The new \”Encyclopaedia Judaica\” is to be published Dec. 8 by Macmillan Reference USA and Israel\’s Keter Publishing. The 22 volumes contain more than 21,000 entries on Jewish life.
The inaugural State of Humanity Forum, held Oct. 17 at Valley Beth Shalom.
It is estimated that this year, American Jews will send approximately $660 million to Saudi Arabia.
You didn\’t fold a piece of cardboard or stuff an envelope, but the commitment was as good as a pledge. Maybe even better.
The nonprofit The Fulfillment Fund\’s STARS 2006 gala honoring Fox Filmed Entertainment chairman and CEO Tom Rothman, raised $2.3 million to help underserved students graduate high school and attend college.
Reaction to \”Dumb Jews\” cover story and other letters to the Editor
\”Jewtopia: The Chosen Book for the Chosen People\”
Jewish Journal for kids. Animal Crackers and Halloween.
Initial reservations about staging a play about Auschwitz\’s Sonderkommando, Jews who cleaned the gas chambers and crematoria in exchange for a few extra months of life.
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