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Rabbi Stanway received this note in early December 2011   __________ Dear Rabbi Cy,   I was amazed at how Julia appeared so composed and confident during her cantorial experience in singing this past Friday and Saturday. With less than an hour’s preparation, Julia went to temple with the book of music I prepared for…

Sisterhood Events for 2012 January 27 – 29 – Women’s REC Weekend – Click here for a Brochure or Registration Forms February – Impromptu Ladies Night Out – Look for Information to come March 8 – Purim Potluck Dinner and Megilah Reading April – Impromptu Ladies Night Out – Look for Information to come May…

by Anna Vernick For me, Camp Harlam is the absolute most beautiful place in the whole world. I couldn’t have loved that place more. The friends I made at Camp Harlam are irreplaceable, and I will love them forever. If I didn’t meet them, my camp experience wouldn’t have been quite as great, even though…

by Adam Kawut For the third summer I spent 4 weeks at Camp Harlam.  Between friends becoming family and all the activities that camp provides it is one of the best parts of summer that I have.  As an 11 year old boy, I never would have thought that I would look forward to Friday…

by Maris Kraus “Dio está mirando siempre, mama. Disfrute tu juventud.” God is al ways watching, mama. Enjoy your youth. Marta’s bony hands shook in mine, and her slightly transparent skin was cold to the touch. Her eyes were a glassy navy blue, with almost an urgency to them. Her chapped lips revealed crooked, yellowing…

by Lauren Harris I had a tough choice to make this summer. As a rising senior, I had a fair amount of options: I could work as a camp counselor, get a job and attempt to earn some cash, maybe start the common app… or I could attend one of the few camps that still…

The Union for Reform Judaism’s Biennial is where Reform Jews gather to learn, pray, share ideas, dance and sing, hear from inspiring guest speakers, reunite with old friends, make new connections, and make decisions about the policies of the Reform Movement. Your teens who attend the NFTY Leaders’ Assembly will experience the tremendous sense of…

‘I had fun singing the songs in the practices.  I am also glad I got to sing in front of the school’ – Sadie ‘I liked it when I got to go up by the microphone and read the people’s parts who weren’t there.’ – Daniella ‘I brightened my whole day.  Nothing could come bad!’…

Another great experience was had at winter kallah 2010.  It took place during the huge snowstorm in New Jersey.  There we had about 3 inches of snow at most.  One thing it was extremely cold.  It was a great way to spend four days of my winter vacation, starting the 26th until the 29th.  Three…

5th Grade Family Service Reflections “I can’t wait to do it again.”  That is what Matt wrote about his first time reading from the Torah, and he is only in the 5th grade!  On December 10th,, his class held its family Shabbat service, which each grade does every year by singing songs, and depending on…