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Binghamton victim loved to help
JTAApr 10, 2009
WASHINGTON Roberta Bobbie King almost wasnt teaching English at the American Civic Association building in Binghamton, NY, on the Friday afternoon of April 3....
Katrina rebuilding efforts fueling youth movement
Jacob Berkman, JTAApr 10, 2009
NEW ORLEANS In mid-March, more than 500 of the Jewish federation systems young leaders descended upon the St. Bernard Parish in metropolitan New Orleans to help...
Soloveitchik and Schechter Haggadahs
Ben Harris, JTAApr 02, 2009
NEW YORK — Why is this Passover different than all other Passovers? On most Passovers, it is the liberal Jewish denominations that seek to reinterpret the holiday...
A sun-size birthday
IJN StaffApr 02, 2009
By The Bostoner Rebbe Our sun may be some 150 million kilometers away, with its heat and light sustaining life here on earth; over a million kilometers wide and big...
Conservative alumni like ‘indie minyans’
Ben Harris, JTAMar 27, 2009
NEW YORK Its been a tough few weeks for the leadership of the United Synagogue, the Conservative movements synagogue association. The recent announcement that...
Tel Aviv centenary: first Hebrew city an international destination
Dina Kraft, JTAMar 26, 2009
TEL AVIV When Yoram Kaniuk was born in Tel Aviv in 1930, it was a small place with just 20,000 people and a handful of paved roads. But for […]
Blessing of the sun
IJN StaffMar 19, 2009
By Yehudis Fishman BOULDER — Every so often maybe even once in a lifetime a person sees an open miracle. Every 28 years, there is a mitzvah that […]
‘CP is part of my everyday living’: David’s story
Andrea JacobsMar 19, 2009
David Last darts his fair-haired head into the reception office at Herzl-RMHAs lower school. Now what? he asks his mom Sheryl, who is close but far from cloying....
The painful fraternity of the kidnapped
Andrea JacobsMar 05, 2009
Karnit Goldwasser, a slim, attractive Israeli, stands before the Allied Jewish Federation board to call attention to the continuing plight of Gilad Shalit. Since Shalit...
Sun blessing: Rare ritual meets ecology
Ben Harris, JTAFeb 19, 2009
NEW YORK Jews across the denominational spectrum are gearing up for the observance of an obscure Jewish ritual the blessing over the sun, with a range of...
