I Spy... a Treasure Chest of summer fun at Camp Chaverim 2012!

Session 1: June 4 to June 22 (3 weeks)

Session 2: June 25 to July 13 (3 weeks)

Session 3: July 16 to July 27 (2 weeks)

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THE JEW CREW reaches out to Young Jews in OKC

The greater Oklahoma City area, including Norman and Edmond, is attraching many new young, Jewish professionals, and the Jewish Federation is reaching out to them through "The Jew Crew." This new group is all about creating connections, making new friends, and networking with other Jewish young adults.

When you want to honor a friend or loved one, the Jewish Federation provides 2 ways for you to do just that -- and do a mitzvah, too!   

A Mitzvah that Keeps on Giving!

by Marcy Price 

Our organized Jewish commUNITY does as admirable job of reaching out to hospitalized patients, the sick, and the homebound through our established Caring Committees. But the mitzvah of bikkur cholim is the responsibility of us all. Click on the link below for more ways to help.

The Jewish Federation of Greater Oklahoma City
Phone: (405) 848-3132
Fax: (405) 848-3180
E-mail: office@jfedokc.org

OKC Families raising young Jewish children between the ages of six months and eight years old, here is a great FREE opportunity! You are eligible to sign up to receive high quality Jewish children's books each month. Our OKC Jewish community is partnering with the Jewish Children's regional service in New Orleans and a local OKC donor to increase outreach and programming. Related family programs will utilize PJ Library books throughout the year.

For more information call 848.3132 or visit the PJ Library website (link is posted below).

Shared Legacy

Explore the shared legacy of “The Joint’s” work rescuing and providing relief during and after the Holocaust. Browse through a collection of docuements and photographs.

Anyone with an interest in business or technology should read "Start Up Nation: The Story of Israel's Economic Miracle" by Dan Senor and Saul Singer.

There is a great deal for America to learn from the very impressive Israeli entrepreneurial model--beginning with a culture of leadership and risk management. START-UP NATION is a playbook for every CEO who wants to develop the next generation of corporate leaders. -- Tom Brokaw

START UP NATION addresses the trillion-dollar question: How is it that Israel--a country of 7.1 million people, only sixty years old, surrounded by enemies, in a constant state of war since its founding, with no natural resources--produces more start-up companies than large, peaceful, and stable nations like Japan, China, India, Korea, Canada, and the United Kingdom? Drawing on examples from the country's foremost inventors and investors, geopolitical experts Dan Senor and Saul Singer describe how Israel's adversity-driven culture fosters a unique combination of innovative and entrepreneurial intensity.

For up-to-date information on Jewish activities around the world, visit www.jewishfederations.org, the site of Jewish Federations of North America (formerly United Jewish Communities).

The 2010 General Assembly and the International Lion of Judah Conference will be November 7-9 in New Orleans. Visit the site above to register.

Israeli Scientist Receives Nobel Prize

Israeli scientist Ada Yonath, a leading researcher in the structural biology field, was awarded a Nobel Prize in chemistry October 7, 2009. Yonath shares the prize with Britain's Venkatraman Ramakrishnan and Thomas A. Steitz, an American for studies in the structure and function of the ribosome.

Yonath has focused her research on the structure of the ribosome, a part of the cell that synthesizes protein and translates genetic code in the production of Protein. She was the first Israeli biologist to work with NASA in sending research to outer space and is the fourth woman to win the Nobel chemistry prize and the first since 1964. She is a professor and head researcher in the field of structural biology and biochemistry at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot.

To receive information about our events, send us your email address to office@jfedokc.org.

NEWS FROM ISRAEL...

Advertiser Creates Ads to Promote Israel

Up against the anti-Israel, anti-semitic machine propelled by the Arab world, it has been hard to fight back and give Israel the image she deserves. As a gift to Israel for her 60th birthday, David Suissa put his advertising talent and passion for Israel together in a new venture called ads4israel.com. Take a minute to check out the ads he created. They are brilliant! Go to:

ads4israel.com

Condolence Information

Many people have contacted the JCPA for ways to express their empathy with the families of Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev, Israeli soldiers who remains are being returned to their families as part of the recent prisoner exchange. The JCRC of Greater Boston has developed a website to facilitate the sending of condolences directly to the two families. For more information, go to www.jcrcboston.org.

Links to Israel

 To find out what's happening in Israel, visit the JTA Global News Service of the Jewish People.

Pioneering Jews Helped Build State of Oklahoma

When the Oklahoma Territory was first opened for settlement, many Jews from the East moved here to open stores, banks, newspapers, and other businessess. These pioneers played an essential part in building what became the great State of Oklahoma. Here are some of their stories...