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August 13, 2009
Leadership Project Pulls Plug
The Professional Leadership Project (PLP), an initiative established in 2004 to recruit and mentor future Jewish leaders nationwide among Generation Y, announced today it is shutting its doors.
Tzedakah and Chesed: Preparing for the Month of Elul by, Rosh Kehilah Dina Najman, Marta d’Atra of
Israel Investigates Possible Abduction of Soldier [UPDATE]
The “Al-Quds Army”, a previously unknown group, claims responsibility for potential abduction\n\nIsrael was in a state of panic Thursday afternoon after reports that an Israeli soldier may have been abducted near the country\’s international airport in the center of the country. This story has been updated.
Remembering Woodstock: Max Said Yes!
When the American Jewish dairy farmer Max Yasgur died in 1973, he became one of few non-musicians to receive a full-page obituary in Rolling Stone magazine. That’s because Yasgur said “yes” to organizers of the Woodstock Music and Art Fair 40 years ago this week, allowing half a million young people to camp out on his land in Bethel, NY, after neighboring towns refused to grant access to the flower children.\n