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Elaine Geller Receives Grinspoon-Steinhardt Award

Elaine Geller has been selected as a winner of the 10th annual Grinspoon- Steinhardt Award for excellence in Jewish education. Mrs. More...

Beth Israel Hosts Kabbalah Scholar

The Jewish mystical tradition of Kabbalah will be explored at Congregation Beth Israel on Nov. 20 and 22, as the synagogue welcomes Kabbalah scholar Rabbi Arthur Green, Ph.D. for the Gusti Engelberg Visiting Scholar Program. More...

Norway drops war crimes case against Israel

WASHINGTON (JTA) —Norwegian prosecutors dropped a case alleging war crimes by 10 Israeli leaders during last winter’s Gaza military campaign. More...

For the Disabled, Birthright Trips are Extra Special

By Gil Shefler

NEW YORK (JTA) — Pamela Saeks thought her daughter Karly, who has Asperger’s syndrome, would never be able to go on Birthright Israel, the program that offers Diaspora Jews free trips to Israel. More...

Arab U.N. delegates circulate draft on Goldstone

JERUSALEM (JTA) — Arab delegates circulated a draft resolution requiring U.N. Chief Ban Ki-moon to bring the Goldstone report before the Security Council. More...

Columns

William Wayne Justice: The Judge Who Changed Texas

It’s not easy to make a lasting impact on a state as large as Texas. Judge William Justice, who was 89 when he died in Austin on October 13, did just that. More...

Dry Bones

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Mourning Sarah

Grief is the most powerful and most painful of human emotions. Yet, it is an emotion which few human beings can avoid in their lifetime. We all face loss, and we all grieve. More...

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Book Club to Study Rabbi Korn’s History of Civil War Jews

ONE BOOK, ONE JEWISH COMMUNITY

The Board of Jewish Education’s ONE BOOK, ONE JEWISH COMMUNITY, will welcome Bertram Korn, Jr. as it’s speaker on Monday, Nov. 30th at a book club meeting where the Jews of the Civil War era will be discussed. More...

Rob Huberman Picks Up 3 Publishing Awards

LOS ANGELES —Rob Huberman’s ComteQ Publishing has received three publishing awards including “Winner” for “History of Jewish Businesses – from USABookNews.com, the online magazine and review website for mainstream More...

Local Memorial for Victim of Mumbai Terror Attacks

-On the first anniversary of the terror attacks in Mumbai, Chabad presents a women’s Torah class, “A Rose Among Thorns: A Tribute to Rebbetzin Rivkah Holtzberg,” in memory of a valiant woman who was brutally murdered in the attacks More...

The Shofar: A Sound that Awakens the Soul

It was a special time at Seashore Gardens Living Center for residents, family members, friends and many employees who gathered in the Synagogue to attend this year’s Yom Kippur services led by Rabbi Mosha Math. More...

Clinton, Bush cancel lecture at Jewish university

LOS ANGELES (JTA) — Bill Clinton and George W. Bush canceled a joint public lecture sponsored by the American Jewish University. The former U.S. presidents were scheduled to appear together this winter in New York and Los Angeles. More...

Obituaries

SHELDON, LAWRENCE M.

Sheldon, Lawrence M., 63, of Atlantic City passed away on Nov. 7 at AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center, City Division, after a short illness. More...

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Community

Jewish Community Calendar

Nov. 15 — Sun. Beth Judah Men’s Club – Ronald M. More...

Katz JCC Jewish Author Series: Daniel Klein & Thomas Cathcart

The final evening of the JCC Jewish Author series on Thursday, Nov. 19, at 7:30 p.m. More...

Jewish Communi ty

Shall We Dance? 6th annual America Shall We Dance. Bring back the beauty of ballroom dancing on November 14, 2009 5:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. at the Atlantic City Country Club. 1 Leo Fraser Drive, Shore Road, Northfield. More...

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Synagogues

Synagogues

Friday, 26 CHESHVAN 5770 Light Candles 4:28 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...

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