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Israel’s Election Handbook: A Timesaver Guide to Israel’s Coming Elections
Shmuel Rosner
December 25, 2018
National Yiddish Book Center alters focus, cuts staff
Jewish Journal
January 3, 2011
The National Yiddish Book Center, amid a change in focus, has laid off four employees and closed its bookstore. As part of its strategic change from saving and restoring ancient Yiddish texts to educating people about them, the center in Amherst, Mass., made the layoffs in December, the Amherst Bulletin reported. The cut positions include the director\’s personal assistant, a major gifts officer, the bookstore manager and a designer of the center\’s magazine, according to the newspaper. The center\’s vice president and program director also resigned, leaving the center with 16 employees.\n
Can the Center Hold?
Jewish Journal
June 9, 2010
Fear pervades the Jewish community today. The fallout from the Gaza flotilla episode continues to reverberate in unpredictable and unsettling ways. Israel finds itself in a very difficult bind. It faces growing political isolation and, at the same time, has to deal with Hamas and Hezbollolah — both tough and unpleasant neighbors perched on its borders. Meanwhile, the greater strategic threat, Iran, is led by a clever dictator who spews bile at every turn and constantly outmaneuvers the West in his dangerous quest for nuclear weapons.
Campers Hit the Great Outdoors
Lea Silverman
May 27, 2004
Nestled deep within a Malibu canyon off the Pacific Coast Highway, the Shalom Institute, a Jewish summer camp and nature center, has planted an extensive organic garden on its grounds this year and plans to incorporate the age-old tradition of farming into its summer programs.
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