Although there are no formal studies conducted as yet, it is clear that the number of Jewish families with special-needs children is growing, just as the number of cases grow nationwide.
The battle for the lucrative kosher consumer market took a strange twist last month. Shortly after the end of Passover, Jewish shoppers were shocked to find Trader Joe\’s markets had eliminated their selection of Empire kosher chicken, substituting instead the company\’s own organic, nonkosher chicken.
When Rabbi Rachel Bovitz sat down a few months ago to read the novel, \”The Da Vinci Code,\” she was curious about the buzz surrounding the controversial best-seller. But what she wasn\’t prepared for was how profoundly disturbing she would find the book.
My wedding story begins with a dress. Not just any dress, but the kind that makes people\’s heads turn when the wearer walks into a room.
Alex Fullman has always loved to swim. He started when he was 2 years old and began swimming competitively at 6. So when representatives of American Red Magen David for Israel (ARMDI) visited his sixth-grade class at Heschel Day School to encourage students to consider making a donation as part of their bar or bat mitzvah year, Alex decided to combine his love of swimming with the needs of ARMDI. The organization provides emergency medical services throughout Israel.
Festival Chair Itzik Glazer said he was pleased by the number of people willing to come out to the festival, despite it falling on Mother\’s Day.
\”People have told me it\’s the best festival yet,\” said his wife, Mikki Glazer.
In the hotly contested battle, each has accused the other of, among other things, lying, playing dirty and being beholden to special interests. Smith says Korenstein is tied to the unions, while Korenstein says Smith is hand-in-hand with developers.
UCLA Hillel special events coordinator Guy Kochlani was born in Tel Aviv, but he was never actively involved in supporting Israel — until the day three years ago when a group of Palestinian students interrupted the Yom HaAtzmaut celebration on campus.
Rabbi Gary Johnson is overjoyed. There\’s no other way to describe it.
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