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Jewish Times of South Jersey http://www.jewishtimes-sj.com/ en-us Young Israel of Margate Applauds Trocki High School for Boys http://www.jewishtimes-sj.com/news/2012-02-03/Front_Page/Young_Israel_of_Margate_Applauds_Trocki_High_Schoo.html <img src="http://www.jewishtimes-sj.com/sites/www.jewishtimes-sj.com/files/images/2012-02-03/1p1.thumbnail.jpg" alt="1p1.jpg" title="1p1.jpg" class="image image-thumbnail " width="100" height="45" /><p>A joint Shabbaton was recently held at Young Israel of Margate where the congregation hosted the Trocki High School for Boys.</p><p><a href="http://www.jewishtimes-sj.com/news/2012-02-03/Front_Page/Young_Israel_of_Margate_Applauds_Trocki_High_Schoo.html" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://www.jewishtimes-sj.com/news/2012-02-03/Front_Page/Young_Israel_of_Margate_Applauds_Trocki_High_Schoo.html#comments 2012-02-03 Front Page Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:10:54 +0000 21371 at In Israel, Composting and Recycling Programs in New Ecology Push http://www.jewishtimes-sj.com/news/2012-02-03/Front_Page/In_Israel_Composting_and_Recycling_Programs_in_New.html <div class="field field-type-text field-field-oht-author"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> By Jessica Steinberg </div> </div> </div> <p>JERUSALEM ( JTA)— The still- new recycling center in the Givat Shaul neighborhood of Jerusalem is fairly quiet on a crisp winter afternoon. Several people drive in to drop off their recycling – from old printers and batteries to aluminum pans, plastic containers and cardboard – in bins clearly labeled for each type of material.</p><p><a href="http://www.jewishtimes-sj.com/news/2012-02-03/Front_Page/In_Israel_Composting_and_Recycling_Programs_in_New.html" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://www.jewishtimes-sj.com/news/2012-02-03/Front_Page/In_Israel_Composting_and_Recycling_Programs_in_New.html#comments 2012-02-03 Front Page Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:10:54 +0000 21372 at Netanyahu chats on Facebook in Arabic http://www.jewishtimes-sj.com/news/2012-02-03/Front_Page/Netanyahu_chats_on_Facebook_in_Arabic.html <p>JERUSALEM (JTA)—Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a live Facebook chat with web surfers from the Arab world.</p> <p>Netanyahu responded in Arabic to questions from people from Egypt, Jordan, Iraq, the Gulf States, northern Africa and the Palestinian Authority, as well as fromIsraeliArabs.</p><p><a href="http://www.jewishtimes-sj.com/news/2012-02-03/Front_Page/Netanyahu_chats_on_Facebook_in_Arabic.html" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://www.jewishtimes-sj.com/news/2012-02-03/Front_Page/Netanyahu_chats_on_Facebook_in_Arabic.html#comments 2012-02-03 Front Page Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:10:54 +0000 21373 at Tanta Pesha – a Specialist in Keeping Up with the Times http://www.jewishtimes-sj.com/news/2012-02-03/Columns/Tanta_Pesha__a_Specialist_in_Keeping_Up_with_the_T.html <img src="http://www.jewishtimes-sj.com/sites/www.jewishtimes-sj.com/files/images/2012-02-03/4p1.thumbnail.jpg" alt="4p1.jpg" title="4p1.jpg" class="image image-thumbnail " width="100" height="32" /><p>As I passed by, I noticed that The Ladies were once again gathered in front of the building with the yellow awning and were immersed in conversation. Fat Rosie was quite agitated. “ Did you hear about Rich Mollie,” she said, “she went to see a specialist about her throat.” Everyone was most upset. “A Specialist! Who sent her? Her regular doctor?”</p><p><a href="http://www.jewishtimes-sj.com/news/2012-02-03/Columns/Tanta_Pesha__a_Specialist_in_Keeping_Up_with_the_T.html" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://www.jewishtimes-sj.com/news/2012-02-03/Columns/Tanta_Pesha__a_Specialist_in_Keeping_Up_with_the_T.html#comments 2012-02-03 Columns Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:10:55 +0000 21375 at Gender Trouble in Israel http://www.jewishtimes-sj.com/news/2012-02-03/National_%7C_World_Briefs/Gender_Trouble_in_Israel.html <div class="field field-type-text field-field-oht-author"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> By Yehudah Mirsky </div> </div> </div> <p>( Jewish Ideas Daily) — Suddenly, it seems, gender segregation is everywhere in Israel – buses, army bases, Jerusalem sidewalks, Beit Shemesh schoolyards and, above all, the front pages. What is going on here?</p><p><a href="http://www.jewishtimes-sj.com/news/2012-02-03/National_%7C_World_Briefs/Gender_Trouble_in_Israel.html" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://www.jewishtimes-sj.com/news/2012-02-03/National_%7C_World_Briefs/Gender_Trouble_in_Israel.html#comments 2012-02-03 National / World Briefs Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:10:55 +0000 21376 at Dimensions http://www.jewishtimes-sj.com/news/2012-02-03/Columns/Dimensions.html <img src="http://www.jewishtimes-sj.com/sites/www.jewishtimes-sj.com/files/images/2012-02-03/6p1.thumbnail.jpg" alt="6p1.jpg" title="6p1.jpg" class="image image-thumbnail " width="79" height="100" /><div class="field field-type-text field-field-oht-author"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> vJOYCE S. ANDERSON Special to the Jewish Times </div> </div> </div> <p>The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on December 21, 2011, new rules to sharply cut omissions of mercury and other toxic pollutants from coal and oil-burning power plants across the nation.</p><p><a href="http://www.jewishtimes-sj.com/news/2012-02-03/Columns/Dimensions.html" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://www.jewishtimes-sj.com/news/2012-02-03/Columns/Dimensions.html#comments 2012-02-03 Columns Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:10:56 +0000 21378 at The PERSON in the PARSHA http://www.jewishtimes-sj.com/news/2012-02-03/Columns/The_PERSON_in_the_PARSHA.html <div class="field field-type-text field-field-oht-author"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> BY RABBI DR. TZVI HERSH WEINREB </div> </div> </div> <p><span style="font-style: italic">Parshat Beshalach</span></p> <p><span style="font-style: italic">(Shabbat Shirah)</span></p> <p><span style="font-style: italic">(February 4, 2012)</span></p> <p>I couldn’t believe it. One of my trusted old reference books failed me for the first time.</p><p><a href="http://www.jewishtimes-sj.com/news/2012-02-03/Columns/The_PERSON_in_the_PARSHA.html" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://www.jewishtimes-sj.com/news/2012-02-03/Columns/The_PERSON_in_the_PARSHA.html#comments 2012-02-03 Columns Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:10:56 +0000 21379 at Israel Viewpoint http://www.jewishtimes-sj.com/news/2012-02-03/Columns/Israel_Viewpoint.html <img src="http://www.jewishtimes-sj.com/sites/www.jewishtimes-sj.com/files/images/2012-02-03/8p1.thumbnail.jpg" alt="8p1.jpg" title="8p1.jpg" class="image image-thumbnail " width="89" height="100" /><div class="field field-type-text field-field-oht-author"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> vSTEPHEN KRAMER Jewish Times Israel Correspondent </div> </div> </div> <p><span style="font-weight: bold">Part 2 of 2 parts</span></p><p><a href="http://www.jewishtimes-sj.com/news/2012-02-03/Columns/Israel_Viewpoint.html" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://www.jewishtimes-sj.com/news/2012-02-03/Columns/Israel_Viewpoint.html#comments 2012-02-03 Columns Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:10:56 +0000 21382 at Cartoon http://www.jewishtimes-sj.com/news/2012-02-03/Columns/Cartoon.html <img src="http://www.jewishtimes-sj.com/sites/www.jewishtimes-sj.com/files/images/2012-02-03/9p1.thumbnail.jpg" alt="9p1.jpg" title="9p1.jpg" class="image image-thumbnail " width="67" height="100" /><p><a href="http://www.jewishtimes-sj.com/news/2012-02-03/Columns/Cartoon.html" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://www.jewishtimes-sj.com/news/2012-02-03/Columns/Cartoon.html#comments 2012-02-03 Columns Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:10:57 +0000 21384 at Israeli film on West Bank Justice Wins at Sundance http://www.jewishtimes-sj.com/news/2012-02-03/National_%7C_World_Briefs/Israeli_film_on_West_Bank_Justice_Wins_at_Sundance.html <p>JERUSALEM(JTA) -- An Israeli film on the military's legal system in the West Bank was named the best foreign documentary at the Sundance Film Festival.</p><p><a href="http://www.jewishtimes-sj.com/news/2012-02-03/National_%7C_World_Briefs/Israeli_film_on_West_Bank_Justice_Wins_at_Sundance.html" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://www.jewishtimes-sj.com/news/2012-02-03/National_%7C_World_Briefs/Israeli_film_on_West_Bank_Justice_Wins_at_Sundance.html#comments 2012-02-03 National / World Briefs Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:10:57 +0000 21385 at Israeli Dance Troupe http://www.jewishtimes-sj.com/news/2012-02-03/Community/Israeli_Dance_Troupe.html <img src="http://www.jewishtimes-sj.com/sites/www.jewishtimes-sj.com/files/images/2012-02-03/11p1.thumbnail.jpg" alt="11p1.jpg" title="11p1.jpg" class="image image-thumbnail " width="100" height="77" /><p>Philadelphia’ s Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts is presenting Israel’s internationally acclaimed Inbal Pinto & Avshalom Pollak Dance Company performing their master work “Oyster” on Thursday and Saturday, Feb. 9 and 11. </p><p><a href="http://www.jewishtimes-sj.com/news/2012-02-03/Community/Israeli_Dance_Troupe.html" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://www.jewishtimes-sj.com/news/2012-02-03/Community/Israeli_Dance_Troupe.html#comments 2012-02-03 Community Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:10:58 +0000 21387 at New Torah Studies Class: A World of Difference - What impact do I make? http://www.jewishtimes-sj.com/news/2012-02-03/Community/New_Torah_Studies_Class_A_World_of_Difference__Wha.html <img src="http://www.jewishtimes-sj.com/sites/www.jewishtimes-sj.com/files/images/2012-02-03/12p1.thumbnail.jpg" alt="12p1.jpg" title="12p1.jpg" class="image image-thumbnail " width="100" height="57" /><p>What will be your legacy? The footprint we leave on the world is a measure of the life we live. This class, sponsored by Chabad at the Shore, explores the lessons of a tree, defining a successful life as one that makes a difference in the lives of others.</p><p><a href="http://www.jewishtimes-sj.com/news/2012-02-03/Community/New_Torah_Studies_Class_A_World_of_Difference__Wha.html" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://www.jewishtimes-sj.com/news/2012-02-03/Community/New_Torah_Studies_Class_A_World_of_Difference__Wha.html#comments 2012-02-03 Community Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:10:58 +0000 21389 at Bus Trip to Holocaust Museum in D.C. http://www.jewishtimes-sj.com/news/2012-02-03/Community/Bus_Trip_to_Holocaust_Museum_in_DC.html <p>Justice Lodge #285 Free and Accepted Masons, Linwood, is sponsoring a bus trip to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum and Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington DC, on Sunday, April 15.</p><p><a href="http://www.jewishtimes-sj.com/news/2012-02-03/Community/Bus_Trip_to_Holocaust_Museum_in_DC.html" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://www.jewishtimes-sj.com/news/2012-02-03/Community/Bus_Trip_to_Holocaust_Museum_in_DC.html#comments 2012-02-03 Community Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:10:58 +0000 21390 at Card Party and Luncheon at Beth Judah of Wildwood http://www.jewishtimes-sj.com/news/2012-02-03/Community/Card_Party_and_Luncheon_at_Beth_Judah_of_Wildwood.html <p>Beth Judah Temple in Wildwood is having a card party and luncheon on Wednesday, March 21. There will be a 50/50 drawing and door prizes. Singles and groups are welcome. After lunch, the activities will include card playing, scrabble, dominoes and mahjong. The cost is $15 per person. Call 522-7541 for more information and to RSVP. </p> http://www.jewishtimes-sj.com/news/2012-02-03/Community/Card_Party_and_Luncheon_at_Beth_Judah_of_Wildwood.html#comments 2012-02-03 Community Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:10:58 +0000 21391 at Emeth Shalom’s ‘Ask the Rabbi’ Series http://www.jewishtimes-sj.com/news/2012-02-03/Community/Emeth_Shaloms_Ask_the_Rabbi_Series.html <p>Temple Emeth Shalom continues its popular "Ask the Rabbi" series for the following dates: February 6, 13 and 27, from 1:30 to 3 p.m., at the temple, 8501 Ventnor Ave., Margate.</p> <p>These informative sessions are free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served. </p> http://www.jewishtimes-sj.com/news/2012-02-03/Community/Emeth_Shaloms_Ask_the_Rabbi_Series.html#comments 2012-02-03 Community Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:10:58 +0000 21392 at Beth Judah of Wildwood to Hold Challah Bake http://www.jewishtimes-sj.com/news/2012-02-03/Community/Beth_Judah_of_Wildwood_to_Hold_Challah_Bake.html <p>Beth Judah Temple, Spencer and Pacific avenues in Wildwood, is having a Challah Bake at the temple on Feb. 5, at 12:30 p.m. (right after Hebrew School classes).</p> <p>The cost is $15 per person. </p> http://www.jewishtimes-sj.com/news/2012-02-03/Community/Beth_Judah_of_Wildwood_to_Hold_Challah_Bake.html#comments 2012-02-03 Community Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:10:58 +0000 21393 at Beth El World Wide Wrap http://www.jewishtimes-sj.com/news/2012-02-03/Community/Beth_El_World_Wide_Wrap.html <p>Beth El Synagogue will be having a World Wide Wrap program on Sunday morning, Feb. 5, beginning at 9 a.m. This program is for men and women, boys and girls of bar and bat mitzvah age or anyone who wants to learn the mitzvah of how to properly put on tefillin.</p><p><a href="http://www.jewishtimes-sj.com/news/2012-02-03/Community/Beth_El_World_Wide_Wrap.html" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://www.jewishtimes-sj.com/news/2012-02-03/Community/Beth_El_World_Wide_Wrap.html#comments 2012-02-03 Community Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:10:58 +0000 21394 at Beth El Super Bowl Party http://www.jewishtimes-sj.com/news/2012-02-03/Community/Beth_El_Super_Bowl_Party.html <p>A Super Bowl Party is being sponsored by Beth El Men’s Club, 500 N. Jerome Ave., Margate, on Sunday, Feb. 5, at 5 p.m. $12 adults - advanced reservations; $6 children 12 and under. Payment at the door is $15.</p> <p>You will be able to watch the game on a wide-screen TV and enjoy a variety of hot and cold food items, including snacks, dip, and desserts.</p><p><a href="http://www.jewishtimes-sj.com/news/2012-02-03/Community/Beth_El_Super_Bowl_Party.html" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://www.jewishtimes-sj.com/news/2012-02-03/Community/Beth_El_Super_Bowl_Party.html#comments 2012-02-03 Community Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:10:58 +0000 21395 at Beth Judah to Participate in World Wide Wrap http://www.jewishtimes-sj.com/news/2012-02-03/Community/Beth_Judah_to_Participate_in_World_Wide_Wrap.html <p>Congregation Beth Judah, Ventnor, will be participating in the Federation of Jewish Men’s Clubs World Wide Wrap on Sunday, Feb. 5, at 9 a.m.</p><p><a href="http://www.jewishtimes-sj.com/news/2012-02-03/Community/Beth_Judah_to_Participate_in_World_Wide_Wrap.html" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://www.jewishtimes-sj.com/news/2012-02-03/Community/Beth_Judah_to_Participate_in_World_Wide_Wrap.html#comments 2012-02-03 Community Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:10:58 +0000 21396 at Wings of Song at Temple Emeth Shalom http://www.jewishtimes-sj.com/news/2012-02-03/Community/Wings_of_Song_at_Temple_Emeth_Shalom.html <p>Join us, on Wings of Song, for Sabbath morning services, Sat. Feb. 4, 10 a.m.</p> <p>In our Jewish heritage, this Sabbath is entitled “Shabbat Shirah” – “Sabbath of Song” – commemorating our peoples’ triumphal song- at- the- RedSea (“ Me- Chamocha”) during the ancient Israelites Exodus out of Egyptian boundage.</p><p><a href="http://www.jewishtimes-sj.com/news/2012-02-03/Community/Wings_of_Song_at_Temple_Emeth_Shalom.html" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://www.jewishtimes-sj.com/news/2012-02-03/Community/Wings_of_Song_at_Temple_Emeth_Shalom.html#comments 2012-02-03 Community Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:10:58 +0000 21397 at Israeli Folk Dancing at JCC http://www.jewishtimes-sj.com/news/2012-02-03/Community/Israeli_Folk_Dancing_at_JCC.html <p>Continuing through March 21, the Katz JCC will host an Israeli Folk Dance Class. The class will run from 7:45 – 9:45 p.m. and include a fun, low impact workout that involves movement, music and Jewish tradition. Participants will practice basic steps and traditional sequences whilelearning what they represent.</p><p><a href="http://www.jewishtimes-sj.com/news/2012-02-03/Community/Israeli_Folk_Dancing_at_JCC.html" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://www.jewishtimes-sj.com/news/2012-02-03/Community/Israeli_Folk_Dancing_at_JCC.html#comments 2012-02-03 Community Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:10:58 +0000 21398 at JCC Swap a Book – Share a Tree http://www.jewishtimes-sj.com/news/2012-02-03/Community/JCC_Swap_a_Book__Share_a_Tree.html <p>Tu B’Shevat is the day that marks the beginning of a “New Year for Trees.” This is the season in which the earliestblooming trees in the Land of Israel emerge from their winter sleep and begin a new fruit-bearing cycle. All January long, the Katz JCC asked the community to bring in ‘gently used’ or new books.</p><p><a href="http://www.jewishtimes-sj.com/news/2012-02-03/Community/JCC_Swap_a_Book__Share_a_Tree.html" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://www.jewishtimes-sj.com/news/2012-02-03/Community/JCC_Swap_a_Book__Share_a_Tree.html#comments 2012-02-03 Community Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:10:58 +0000 21399 at Celebrating the 100th Birthday of Hadassah http://www.jewishtimes-sj.com/news/2012-02-03/Community/Celebrating_the_100th_Birthday_of_Hadassah.html <img src="http://www.jewishtimes-sj.com/sites/www.jewishtimes-sj.com/files/images/2012-02-03/23p1.thumbnail.jpg" alt="23p1.jpg" title="23p1.jpg" class="image image-thumbnail " width="76" height="100" /><p>Hadassah members, friends and the community are invited to the Ventnor Library Meeting room on Wednesday, Feb. 29, at 1 p.m., when Ventnor Mayor Theresa Kelly will proclaim the 100th birthday of Hadassah as Hadassah Day.</p><p><a href="http://www.jewishtimes-sj.com/news/2012-02-03/Community/Celebrating_the_100th_Birthday_of_Hadassah.html" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://www.jewishtimes-sj.com/news/2012-02-03/Community/Celebrating_the_100th_Birthday_of_Hadassah.html#comments 2012-02-03 Community Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:10:59 +0000 21401 at AtlantiCare Community Art Gallery Features Photos by Jewish Older Adult Services Members http://www.jewishtimes-sj.com/news/2012-02-03/Community/AtlantiCare_Community_Art_Gallery_Features_Photos_.html <img src="http://www.jewishtimes-sj.com/sites/www.jewishtimes-sj.com/files/images/2012-02-03/24p1.thumbnail.jpg" alt="24p1.jpg" title="24p1.jpg" class="image image-thumbnail " width="100" height="88" /><p>AtlantiCare is displaying the photography of five members of Jewish Older Adult Services ( JOAS) of Atlantic and Cape May Counties as part of its Healing Arts Program. The women’s work was on display until January 31 in AtlantiCare’s Community Art Gallery on the second floor of the George F. Lynn Harmony Pavilion at AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center Atlantic City Campus.</p><p><a href="http://www.jewishtimes-sj.com/news/2012-02-03/Community/AtlantiCare_Community_Art_Gallery_Features_Photos_.html" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://www.jewishtimes-sj.com/news/2012-02-03/Community/AtlantiCare_Community_Art_Gallery_Features_Photos_.html#comments 2012-02-03 Community Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:11:00 +0000 21403 at Jewish Community Calendar http://www.jewishtimes-sj.com/news/2012-02-03/Community_Calendar/Jewish_Community_Calendar.html <p><span style="font-weight: bold">Continuing til March 21 – Wednesdays</span></p><p><a href="http://www.jewishtimes-sj.com/news/2012-02-03/Community_Calendar/Jewish_Community_Calendar.html" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://www.jewishtimes-sj.com/news/2012-02-03/Community_Calendar/Jewish_Community_Calendar.html#comments 2012-02-03 Community Calendar Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:11:00 +0000 21404 at JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE http://www.jewishtimes-sj.com/news/2012-02-03/Community/JEWISH_FAMILY_SERVICE.html <img src="http://www.jewishtimes-sj.com/sites/www.jewishtimes-sj.com/files/images/2012-02-03/26p1.thumbnail.jpg" alt="26p1.jpg" title="26p1.jpg" class="image image-thumbnail " width="100" height="74" /><p><span style="font-weight: bold">Thu., Feb. 9 5th Annual “Diamonds for a Cause” Cocktail Party</span> </p><p><a href="http://www.jewishtimes-sj.com/news/2012-02-03/Community/JEWISH_FAMILY_SERVICE.html" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://www.jewishtimes-sj.com/news/2012-02-03/Community/JEWISH_FAMILY_SERVICE.html#comments 2012-02-03 Community Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:11:01 +0000 21406 at Anniversaries http://www.jewishtimes-sj.com/news/2012-02-03/Anniversary/Anniversaries.html <p>64 – Gegner Murray & Mae February. 8, Lower Gwynedd, PA </p><p>32 – Scarpa Gary & Barbara Feb. 3, Northfield </p><p>20 – Reses Jeffrey & Julie Feb. 9, Linwood </p> http://www.jewishtimes-sj.com/news/2012-02-03/Anniversary/Anniversaries.html#comments 2012-02-03 Anniversary Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:11:01 +0000 21407 at Honorable ‘Menschen’ http://www.jewishtimes-sj.com/news/2012-02-03/Community/Honorable_Menschen.html <img src="http://www.jewishtimes-sj.com/sites/www.jewishtimes-sj.com/files/images/2012-02-03/28p1.thumbnail.jpg" alt="28p1.jpg" title="28p1.jpg" class="image image-thumbnail " width="88" height="100" /><div class="field field-type-text field-field-oht-author"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> By Howard Berger ... and YOU. </div> </div> </div> <p><span style="font-weight: bold">RONA ZUCKER KAPLAN HAS HAD AN EXTRAORDINARY AND DIVERSE REGIONAL LEGAL CAREER</span> </p><p><a href="http://www.jewishtimes-sj.com/news/2012-02-03/Community/Honorable_Menschen.html" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://www.jewishtimes-sj.com/news/2012-02-03/Community/Honorable_Menschen.html#comments 2012-02-03 Community Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:11:01 +0000 21409 at Poll: Most Israeli Jews Keep kosher, Practice Some Sabbath Rituals http://www.jewishtimes-sj.com/news/2012-02-03/Community/Poll_Most_Israeli_Jews_Keep_kosher_Practice_Some_S.html <p>(JTA) — More than four of every five Israeli Jews believe in God and three-quarters of Israeli Jews keep kosher, according to a survey.</p><p><a href="http://www.jewishtimes-sj.com/news/2012-02-03/Community/Poll_Most_Israeli_Jews_Keep_kosher_Practice_Some_S.html" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://www.jewishtimes-sj.com/news/2012-02-03/Community/Poll_Most_Israeli_Jews_Keep_kosher_Practice_Some_S.html#comments 2012-02-03 Community Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:11:01 +0000 21410 at JACOB MANN RAKOVSKI, FORMER RABBI OF HADASSAH MEDICAL GROUP, DIES http://www.jewishtimes-sj.com/news/2012-02-03/National_%7C_World_Briefs/JACOB_MANN_RAKOVSKI_FORMER_RABBI_OF_HADASSAH_MEDIC.html <p>Jacob Rakovski, the rabbi for Israel's Hadassah Medical Organization for 50 years, died Jan. 14 in Jerusalem. He was a Jerusalem native and came from a family of rabbis. Rakovski's age was not given.</p> <p>The Hadassah organization said Rakovski will be remembered for combining a vast knowledge of Torah and Jewish laws, outgoing personality, wisdom, kindness and openness.</p><p><a href="http://www.jewishtimes-sj.com/news/2012-02-03/National_%7C_World_Briefs/JACOB_MANN_RAKOVSKI_FORMER_RABBI_OF_HADASSAH_MEDIC.html" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://www.jewishtimes-sj.com/news/2012-02-03/National_%7C_World_Briefs/JACOB_MANN_RAKOVSKI_FORMER_RABBI_OF_HADASSAH_MEDIC.html#comments 2012-02-03 National / World Briefs Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:11:01 +0000 21411 at Mystery Swirls Around Judaic Manuscripts Discovered in Afghanistan http://www.jewishtimes-sj.com/news/2012-02-03/National_%7C_World_Briefs/Mystery_Swirls_Around_Judaic_Manuscripts_Discovere.html <img src="http://www.jewishtimes-sj.com/sites/www.jewishtimes-sj.com/files/images/2012-02-03/31p1.thumbnail.jpg" alt="31p1.jpg" title="31p1.jpg" class="image image-thumbnail " width="100" height="66" /><div class="field field-type-text field-field-oht-author"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> By Ben Harris </div> </div> </div> <p>NEW YORK (JTA) — It was said to be a finding of groundbreaking scholarly and historic significance, comparable in importance to the 19th-century discovery of the Cairo Geniza and rivaling the Dead Sea Scrolls for sheer drama.</p><p><a href="http://www.jewishtimes-sj.com/news/2012-02-03/National_%7C_World_Briefs/Mystery_Swirls_Around_Judaic_Manuscripts_Discovere.html" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://www.jewishtimes-sj.com/news/2012-02-03/National_%7C_World_Briefs/Mystery_Swirls_Around_Judaic_Manuscripts_Discovere.html#comments 2012-02-03 National / World Briefs Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:11:03 +0000 21413 at Panetta: It Would take Iran One Year to Make a Nuclear Bomb http://www.jewishtimes-sj.com/news/2012-02-03/National_%7C_World_Briefs/Panetta_It_Would_take_Iran_One_Year_to_Make_a_Nucl.html <p>NEW YORK (JTA) —U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta said it would take Iran approximately one year to build a nuclear bomb.</p><p><a href="http://www.jewishtimes-sj.com/news/2012-02-03/National_%7C_World_Briefs/Panetta_It_Would_take_Iran_One_Year_to_Make_a_Nucl.html" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://www.jewishtimes-sj.com/news/2012-02-03/National_%7C_World_Briefs/Panetta_It_Would_take_Iran_One_Year_to_Make_a_Nucl.html#comments 2012-02-03 National / World Briefs Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:11:03 +0000 21414 at