Levi Moscowitz, a 24-year-old man from Chicago now living in Los Angeles, pleaded no contest in late October to charges of arranging to meet a child this past February with the intention of committing sexual acts.
Jewish notions of religious freedom so informed the American ethos that it “is fair to say that Jewish heritage is American heritage,” Vice President Joe Biden said at a menorah-lighting in front of the White House.
It is told of the Rhiziner Rebbe, that once when he came home from his shtiebel, he found outside his home a little boy crying. \”Why are you crying, my son?\”
Israel’s Arrow 3 interceptor missile defense system failed its first live interception test.
Immigration to Israel from North America rose 7 percent in 2014 over the previous year to 3,762 olim from the United States and Canada, according to Nefesh B’Nefesh.
Alan Gross was imprisoned while trying to connect Cuba’s isolated Jewish community to the wider world. The deal that got him released five years later may do just that and much more.
Rabbi Harold Schulweis, regarded as the most influential synagogue leader of his generation, died on Dec. 4 at his home after a long struggle with heart disease. He was 89.
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