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Ex-Ala. Gov. Siegelman gloves up for charity
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman donned boxing gloves Saturday night for a charity exhibition match. The Birmingham News reports (http://bit.ly/JKFLRT ) Siegelman participated in the three-round bout as part of a fundraiser for the Levite Jewish Community Center, American Heart Association and American Stroke Association. An avid practitioner of karate and more ...
Stories From Main Street: Alpine Teen Starts Charity Bike Ride To Help Others
What would you do if you were 13-years-old and you had $30,000? David Feuerstein gave it all away, but when it was gone he still wanted to do more.
Traditional Jewish burial rituals demonstrated at Metairie synagogue
Such service to the dead is considered the highest form of charity, because the gift cannot be repaid
Staten Island Jewish community celebrates Lag B' Omer
The Staten Island Jewish community celebrated Lag B' Omer May 10 with games, crafts, marshmallow roasting and other fun
Author and actress Miriam Toews appears at Na’amat fundraiser
Jewish charity supports programs for women and children in Israel and at home.
Steven Schwager: The (pre-) exit interview
Steven Schwager, the CEO of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, is stepping down from the helm of the JDC on June 30.
When Jewish women embraced mah-jongg
An exhibition at Skirball Cultural Center tells how the Chinese game was adopted and integrated into another social fabric. "What's the difference between Jewish and Chinese mah jong?" the protagonist of Amy Tan's "The Joy Luck Club" asks her mother about the quintessential Chinese game. Her mother replies, "Entirely different kind of playing.... Jewish mah jong, they watch only for their own ...
Jewish Family Services celebrates 100th anniversary
By Cindy Mindell ~ WEST HARTFORD – In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, as Eastern European emigration increased the Jewish population in Hartford from 1,500 to nearly 20,000,... Read more »
New Jewish Russian Learning Center on Staten Island
Staten Island Advance/Jan SommaRabbi Zeev Kushnirsky and his wife, Esther, founded the Jewish Russian Learning Center of South Beach to celebrate and share their heritage.STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- A young rabbi and his wife are starting the Jewish Russian Learning...
Guest column: Jewish Federation fulfilling integral role in community
The Jewish Federation of Collier County applauds the Naples Daily News for initiating the Lighthouse Project.
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