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Rahm Emanuel: attack dog, policy wonk, committed Jew

By Ron Kampeas
WASHINGTON (JTA) - Political insight, killer in a fight, Yiddishkeit - it's an inseparable package when it comes to Rahm Emanuel, say those who know President-elect Barack Obama's pick to be the next White House chief of staff. More...

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Let's make voting easier
JOYCE S. ANDERSON Special to the Jewish Times

Why is the United States ranked 20th out of 21 established democracies around the globe in voter participation? Only Switzerland has lower voter turnout than in U.S. presidential elections. More...

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A View of the Absurd

Crooks Out, Crooks In (JFK to Obama)
JACK ENGELHARD Special to the Jewish Times

Count me in on this honeymoon. I'm thrilled that what we have before us is our first African- American president. The politicking is done. I've had my say, you've had yours, and you won. I am reconciled. Besides, he's cool, he's hip. More...

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Friday, 16 Cheshvan 5769 Light Candles 4:25 p.m. ORTHODOX Chabad Ventnor Shul Rabbis Avrohom & Yossi Rapoport 6412 Ventnor Ave., Ventnor More...

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New Holocaust memorial gets site on AC Boardwalk

The City of Atlantic City is donating a pavilion on its Boardwalk that will house the future site of what is being described as a world-class memorial honoring the victims of the Holocaust. More...

It's NOT Business as Usual — Tzedakah in a Troubled Economy

Submitted by the Jewish Federation of Atlantic and Cape May Counties

For many Jewish federation donors, as for philanthropists generally, global financial upheaval is hitting home. Just as those with the ability to give are impacted, Jewish needs at home and around the world are only intensifying. More...

Obituaries

MOLLY TOLIN

Molly Tolin (nee Schwartz), died Nov.9, 2008. She was born in New York City, the daughter of Samuel and Celia Schwartz. Molly was the sister of Paul Schwartz and the late May Levine and Jack Schwartz. More...

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KULP SUKKAH VISITED BY FEDERATION FRIENDS & FAMILY. A sunny day welcomes local working colleagues for a lunch in the Kulp Sukkah in Margate. More...

Alzheimer's Caregiviers Support Group

A free Alzheimer's Caregivers support group meeting. will take please on Mon., November 17, 2008 at 2:00 p.m. More...

Panel Discussion on Israeli Film

A discussion on Israeli Film featuring Prof. Miri Talmon- Bohm who is the Israeli Cinema and Culture Scholar at the University of Wisconsin, Prof. Olga Gershenson a Dept. of Judaic & Near Eastern Studies at the Univ. More...

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