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Sarasota News Leader August 23, 2013 vices, lots of singing and ruach (spirit), a visit from Union for Reform Judaism (URJ) President Rabbi Rick Jacobs "and two special moments for the community — a counselor's Bar Mitzvah (he read Torah for the first time) and the aufruf (wedding blessing) of a former camper/counselor and her fiancé, a news release says. Page 106 members attend Kutz Camp, Ramah Darom and Camp Judea this summer, the release continues. Additional students participated in The Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee's Young Ambassadors trip to Israel, NFTY in Israel and USY on Wheels. "The high number of our youth who participate in all kinds of Jewish summer experiences is a testament to our families' values and the support our scholarship fund has been able to provide," the release points out. Though rain prevented the participants from praying together in the recently renovated outdoor Hillman Chapel, the renovation campaign's donor plaque — including the Huntting family names and Temple Sinai — was in- The URJ is the umbrella organization of the stalled and ready for viewing when the clouds 900-plus Reform congregations throughout cleared, the release notes. North America; it also oversees 14 summer Believing strongly in the importance of sum- camps, the release says. Camp Coleman, esmer Jewish experiences for its youth, Tem- tablished in 1962, served almost 900 children ple Sinai leaders saw others among its young this summer, primarily from the Southeast. (Back row, from left) Sue Huntting, Becca Huntting, Mackenzie Dyrda, Maris Freedman, Jay Manson, Zach Friedman, Rabbi Geoff Huntting; (front row, from left) Katherine Carnes, Jake Dillon, Jake Carnes and Savi Quale participated in the second session of the camp. Contributed photo