January 9, 2009 RSS feed / Front Page

Tickets Still Available for 'Defiance' Premiere

Tickets are still available for the exclusive movie premiere of "Defiance," which will be held at the Tilton 9 Movie Theatre, Tilton Road, Northfield, on Thursday, Jan. 15, at 7 p.m. More...

National / World Briefs

UJC TO RAISE $10 MILLION FOR RELIEF EFFORT

NEW YORK (JTA) — The North American Jewish federation system will raise $10 million for southern Israel. More...

ATTACK ON PARIS SYNAGOGUE GAZARELATED

PARIS (JTA) — A car containing Molotov cocktails rammed into the door of a French synagogue and burst into flames. A rabbi and about 10 of his adult students in the Toulouse synagogue during the attack earlier this week fled unharmed. More...

FRENCH NETWORK APOLOGIZES FOR GAZA REPORT

PARIS (JTA) — A French television network has apologized for erroneously broadcasting a false report on Israel's Gaza operation. More...

Community

Beth Israel Celebrates Dr. Martin Luther King

The Congregation Beth Israel choir will play host to the New Hope Baptist Church choir as they join together in song to celebrate the life of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King. The event will take place during Shabbat services at 5:30 p.m. More...

Kidapalooza - Family Fun Day at the JCC

The JCC will centerpiece family fun with its first annual Kidpalooza, on Sunday afternoon, Jan. 11, from 1:30 to 4 p.m. The event will include a children's comedian, interactive magician, face painting, art projects and a live animal show. More...

JCC postpones 'Standup for Peace' show

The Milton & Betty Katz JCC of Margate will reschedule the "Standup For Peace Comedy Show" that was scheduled for Jan. 11, due to the sensitive nature of current events in Israel. More...

Statement on the Situation in Israel/Gaza

The Jewish Federation of Atlantic and Cape May Counties stands behind Israel in its relentless quest for peace - even with those neighbors who seek her destruction. More...

Beth Judah's Hazzan Appointed to Cantors Assembly Leadership

Congregation Beth Judah, Ventnor, has extended mazel tov to its Hazzan Alan Smolen on his recent appointment to the Executive Council of the Cantors Assembly, the world's largest organization of cantors. More...

Columns

Dimensions

China Diary: 2008. Part I

It's been a big year for the country with the world's largest population of 1.3 billion people. The Summer Olympic games in August in Beijing were the high point. More...

Political Cartoon

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A View of the Absurd

Spare the Pieties on Gaza

Frankly, given a choice, I prefer the skinheads and other brutes who express their anti-Semitism openly. In such places, we know the enemy. More...

Synagogues

Synagogues

Friday, 13 Tevet 5769 Light Candles 4:34 p.m. ORTHODOX Chabad Ventnor Shul Rabbis Avrohom & Yossi Rapoport 6412 Ventnor Ave., Ventnor • 822-8500 Fri. at Candlelighting. • Sat. 9:30 a.m. More...