Obituaries: Week of February 27, 2015
Jewish Journal
February 25, 2015
Gerald Berke died Jan. 24 at 83. Survived by wife Judith; 5 grandchildren; sister Nancy Zepp. Mount Sinai
Category
February 25, 2015
Letters to the editor: Hollywood, Selma and European Jews
Jewish Journal
February 25, 2015
Couldn’t agree more (“Why Jews Must Stay in Europe,” Feb. 20). While Israel is and always will be a home to Jews from all around the world, clearing out of Europe is not the answer.
Calendar: February 28 – March 6
Laura Donney
February 25, 2015
There’s no better way to celebrate the end of the shortest month than with some heartwarming klez-tastic tunes.
Torah portion: Blessings in disguise
Rabbi Lisa Edwards
February 25, 2015
Parashat Tetzaveh (Exodus 27:20-30:10)
Still keen on President Obama?
Dennis Prager
February 25, 2015
On Feb. 23, in a dialogue/debate in Miami Beach with Alan Dershowitz, I asked the liberal Harvard Law School professor if he still thinks it was a good thing that Barack Obama was re-elected president in 2012.
Why not support President Obama?
Bill Boyarsky
February 25, 2015
Why should I, a liberal in the bluest of cities in California, the bluest of states — where President Barack Obama now has a 57 percent approval rating — be subject to the whims of the pro-Republican prime minister of Israel?
NYC officials, rabbis reach tentative deal on circumcision rite
Jewish Journal
February 25, 2015
A mohel who performs the controversial circumcision rite metzitzah b’peh would no longer have to obtain a signed consent in New York under a tentative agreement.
Arab envoys decline Dermer’s push to attend Netanyahu’s Congress speech
Jewish Journal
February 25, 2015
Israel’s ambassador to the United States could not convince his counterparts from at least two Arab countries to attend Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to Congress.
Operation Passover: Israeli Rabbi smuggles matzah to Syria’s Jews
Simone Wilson
February 25, 2015
By the morning of Feb. 19, Rabbi Abraham Haim had collected more than 300 pounds of Jerusalem-made matzah for delivery to Syria.
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