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January 29, 2010 / National / World Briefs

Seashore Gardens Living Center Proactive in Health Care Reform with Wellness Initiative for Employees

The current debate about the Health care crisis in the United States and the possibility of a new government initiated health care plan has divided the country in terms of support for this type of government run plan. More...

Tom Brokaw to Speak at Stainton Society Brunch

The man who brought the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Dalai Lama and every president since Lyndon Johnson into our living rooms is coming to southern New Jersey to help the Shore Memorial Hospital Health Foundation say thank you to its many supporter More...

Dan Bar-On Lecture Series

The Richard Stockton College of N.J. More...

Do a Mitzvah and Earn a Guaranteed Income for Life

By David Ira Schultz Foundation Director Director of Financial Resource Development

That’s right; you can do a mitzvah and have a guaranteed income for life. This can be achieved by buying a Charitable Gift Annuity (CGA) from the Foundation of the Jewish Federation of Atlantic and Cape May Counties. More...

Congregation Beth Israel Holds Ecofriendly Youth Service

On Friday, January 8, the BITY youth group of Congregation Beth Israel led a special Shabbat service for grades 4-12. All attendees were asked to bring a couple of canned goods, which were donated to the JFS Food Bank. More...

Phylactery Phobia: The Tefillin Incident

By Bryan Schwartzman

PHILADELPHIA (Jewish Exponent) — If there’s any upshot to the misunderstanding that grounded a small aircraft last week in Philadelphia – and scared the wits out of two Jewish teenagers – it’s that the general public mi More...