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August 24, 2016
‘Voices under the rubble’ after quake hits Italy; at least 73 dead
A powerful earthquake devastated a string of mountain towns in central Italy on Wednesday, trapping residents under rubble, killing at least 73 people and leaving thousands homeless.
Italy’s Jewish community pledges aid to areas hit by earthquake
Italy’s umbrella Jewish organization and the Rome Jewish community have set up a blood donation center to aid victims of the deadly earthquake that hit central Italy early Wednesday morning.
Jewish groups mobilize in Baton Rouge to aid flood victims
At midnight on Aug. 13, the floodwaters began to flow into Ellen Sager’s Baton Rouge home.
A summer at camp exposes Ugandan Jews to America’s food and kids
Growing up in Uganda, Sarah Nabaggala would often have to walk to a well to retrieve drinking water.
Obituaries: Week of August 26, 2016
Eunice Armond-Greenstein died July 28 at 97. Survived by daughter Leslie (Steven) Saeta; 2 grandchildren; 1 great-grandchild. Hillside
Letters to the editor: Black Lives Matter, Rabbi Sharon Brous and Ben Ndugga-Kabuye
Letters to the editor.
Torah portion: The importance of humility
Parashat Eikev (Deuteronomy 7:12-11:25)
At Maccabi, forging Jewish identity between the baselines
When I was 10, my family got frum, and I started playing baseball. Oddly, the overlap wasn’t a coincidence: Our new rabbi added me to his Little League team and taught me how to throw; I broke in my first mitt — and a new peer group — playing catch with his son.