreen, Jason Cohen, Vadi Dodge, Stephen Lieberman, Lisa Nixon, Cheryl Perry, Jennifer Scissors, Doug Snyder, Lisa Suffian will soon travel to Israel for the first time. They are the 10 young professionals chosen for the 2011 Rubin Israel Experience (Oct. 30-Nov. 9).  The trip is being offered by Jewish Federation of St. Louis and underwritten by philanthropists Ron and Pam Rubin.

This is the fourth Rubin Israel Experience. The Rubins created the trip for St. Louis Jews between the ages of 27-40, in order to help engage young Jewish adults, forge connections that build community and cultivate young leadership. This is the first and only program of its type in the country for this age group.

It is the goal of the Rubin family to recruit young professionals for these trips to continue to inspire a new generation of strong St. Louis Jewish community leaders. “Part of the mission is to strengthen Jewish pride and identity in each of the participants and have them bring this back with them and spread their stories to the community.  It is an initial step in building future community leaders and in five to 10 years, many of these young adults will move into positions of top leadership in our community,” said Pam Rubin. During the 10-day trip, participants in the Rubin Israel Experience will blog on www.JewishinStLouis.org.

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