October 16, 2009 RSS feed / Front Page

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Groundbreaking Ceremony Held for Seashore Elder Housing

Seashore Gardens Foundation hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for the new Seashore Elder Housing, LLC, which will provide seniors with a home that is not only affordable, but built according to the specialized needs of the intended public. More...

The Relevance of Remembrance

Stuart Rabner, Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court and the son of Holocaust survivors, interviewed local Holocaust survivors at a unique program at Stockton College titled "The Relevance of Remembrance. More...

National / World Briefs

Beating Swords into Green Plowshares in Israel

By Dina Kraft

TELAVIV (JTA) — It's a new way of beating swords into plowshares. Israel, which long has been a global leader in military technology, is adapting its technologies to develop green advances. More...

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Obituaries

HERMAN, ETHEL "LEAH"

Ethel "Leah" Herman, 87, of Margate, passed away Sunday, Oct. 11, 2009, in Linwood. She was born in Philadelphia and was an area resident for many years. More...

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Community

Sukkah Hopping

The Mama Doni Band entertains children and seniors (Babies to Bubbies) at the First Annual JCC Sukkah-palooza event. More...

Jewish War Veterans draws large crowd at October get together

(L-R): Adele and Joseph Schley and Charlotte and Jules Joseph. More...

Jewish Community Calendar

Oct. 20 — Tues. ORT Bus Trip to Sculpture Gardens - Leaves Ventnor Plaza at 8:30 a.m. Leaves Sculpture Gardens at 12:30 p.m. Stops at Amici Milan in Trenton for lunch. Choice of Chicken Piccatta, Eggplant Parmigiana or Broiled Flounder. More...

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Jewish War Vets Host American Friends of Magen David Adom

Sharon Schmidt, Greater Philadelphia Area Director of American Friends of Magen David Adom, was the featured speaker at a special dinner held by the Jewish War Veterans, Garr-Greenstein Post 39, at Beth El Synagogue earlier this month. More...

Jewish Author Series Continues at Katz JCC

The Katz JCC Jewish Author series continues with Mark Ozer, author of "The Litvak Legacy" on Thursday, Oct. 29, at 7:30 p.m. Ozer studied modern European history at Harvard and went on to pursue a career in Neuroscience. More...

Columns

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Climate of Anger and Hatred

Conspiracy theories have always been a favorite of extremists in America. The Birthers are people who question Obama's birth in Hawaii and claim that he is not a United States citizen.

Have we reached a tipping point in the crescendo of accusations and outrageous labels flung at President Barack Obama? More...

Dishonest Intelligence

It seems clear in retrospect, as it seemed clear to me at the time, that those who released this deeply flawed report had a political agenda.
By Alan M. Dershowitz Special to the Jewish Times

In December of 2007, I wrote an article about the National Intelligence Estimate that had just concluded that Iran had abandoned its nuclear weapons program back in 2003. More...

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Synagogues

Synagogues

Friday, 28 TISHREI 5770

Light Candles 6:01 p.m. ORTHODOX Chabad Ventnor Shul Rabbis Avrohom & Yossi Rapoport 6412 Ventnor Ave., Ventnor • 822-8500 Fri. at Candlelighting. • Sat. 9:30 a.m. Davening followed by Kiddish Chelsea Hebrew Cong. More...

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