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EST 1917

New York

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UJA-Federation is committing up to $10 million to its Hurricane Sandy Relief Fund for immediate assistance to organizations and people harmed by the record-breaking storm that battered the East Coast last week. It is the organization’s largest relief effort to date for a natural disaster. The charity has already allocated $200,000 to the Metropolitan Council […]

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“I had to make sure that she was converting for herself, and not for me,” says John Newmark. Jen says: “I fell in love with both the man and his faith.” John, a St. Louis grant writer by day, spends much of his free time on penning science fiction and poetry. He performs at poetry […]

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Decades ago, when I worked with several Jewish outreach organizations, the emotional highlight of every weekend Shabbaton was the Havdalah ceremony, the termination and climax of the Sabbath. As in summer camp as well, there was the flame from the candles illuminating our faces in a timeless light; there was singing and swaying together arm […]

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