May 14, 2010 RSS feed / Front Page

Kulp Scholar in Residence

.On Friday evening, May 14, Beth Judah’s annual Charlotte Kulp Scholar in Residence Weekend, begins its extended weekend of learning with Rabbi Steven C. More...

National / World Briefs

Kagan Seen as Brilliant and Affable — and a Mystery

WASHINGTON (JTA)— Rabbi David Saperstein runs through a shopping list of superlatives on Elena Kagan –”self-evidently brilliant” and “steady, strategic and tactical”– before acknowledging that he doesn&rsquo More...

Obituaries

GOLDBERG, MAXWELL (SONNY), 83

Goldberg, Maxwell (Sonny), 83, of Margate, and Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., passed away Monday morning, Maty 10, at Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia. More...

Community

How to establish a permanent Jewish Legacy

The beautiful thing about endowments is that once they are established, they continue in perpetuity. Generations will come and go, but endowments never die. Consider the following hypothetical example. More...

Rodef Sholom’s Annual Memorial Concert

Bruce Bogdanoff, will bring his cabaret-style musical entertainment to Rodef Sholom on Sunday, Aug. 15, at 8 p.m., for its Ninth Annual Stanley Goldstein Memorial Concert. Tickets are $20 in advance; $25 at the door. Refreshments will be served. More...

Suzie & Dean’s Performing Arts Camp at Beth Judah

“A Child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit.”– Francois Rabelais. “It is from creativity and imagination that the solutions to our political problems will come.” – Richard Dreyfuss. More...

Nationally Acclaimed Sheba Ensemble to Perform at Beth Israel of Vineland

There will be a fun-filled evening of Jewish music with a unique twist when the nationally-acclaimed Sheba Ensemble presents a fun-filled concert at Beth Israel Congregation, 1015 E. Park Ave., Vineland, on Sunday, June 13, at 7 p.m. More...

Regional Rabbis to be Honored by Day School

The new date for the Trocki Jewish Community Day School annual fundraiser honoring local rabbis of every denomination is Sunday, June 13, at 5 p.m. More...

‘O Israel! Today You Have Become a People!’ (Deut. 27:9)

On Shavuot we celebrate an event that has left an impact on the history of the Jewish people and an indelible imprint on world civilization – Matan toratenu – the “Giving of Our Torah” on Mt. Sinai. More...

Health and Nutrition

JFS Holds “Pieces of Hope,” A Wellness & Recovery Conference

Jewish Family Service will hold its annual “Pieces of Hope” Wellness and Recovery Conference on Thursday, June 10, 2010 at The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey. More...

Columns

Israel’s 62nd Anniversary

What is the prevailing atmosphere and mood among Israelis this year? Reports from both the left and right on the political spectrum present a dark picture – one of unease and apprehension about the future. More...

Cartoon

Full Story

You Too Can Be a Levite

Parshas Bamidbar (May 15, 2010) The world is indeed a stage, and we all play many roles in our lives. Some of these roles are assigned to us, leaving us with little choice but to fill them. Other roles, however, are freely chosen. More...

Synagogues

Synagogoues

Friday, 1 SIVAN 5770 Light Candles 7:45 p.m. ORTHODOX Chabad Ventnor Shul Rabbis Avrohom & Yossi Rapoport 6412 Ventnor Ave., Ventnor • 822-8500 Fri. at Candle Lighting. • Sat. 9:30 a.m. More...