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Teen sinks her teeth into dental care
Suzanne Kurtz Sloan, JTAApr 23, 2015
NEW YORK With the simple act of brushing her teeth one evening, Paige Alenick was inspired to think about those less fortunate than herself. I realized how lucky I...
Rabbi saved a Jewish city in Greece
Anav Silverman, TPSApr 16, 2015
Yom HaShoah/Holocaust Memorial Day 5775 IN THE Jerusalem Hills, there stands the single largest memorial to the Holocaust in the world known as Martyrs Forest, which...
Shabbat music in shul strikes a chord
Uriel Heilman, JTAApr 16, 2015
NEW YORK When Rabbi Bruce Dollin first talked to the board at his Conservative synagogue about launching an alternative, singing-centered Shabbat morning service that...
Lining up for Portuguese citizenship
Cnaan Liphshiz, JTAApr 16, 2015
LISBON Hunched over a monument for thousands of Jews killed in a 1506 massacre in Lisbon, Danielle Karo (not her real name) felt a swelling in her eyes. To […]
Wrenching journey: Seeking the site of my great-grandmother’s death
Shana GoldbergApr 09, 2015
I. Desolation 2012 I travelled to a region of Hungary where no tourist goes. It is nigh impossible to convey the desolation of this region, just north of Hungary’s...
Dylan Sharp assists Ukrainian children
Suzanne Kurtz Sloan, JTAApr 09, 2015
Teen Hero WASHINGTON Dylan Sharp capitalized on his Bar Mitzvah to raise nearly $50,000 from family and friends for the Tikva Childrens Home, an organization that...
Retrieving the name of one Holocaust victim
Chris LeppekApr 02, 2015
PASSOVER EDITION 5775 SECTION A PAGE 10 how long may the report of a pistol be heard? For most people, less than a second. For Connie Christiansen Gallagher, a lifetime....
That’s the way the matzah crumbles
Gabe Friedman, JTAApr 01, 2015
PASSOVER EDITION 5775SECTION C PAGE 9 NEW YORK Seated in his Lower East Side office, in front of a large portrait of company patriarch Aron Streit, Alan Adler avoids...
The king of the candy stores
JTAMar 26, 2015
NEW YORK Walking into Economy Candy on Manhattans Lower East Side, its hard to know where to look first. To the foil-clad chocolate rabbits standing sentinel atop...
For teen, being bullied led to Validation Project
Suzanne Kurtz Sloan, JTAMar 26, 2015
Teen Hero NEW YORK For Val Weisler, freshman year of high school was marred by tears and unhappiness as classmates bullied her daily for being shy and withdrawn. I...
