| Global News Biden urges Israel to take risks for peace JERUSALEM (AP) — The U.S. will back those willing to "take risks for peace," U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said Tuesday during the highest-level visit to Israel by an Obama administration official. more
Chaplains from three New Jersey Jewish federations are teaming up to provide spiritual assistance to survivors of Haiti’s devastating earthquake. more Local
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| "Max"imum Potential — A UJC Blog | |
| Jeffrey Korbman, Assistant Executive Vice President is a guest blogger for "Max"imum Potential this week. | |
| We Are Citizens of the World
As a youngster, the successive holidays of Purim and Passover brought with it two successive traditions that always fascinated me. On Purim, when reading the Scroll of Esther, we recite the names of the ten children of Haman. Then there is Passover. During the Seder, there is a well known tradition while reciting the 10 plagues. Between these two holidays, I believe there is a message. more |
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| UJC opens mailbox for Chile Earthquake Relief Effort
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| On the Ground in Israel | |
| A personal view of our efforts in Israel from Amir Shacham, UJC MetroWest Director of Israel Operations. | |
| Memory and Joy They don’t know it, but the first authentic New Jersey living room that I saw on TV belonged to Stephen and Rosalyn Flatow of West Orange. Together with millions of people in Israel and around the world, the Flatow family was mourning the murder of their beloved daughter Alisa, who was killed by Palestinian terrorists just a few days earlier in Israel. more |
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| From Leslie's Laptop | |
| A blog by Leslie Dannin Rosenthal, President, Women's Philanthropy |
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| Cuba’s Jewish Community — A Miraculous Rebirth
This week, I’m going to describe how there came to be a Jewish community in Cuba in the first place and its miraculous rebirth in the last twenty years. Although there have been Jews in Cuba since the days of Columbus, the first recorded organization of the Jewish community is in 1906, when a group of eleven American Jews living in Cuba founded the United Hebrew Congregation in Havana. more |
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