As the first woman elected president of the Sephardic Temple, Roxana Eli may have been congratulated a little differently than a man would have been.

or Jeffrey Weiss, the answer to that question is easy: when he was a little boy growing up in New York’s Greenwich Village in the 1960s, a friend’s death had a profound impact on his future.    Ever since, he’s dedicated his life to improving the world — one person at a time.

As a popular and well-traveled performer in the world of Jewish music, Sam Glaser’s career was sailing – until two unanticipated disruptions threatened the journey.

Ben Elterman has always been a multitasker.

Not only did this hero of the Holocaust survive 12 concentration camps, he also gained revenge on his captors by probably outliving all of them. 

“We feel fortunate to only have lost about 9% of our [900] members” since the pandemic struck, Senior Rabbi Adam Kligfeld said. He attributes the relatively light hit “partially to luck, partially to decisions we have made and also because of the coherence and resiliency of our community.”

The elder Kaddises were committed to teaching their offspring about loyalty to God and, crucially, His favored people, the Jews.