Local leaders join group in meeting with Obama
November 18, 2009
Three days after being a guest at the White House, Lori Klinghoffer said she is “still flying high.” Klinghoffer was one of 50 Jewish leaders to attend a reception at the State Dining Room on Nov. 9 with President Barack Obama and eight of his key advisers. Read More
A ‘lucky’ family sees a system worth fixing
Prescriptions: Perspectives on Health-care Reform
November 18, 2009
When Benjamin Raskin-Gross, now 13, was born, his mother knew something was wrong. But the doctor picked up the baby and told her, “This is a perfectly normal newborn,” and sent them home from the hospital. Read More
Jews and Muslims ‘twin’ for common agenda
November 18, 2009
Building a Common Agenda” was the theme of the second annual Weekend of Twinning, Nov. 13-15, which brought together 100 mosques and 100 synagogues from across North America and Europe. Read More
Demolition clears site for new Hillel building
Rutgers organization is one step closer to ground breaking
November 18, 2009
Students and officials cheered as construction workers readied to demolish a former fraternity house on the site of what will be the new headquarters for Rutgers Hillel. Read More
Israelis surprised at friend’s defeat
November 11, 2009
JERUSALEM — Israeli politicians and diplomats expressed surprise over Gov. Jon Corzine’s loss to Republican Chris Christie in last Tuesday’s New Jersey gubernatorial election. Read More
Menendez urges Jews to reach out to Latinos
Senator says Obama on ‘right direction’ in confronting Iran
November 11, 2009
Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ) urged the Jewish community to create a stronger relationship with Latinos to forge a common bond in support of both Israel and Latin America. Read More
Confronting the clash of religion and media
November 11, 2009
Modernity has forced religious authorities to come up with answers to never-before-imagined questions, including, “Can you Skype a minyan and be counted as one of 10 participants?” Read More
Helping Negev growers reach American tables
An eco-entrepreneur seeks a U.S. market for Israeli organics
November 11, 2009
Jewish activists like to talk about “ferment,” an all-purpose term meant to connote Jewish energies bubbling up in the arts, culture, and education. Jeffrey Yoskowitz is one of the rare activists who can talk about “ferment” in all its senses. Read More
Fallen soldier’s father assists fellow veterans
Lt. Seth Dvorin died in Iraq; dad Richard serves the survivors
November 11, 2009
When Richard Dvorin hears about New Jersey soldiers who have lost their lives fighting in Afghanistan or Iraq, he proudly dons his Jewish War Veterans hat and uniform and drives to the funeral. Read More
In famed ghetto archive, life in death’s shadow
Professor remembers a celebrated historian of the Warsaw Ghetto
November 4, 2009
As the Nazis’ noose tightened on the doomed ghettoes of Warsaw, Cracow, and Lodz, a historian sought to create a kind of immortality for those otherwise condemned to be forgotten. Read More
Candle Lighting Time
3rd of Kislev, 5770
November 20, 2009 | 4:18 p.m.
