CAMOS TO HOST ITS FIRST-EVER SHABBATON FOR PROSPECTIVE RESIDENTS IN THE FALL

CAMOS (Committee to Advance Modern Orthodoxy in Stamford) will be hosting its first-ever Shabbaton October 31 - November 1 for those families who are considering a move to the Stamford community.

"We do receive leads of interested families regularly, mainly from people who find our website or who are recommended to us from individuals who already live here," said Michael Feldstein, who founded the CAMOS effort several years ago.  "We try to encourage them to spend an entire Shabbat weekend here, as that’s the best way to get a feel for our community.  But they come one at a time. So we thought that having one weekend where many prospective residents could visit at the same time, and experience all of what our community has to offer, might be a good idea."

In the past, CAMOS has hosted a Summer Sunday in Stamford event for families looking to get a feel for the community, but many of the younger couples involved in the CAMOS effort felt that a Shabbaton might be a better way to draw people to visit.

"I’m very pleased that several young families have begun to take leadership roles in CAMOS," said Feldstein. "Kate Frommer Cik and Miriam Sperber have agreed to spearhead the Shabbaton, and will be soliciting the help of other young couples in the community to make sure that the Shabbaton is a success."

Last year, CAMOS organized an exhibit at the Orthodox Union’s Emerging Communities Fair in New York City, and one family just moved to Stamford after visiting the Stamford booth.

Feldstein also mentioned that the news about the Jewish High School of Connecticut possibly moving to Stamford and having a local Jewish high school in the community will help draw more new families to the Stamford community.  "In the surveys that we have done, the availability and the quality of day school education always ranks as the #1 reason  why people are attracted to a place to live and raise their children,"  said Feldstein.

Feldstein also pointed to  the new mikvah, and the presence of additional kosher eateries, as very positive developments in the Jewish community, which help make Stamford a more attractive place for an observant family to live.

If you happen to know of an observant family who might be interested in moving to Stamford and attending the Shabbaton, or who might benefit from the services that CAMOS provides, please have them contact Michael Feldstein at [email protected].