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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

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

St. Louis Jewish Light

Thanks to financial aid, Jewish summer camp enrollments rise, despite economy

By Dan Klein, JTAPublished February 17, 2012

NEW YORK-Bills or bug juice? With the economic recovery still struggling to take hold, many American Jewish families are finding they face a difficult question as deadlines for summer camp enrollment approach: Can they both pay their bills and send their...

Chabad offers drawing for free week of camp

Published February 15, 2012

Camp Gan Israel is giving away a free week of summer camp to three campers, selected at random from parents who register online at www.cgistl.com.The camp is offered by Chabad of Chesterfield and runs for five weeks, from June 25 to July 27 at Parkway...

United Hebrew plans Jewish Overnight Camp Fair

Published February 8, 2012

United Hebrew Congregation invites the community to attend the Jewish Overnight Camp Fair on Sunday, Feb. 12. Families interested in learning more about 2012 Jewish summer camp opportunities for children age 7 to 18 years will be able to meet with a variety...

Eli Temkin at the Next Dor house. 

Federation renews ‘One Happy Camper’ grants offering $1,000 for Jewish camps

Published February 1, 2012

Following a successful first year, Jewish Federation of St. Louis has renewed "One Happy Camper," a partnership with the Foundation for Jewish Camp (FJC). The program offers the unique gift of $1,000 to 100 St. Louis Jewish youth in grades 1 through 12...

Cantor Ron Eichaker from United Hebrew Congregation in St. Louis
traveled with his wife, Heidi, to lead Shabbat services in Joplin,
Mo. at the city’s sole synagogue, also called United Hebrew.
Eichaker visited the site with one congregant of the Joplin
synagogue who lost his home during the devastating tornado that
struck the city. While the congregant, Steve Fisher, was speaking
with a FEMA representative, Cantor Eichaker offered three prayers:
 the afternoon Shabbat prayers facing East; then, facing St. John’s
Hospital, he offered the Eil Malei Rachamim for the dead and a Mi
Shebeirach for the living, the volunteers and professionals
involved in the clean up.

Visiting Joplin; Notes of hope for Gilad Shalit

BY ELLEN FUTTERMAN, EDITORPublished July 13, 2011

Notes from homeThe Jewish Community Center runs a nifty summer camp and, one of its strong suits is that it exposes campers to young Israelis who serve as counselors there. These young people are part of a program that teaches them to be shlichim - emissaries...

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