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Congratulations to Aurora Duncan

Posted Wednesday, January 13, 2021 By Swimming World Magazine

CIF Finalist Aurora Duncan Will Be a Second-Generation Panther With Commitment to Drury Junior National qualifier Aurora Duncan of Irvine, Calif. has announced her decision to attend Drury University beginning in the fall of 2021. She will become a second-generation Panther as her mother, Gina LeBlanc-Duncan, competed in the first two NCAA Championships for Drury and head coach Brian Reynolds. Reynolds will also be Aurora’s coach. She told Swimming World: “I am thrilled to ...

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Jewish Life

Washington D.C. Crisis

Posted Friday, January 8, 2021 By JCCA President, Doron Krakow

Community and Leadership Heartbroken. I have been searching for other ways to describe what I was feeling throughout the events of this past Wednesday. How is it possible that such things were playing out in the United States Capitol and literally right before our eyes, before the eyes of the entire world? A breakdown in our society. Decency abandoned. Betrayed by our leaders. The events of January 6 did not emerge out of the blue but were rather the not entirely ...

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Jewish Camp in an Era of Covid-19
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Jewish Camp in an Era of Covid-19

Posted Tuesday, January 5, 2021 By Audra Martin

Everything seems like it is changing. In this era of the great quarantine, we shop, work, exercise, and eat (hello carbs!) differently. It won’t be a surprise to you, that Camp has changed as well with rules and regulations governing every aspect of fun and care. In addition to taking temperatures and conducting health questionnaires each morning, we are making huge efforts to reduce the number of people campers cross paths with. Cohort sizes are smaller and large group fun is a lot ...

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