Issue link: https://newsleader.uberflip.com/i/157038
Sarasota News Leader August 23, 2013 Page 107 TEMPLE EMANU-EL RECOGNIZED AT INAUGURAL CAMP SUMMIT The leadership and families of Temple Emanu-El were recognized for outstanding support of Jewish camping at the inaugural Camp Coleman Summit on July 27 in Cleveland, GA, the Temple has announced. gregations … whose registration numbers at URJ camps are at the highest levels throughout the district," announced Camp Coleman Director Bobby Harris and Chairman Mark Silberman in the release. Temple Emanu-El was "honored and asked to come forward and A premier Jewish overnight camp, Camp Cole- receive this special commendation," the reman is administered by the Union for Reform lease notes. Judaism (URJ). It serves Jewish and interfaith The increased number of Temple Emanu-El children in Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, children attending Camp Coleman was "draSouth Carolina, and eastern Tennessee, a matic and significant," added Harris and Silnews release says. The inaugural Camp Cole- berman in the release. man Summit represented more than 80 Jewish congregations in this region and included a Rabbi Brenner Glickman credited the synavisit from URJ's international president, Rabbi gogue's Marty and Sally Fine Camping Fund with the large number of Temple Emanu-El Rick Jacobs. children attending Camp Coleman, noting Among the highlights of the summit was the that the fund provides scholarships that make presentation of awards to "a select few con- overnight camping possible for many families. Temple Emanu-El Religious School student Eitan Seldin-Schneider tried kayaking at Camp Coleman. Contributed photo