People historically have associated the Jewish National Fund with planting trees in Israel. Now the century-old charity is also working to make sure that Israelis will have decent places to put good wood on the ball.
Several big-name guests are slated to speak at the annual conference of North America’s largest Jewish charitable network, but the event itself promises to be heavy on the nuts-and-bolts fund-raising, budgeting and planning issues facing local federations.
The neighbor of a man who has confessed to several murders and attacks on Arabs and Jews has been arrested.
Claude Levi-Strauss, considered by many to be the father of modern anthropology, died in Paris at the age of 100.
The U.S. House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly to condemn the Goldstone report.
More news and opinions than at a Shabbat dinner, right in your inbox.