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Evelyn Prizont on the job as a kosher supervisor in Seattle, WA.
Evelyn Prizont on the job as a kosher supervisor in Seattle, WA. (Aviva Prizont)

Women kosher supervisors on the rise, earning respect

By Sue Fishkoff · June 28, 2009

As the kosher food industry continues to swell, so does the number of female kosher supervisors. And now they are receiving professional recognition. Read more »

Aussie bowler continuing legacy of his late father

By Dan Goldberg · July 6, 2009

When Australian tenpin bowler Josh Small marches into the Ramat Gan stadium for the July 13 opening ceremony of the 18th World Maccabiah Games, he will be completing a journey his father started at the ill-fated Games in 1997. Read more »

First Date 2.0: ShidduchVision aims to ease shidduch crisis

By Ben Harris · June 30, 2009

A new service will permit Orthodox singles to go on first “dates” via video conference rather than travel to far-off locales to meet potential suitors. It's the latest in a slew of initiatives addressing what is often described as a crisis of Orthodox singles unable to find suitable mates. Read more »

Lighting a Jewish fuse on the Fourth

By Edmon J. Rodman · July 2, 2009

Here are eight Jewish connections that help bring a Jewish spark to America's day of independence, which this year falls on Shabbat. Read more »

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Jack Saunders, right, pledges to keep the seven Noahide laws at a 2006 ceremony in Israel presided over by Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz. (Courtesy of Jack Saunders) A former Baptist church, Frazier's chapel is now home to a B'nai Noah study center led by Jack Saunders, right. (Courtesy of Jack Saunders) Ira Jaskoll is flanked by former Yankees Chris Chambliss, left, and Ron Blomberg at the team's fantasy camp in January 2009. (Courtesy of Ira L. Jaskoll) Wheel around the country to find your own Jewish pleasures this summer. (Edmon Rodman) Steve Greenbaum is a co-creator of genkvetch.com, a social networking site aimed at older Jews. (Courtesy of Marilyn Carroll) Mel Carroll is a co-creator of genkvetch.com, a social networking site aimed at older Jew. (Courtesy of Marilyn Carroll) Marilyn Carroll is a co-creator of genkvetch.com, a social networking site aimed at older Jew. (Courtesy of Marilyn Carroll) Tuvit Shlomi on why she used a pseudonym for the contest: “With an Israeli name, I could imagine they would see the entry and say 'nope. " (Courtesy Tuvit Shlomi) Diane Hoffman tells "Broccoli," a joke about a confused woman in a grocery store. Hoffman is site creator Sam Hoffman's mother. (Courtesy of GreeneStreetFilms )

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  • Jack Saunders, right, pledges to keep the seven Noahide laws at a 2006 ceremony in Israel presided over by Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz.
  • A former Baptist church, Frazier's chapel is now home to a B'nai Noah study center led by Jack Saunders, right.
  • Ira Jaskoll is flanked by former Yankees Chris Chambliss, left, and Ron Blomberg at the team's fantasy camp in January 2009.
  • JTA's Alison Klayman visits Morocco's Atlas Mountains to explore the Jewish ritual of hiloula -- the remembrance of great rabbis and Jewish sages.
  • Wheel around the country to find your own Jewish pleasures this summer.
  • Steve Greenbaum is a co-creator of genkvetch.com, a social networking site aimed at older Jews.
  • Mel Carroll is a co-creator of genkvetch.com, a social networking site aimed at older Jew.
  • Marilyn Carroll is a co-creator of genkvetch.com, a social networking site aimed at older Jew.
  • Tuvit Shlomi on why she used a pseudonym for the contest: “With an Israeli name, I could imagine they would see the entry and say 'nope. "
  • Diane Hoffman tells "Broccoli," a joke about a confused woman in a grocery store. Hoffman is site creator Sam Hoffman's mother.
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Noahides 2.0: Internet fuels non-Jewish interest in the Seven Laws of Noah

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L.A. day schools receive grants

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The Jim Joseph Foundation awarded $15.9 million to aid Los Angeles Jewish day schools and train Jewish educators to use the Internet. Read more »

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