October 30, 2009 RSS feed / Front Page

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FIRE FIGHTERS FOR A DAY.

Beth Israel’s Nursery School had a visit from the Northfield Fire Department, giving children in both the school’s 3- and 4-year-old programs the opportunity to learn about fire trucks. More...

Katz JCC Welcomes New Youth and Teen Director

The Katz JCC has announced the addition of Robyn King to its staff as the new Youth and Teen Director. More...

National / World Briefs

For Now, Hebrew Charter School is ‘Sababa’

By Julie Wiener Associate Editor, The Jewish Week Of New York

Yaron Gal-Zur might as well be a rock star, as far as his adoring first-graders are concerned. More...

Jewish charities prominent on list of top philanthropies

NEW YORK (JTA) —More than 20 Jewish charities were featured on the Chronicle of Philanthropy’s Philanthropy 400, despite some serious drops in fund raising. More...

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Obituaries

ZEVIN, JANICE, 82

Zevin, Janice, 82, of Northfield, died Sunday, Oct. 25, at the Mainland Campus of AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center. Born in Atlantic City, she was a lifelong area resident, and lived in Margate for 47 years. More...

EDWARD H. ROVNER

Edeard H. Rovner died Oct. 22, 2009. A former labor leader, he was the husband of Bess (nee Grossman). Father of Robert A. Rovner (Sherrie Savett), Howard P. Rovner (Sharon), and Bonnie Landis. Brother of Helen Kurtz and the late Martin Rovner. More...

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Synagogues

Synagogues

Friday, 12 CHESHVAN 5770 Light Candles 5:42 p.m. ORTHODOX More...

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BJE Plans to Honor Retired Judaica Teachers

The Board of Jewish Education has announced that it will honor the community’s retired teachers of Judaica, who have offered so much to the youth they inspired, on Saturday evening, Jan. 30, 2010. More...

Google’s Brin Gives $1 million to HIAS

Google co-founder Sergey Brin has given a $1 million gift to the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS), the organization that helped his family escape anti- Semitism and establish itself in the U.S. More...

Columns

Information Gathering via the Internet

ByLisa Rosenberg Moore, Esquire

Fear of the unknown, particularly at the onset of divorce proceedings, is common. More...

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The Early Learning Challenge Fund

To qualify for grants, states will have to show that they have already established or improved a “governance structure” for their networks of child care centers and prekindergarten programs.
JOYCE S. ANDERSON Special to the Jewish Times

Within the $87 billion higher education bill passed by the House of Representatives in September was a new federal initiative aimed at the youngest learners in the country, children from birth through age five. More...

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Community

Once a staple but long out of fashion, schmaltz makes a comeback

By Daniella Cheslow

NEW YORK (Tablet) — On a rainy fall night in Teaneck, N.J., Rabbi Rachel Kahn- Troster and her husband bumped around their tiny kitchen tending a heavy skillet full of frying potatoes and onions. More...

When Havdalah haunts Halloween

By Edmon J. Rodman

LOS ANGELES (JTA) — There will be no eerie glow coming from your Havdalah candle on Saturday evening, Oct. 31. No boiling or toiling in your Kiddush cup or smell of sulfur in your spice box. More...

Golda Meir Hadassah Luncheon

Adele Greenblatt, Chairperson of the Major Gifts Outreach for North/Southern New Jersey region with Golda Meir President Arlene Harvis. More...

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