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Jewish At-Risk Teens Repair Polish Cemeteries
Located in what is currently western Ukraine, south-eastern Poland, and north-eastern Romania - the provinces that were once known as Galicia and Bukovina and...
Christians Help Israel’s Disabled Athletes
Jesus spent a good deal of his earthly ministry comforting and healing the disabled, both as a sign of his power and calling and out of a deep compassion for those whose handicaps had kept...
Chicago Teenager Marks the Shoah, Everyday
The date selected for Yom Hashoah, 27 Nisan, marks the beginning of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising. Chosen—not without controversy—by the Israeli Knesset in 1953, it serves as an occasion to mark the deaths of...
Moroccan King Awards Rabbi with Prestigious “Order of the Throne” Award
Rabbi Raphael Benchimol, an orthodox Rabbi of the Manhattan Sephardic Congregation was decorated, on Sunday in New York, with the Knight of the Order of the Throne from Mohammed VI King of Morocco. At a time...
French Prime Minister Criticizes Kosher Slaughter
French Prime Minister Francois Fillon said religions should "reflect" on outdated culinary traditions, specifically...
Long Before the Maxwell House Haggadah
For the past three years, President Obama and his family have hosted a Passover...
5,000 Goodie Baskets for Israeli Soldiers on Purim
The Zionist Organization of America's (ZOA) Brooklyn Region will be distributing 5,000 Mishloach Manot (picture...
Jewish Agency to Provide $1 Million in Aid to Greek Jews for Euro Financial Crisis
JPost - The Board of Governors of the Jewish Agency, which will convene this ...
Manhattan Jewish Sukkah Owner Sued by Neighbor
NYPost - A high-rise holy war has broken out at the Trump Place Condominiums, ...
Jewish At-Risk Teens Repair Polish Cemeteries
Located in what is currently western Ukraine, south-eastern Poland, and north-eastern Romania - the provinces that were once known as Galicia and Bukovina and were...
Christians Help Israel’s Disabled Athletes
Jesus spent a good deal of his earthly ministry comforting and healing the disabled, both as a sign of his power and calling and out...
Chicago Teenager Marks the Shoah, Everyday
The date selected for Yom Hashoah, 27 Nisan, marks the beginning of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising. Chosen—not without controversy—by the Israeli Knesset in 1953,...
Moroccan King Awards Rabbi with Prestigious “Order of the Throne” Award
Rabbi Raphael Benchimol, an orthodox Rabbi of the Manhattan Sephardic Congregation was decorated, on Sunday in New York, with the Knight of the Order of...
French Prime Minister Criticizes Kosher Slaughter
French Prime Minister Francois Fillon said religions should "reflect" on outdated culinary traditions, specifically criticizing the ritual slaughter of animals for kosher meat. Subsequently,...
Long Before the Maxwell House Haggadah
For the past three years, President Obama and his family have hosted a Passover Seder in the White House for a select group of...
5,000 Goodie Baskets for Israeli Soldiers on Purim
The Zionist Organization of America's (ZOA) Brooklyn Region will be distributing 5,000 Mishloach Manot (picture below) baskets to Israeli soldiers serving on bases in Israel...
Jewish Agency to Provide $1 Million in Aid to Greek Jews for Euro Financial Crisis
JPost - The Board of Governors of the Jewish Agency, which will convene this week in Jerusalem with the participation of community leaders and...
Manhattan Jewish Sukkah Owner Sued by Neighbor
NYPost - A high-rise holy war has broken out at the Trump Place Condominiums, where one man's straw Sukkot has left a concerned couple...
Organ Donation: Jews Can Learn Something From Atheists
Recently while renewing my driver's license, the DMV attendant looked surprised when I requested organ donor designation. She remarked how she thought being...
Israeli Air Force Trades Fighter Aircraft for Trees on Tu’Bshvat
Today is Tu'Bshvat. The Jewish holiday which celebrates the renewal of nature each year is being celebrated by the Israeli Air Force across the country,...
$50,000 Super Bowl Winner Donating Winnings To Brady, Giants Charities
TMZ - Just when you wanted to hate the guy for winning $50,000 on a freak Super Bowl bet -- Giants fan Jona Rechnitz ...
Kibbutz Style Farm Thriving in Berkeley, California
SF Gate - Sometimes chard is something you saute in garlic, and sometimes it's a political and spiritual act. On a vacant lot in West Berkeley,...
LA Jewish Foundation Donates $200,000 to Afghanistan and Iraq Veterans
JTA - The Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles awarded some $200,000 in grants for Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans and financial literacy programs. The grants...
