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St. Louis Jewish Light

A nonprofit, independent news source to inform, inspire, educate and connect the St. Louis Jewish community.

St. Louis Jewish Light

Laura K. Silver

Camp — Ok

By Laura K. SilverPublished June 15, 2012

Our eight year olds left for overnight camp earlier this week. This is their first time going away and it’s an adjustment for all of us. Since their departure, my husband and I have been asked countless times, “Are you sad? Are you okay? Are you surviving?”...

Josh Mannis, right (blue shirt, holding guitar), chose to
volunteer at Camp Rainbow, a sleepover camp for children with
cancer, for his mitzvah project. Mannis collected donations of new
or gently used musical instruments for the campers.

Josh Mannis: Congregation Shaare Emeth

Published November 30, 2011

Josh knows that music is good for the soul. Therefore, he wanted to share his love of music with the kids at Camp Rainbow, a sleepover camp for children with cancer, by collecting and donating new or gently used musical instruments. "I wanted to be able...

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