http://jta.org/news/ en rcsillag@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-11-20T16:30:00-05:00 http://jta.org/news/article/2008/04/16/108141/RubensteinNewYork04162008 http://jta.org/site/RubensteinNewYork04162008/#When:04:00:01Z A rabbi and his wife killed in a raging house fire were being remembered for growing their suburban New York synagogue into a major Modern Orthodox congregation and creating a network of close friendships. Jewish Life, U.S. 2008-04-16T04:00:01-05:00 http://jta.org/news/article/2006/03/20/13817/CartoonistsfightIr http://jta.org/site/CartoonistsfightIr/#When:04:00:01Z Cartoons have become the newest battleground between Jew and anti-Semite. And the Jews are putting anti-hatred on the drawing board. 2006-03-20T04:00:01-05:00 http://jta.org/news/article/2004/06/06/11603/InafirstOrthodox http://jta.org/site/InafirstOrthodox/#When:04:00:01Z An Orthodox synagogue in New York has become the first congregation in the United States to employ a female legal expert trained to respond to women's concerns on issues such as sexuality, menstrual cycles and fertility problems. 2004-06-06T04:00:01-05:00 http://jta.org/news/article/2004/03/09/11325/Longtimecommunityl http://jta.org/site/Longtimecommunityl/#When:04:00:01Z Margaret Tishman, a longtime Jewish community lay leader and philanthropist who helped guide the merger that produced UJA-Federation of New York, died at 84. 2004-03-09T04:00:01-05:00 http://jta.org/news/article/2003/11/19/10955/RifkaRosenweinfor http://jta.org/site/RifkaRosenweinfor/#When:04:00:01Z Rifka Rosenwein, a journalist whose monthly column in the New York Jewish Week over the last seven years chronicled her personal life as a suburban wife and mother — and eventually her battle against a rare form of cancer — died at age 42. 2003-11-19T04:00:01-05:00 http://jta.org/news/article/1999/11/30/12479/AhospiceforJewish http://jta.org/site/AhospiceforJewish/#When:04:00:01Z A hospice for terminally ill Jewish patients, cosier than a hospital and offering more services than home, opened in New York City; there are not many such hospices around. 1999-11-30T04:00:01-05:00 http://jta.org/news/article/1999/11/30/14093/RighteousGentiles http://jta.org/site/RighteousGentiles/#When:04:00:01Z The grandson of two American Righteous Gentiles uncovered the story of their heroics through an eighth-grade project. 1999-11-30T04:00:01-05:00