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Mel Gibson And Judah Maccabee? Not A Good Mix

The recent exchange of accusations between Mel Gibson and Joe Eszterhas, the screenwriter hired to write a Judah Maccabee biopic that Gibson would direct, brings renewed attention to the very fact that Gibson has been planning to make such a movie in the first place. Let’s ask him not to. While there is some appeal […]

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Jonathan Gerber, Helping to provide a safety net.

Jonathan Gerber, 33 Although he spends his days helping people get rich, Jonathan Gerber also makes sure he’s involved in the lives of the less fortunate. An investment banker at J.P. Morgan Chase, he volunteers weekends and evenings for UJA-Federation of New York’s Poverty Task Force, helping steer the allocation of millions of dollars here […]

Elie Lowenfeld, Volunteering in a disaster zone.

Elie Lowenfeld, 25 Twitter: @jdrcorps Website: www.jdrcorps.org Last April, Elie Lowenfeld found himself in Birmingham, Ala., volunteering for recovery work after a devastating tornado. “I walked into what used to be a neighborhood, but there was nothing left standing,” he said. “There wasn’t a tree or a wall of a house or a telephone pole.” […]

The Ghost Of Bubby’s Past

The Torah of Chesed: Why I Became A Kidney Donor

Samuel Zerin, Reviving a lost Jewish composer.

Bryan Lipsky, Partying for medical charities.

Omer Counting For Sports Fans

IBM’s Man In Israel

Becoming Builders Of Jerusalem: The Model Just Society

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