November 27, 2009 RSS feed / Front Page

Community Chanukah Celebration

The Milton & Betty Katz JCC will host the fifth annual Community Chanukah Celebration – including a Chanukah candle lighting – Sunday, Dec. More...

National / World Briefs

Jewish support for Israeli-Arab cause goes mainstream, irking some

NEW YORK (JTA) —When the Reform movement passed a resolution endorsing advocacy for Israeli Arabs, it wasn’t the first time an American Jewish group had backed the cause of Israeli- Arab equality. More...

Columns

Scorecard on Change Since January 20, 2009

President Barack Obama swept into office with his mantra of “Change you can believe in.” Since the day of his inauguration, change has been happening with the signing of a succession of laws that affect the lives of women, men and childr More...

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Two Meanings of Maturity

Parshat Vayetze (November 28, 2009) How do you define “maturity”? The dictionary definition asserts that it is a state of being full-grown, ripe, or fully developed. More...

Synagogues

Synagogues

Friday, 10 KISLEV 5770 Light Candles 4:19 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...

What the Use of Yiddish Phrases Tells Us About American Jewry

ARTS & CULTURE

NEW YORK (Tablet) —The results are in: the words “shpiel” and “klutz” have been thoroughly absorbed into the American vernacular, while “mensch” and “kvetch” remain primarily in the linguistic do More...

Seashore Gardens Hosts Speaker on Early Stage Coordination of Alzheimer’s

Kerry Brown, Early Stage Coordinator for the Alzheimer’s Association Delaware Valley Chapter, will speak on the topic of Early Stage Alzheimer’s at Seashore Gardens Living Center in Galloway Township on Dec. 3. More...

Health and Nutrition

My Dose Alert Helps Patients Take the Right Medication at the Right Time

Jersey Shore Pharmacy in Egg Harbor Township is now offering My Dose Alert, an innovative communication tool that helps patients keep track of medications. More...

A Five Minute Screening May Save Your Life

More than one million people are living with undiagnosed Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms (AAA). More...

Shore Memorial Hospital Presents Infant Hearing Screening Program to Hospitals Throughout the Region

SOMERS POINT – Babies born at Shore Memorial Hospital don’t leave the maternity wing without getting their first set of footprints, their first bath… and their first hearing test. More...

Obituaries

HOFFMAN, ELIZABETH “BETTY”

Hoffman Elizabeth,, “Betty,” 105, of Ventnor died peacefully at her home surrounded by her family on Monday, Nov.16. Betty was born to Frank and Frederika Lichty in Lancaster, Pa., in 1904, and later taught dance with Adele Astaire. More...

Community

Jewish Community Calendar

Nov. 30 — Mon. BJE Book Club and friends – with guest speaker Bertram Korn, Jr. More...

Temple Beth Shalom to Host Chanukah Party

Temple Beth Shalom invites the Community to celebrate Chanukah with them on Saturday, Dec 12 at 6:30 p.m., at their annual Chanukah Party. A fun-filled evening is planned. More...

Jewish Community

Unity Lecture in Memory of the Holtzbergs Chabad will mark the Yahrtzeit of Rabbi Gavriel Noach and Rivkah Holtzberg HY” D, at a global Unity Lecture at Chabad House, in Margate, on Nov. 29, at 2:45 p.m. More...