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Jewish leader Nan Rich is Florida Senate minority leader

Jewish Journal December 8, 2010

Democratic state senators in Florida elected national Jewish leader Nan Rich as their minority leader. Rich was elected to lead the 12 Democrats in the state Senate, down two from the previous session following an election in which Florida Democrats also suffered losses in the state House and in the congressional delegation. Rich, 62, has served as the national president of the National Council of Jewish Women, and as a board member of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum.

Food Poverty Grows in Israel

Loolwa Khazzoom September 18, 2003

When, not so long ago, the director of an Israeli nonprofit organization noticed that an employee would appear at work every Sunday morning so fatigued that he could barely function, he issued him a stern warning to \”stop partying so hard on Saturday nights.\”

The gaunt-looking employee burst into tears, explaining that he had not eaten since Thursday afternoon, when he received his last hot meal of the week at work.

Find the Gems

Rabbi Ed Feinstein September 27, 2001

There once was a man who could provide only potatoes for his family\’s subsistence. As the monotony and the poverty wore on, he prayed, and his prayers were answered. There fell into his hands a mysterious map to a magical Island of Diamonds.

The Honeymoon is Over

Eric Silver February 24, 2000

Nine months after Ehud Barak took office as \”everybody\’s prime minister,\” the honeymoon is over — with his voters, coalition allies and Arab partners in the quest for peace. It is too early to write him off, but the Labor leader can no longer rely on loyalty or goodwill to see him through.

Rich in Spirit

Rabbi Michelle Missaghieh December 9, 1999

There\’s a Yiddish saying that goes: \”I\’ve been poor and I\’ve been rich. Believe me, rich is better!\” In the Midrash we read: \”Nothing in the universe is worse than poverty; it is the most terrible of sufferings.\” (Exodus Rabbah 31:14)

Spin Cycle

Jewish Journal March 26, 1998

A spate of new polls shows Jews divided, Arafat unpopular and pollsters getting rich

L.A.’s Ultimate Power Broker

Joel Kotkin December 11, 1997

For most of this century, Los Angeles has been a city of two elites — one predominately WASPish, the other predominately Jewish. Although they occasionally collaborated on projects such as the MusicCenter, the two worlds remained largely separate and indifferent to each other, living in a ruling-class version of institutional apartheid.

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