Penny Schwartz, JTA
Life Sciences generate booming Israeli industry
May 18, 2007
Israel\’s life-sciences field is growing so rapidly that even industry trackers are having a tough time keeping up with the number of startups.
Intense Me’ah Gets High Marks
January 5, 2006
Me\’ah, which began in 1994 with 50 students in greater Boston, is also now being offered in Baltimore, Cleveland, Rhode Island, Florida, New Jersey and New York.
Dybbuks and Heroes Liven Holiday Books
December 22, 2005
Kibitzers, dreamers, medieval travelers and dybbuks are among the wide array of heroes, heroines and mystical villains in this season\’s crop of Jewish children\’s books, as publishers expand their offerings beyond holiday books and biblical retellings.
How the West Was Frum
February 24, 2005
Can you imagine an Orthodox bar mitzvah celebrated in the Arizona desert soon after the Civil War — with a guest list that includes Apache warriors, gun-slinging outlaws and a minyan imported from Tombstone?
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