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Community grieves for rabbi and wife
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. Read more »
Fighting hate with Jewish humor
Cartoons have become the newest battleground between Jew and anti-Semite. And the Jews are putting anti-hatred on the drawing board. Read more »
Breakthrough for Orthodox women
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. Read more »
Margaret Tishman, 84, dies
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. Read more »
Journalist Rifka Rosenwein dies at 42
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. Read more »
Jewish hospice in New York opens
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. Read more »
Grandson uncovers Righteous Gentiles’ story
The grandson of two American Righteous Gentiles uncovered the story of their heroics through an eighth-grade project. Read more »
RSS Feed Breaking News
Updated 11/22/09 @ 01:33PM EDT
- The online auction Web site eBay said it took down an ad offering biological samples from Benito Mussolini before anyone could bid on them.
- Turkey has given Israeli defense contractors 50 days to deliver 10 promised drone aircraft.
- Iran began an air defense drill designed to protect its nuclear program, Iranian state television reported.
- The Gaza war has spurred more Israeli recruits to request service in combat units, the country's army said.
- Fervently Orthodox demonstrators protested again at the Intel factory in Jerusalem for operating on Shabbat.
- eBay removes Mussolini brain, blood samples
- Turkey demands delivery of Israeli drones
- Iran begins air defense drill
- More Israeli recruits seeking to join combat units
- Haredim return to protest Jerusalem Intel factory
- Peres: Settlement building stops if Palestinians talk
- Gaza groups agree to stop rocket fire
- Pakistani Mumbai terrorists arrested in Italy
- Female Orthodox scholars helping women talk about sex
- Obama half-brother has Jewish roots
- Lieberman: Fort Hood could be terror attack
- J Street confab shows generational divide on Israel
- What really happened at the Reform biennial in Toronto
- Rubashkin convicted on 86 charges
- Obama shifts to Israel’s corner, but tries not to show it
- Pro-Israel fliers confiscated at campus speech
