Rabbi Marvin Hier, dean of the Wiesenthal Center, has known Nussbaum for seven years. He said the banker\’s efforts to coax Wells Fargo to pay the reparations reflect Nussbaum\’s deep commitment to Jewish values.
Sharon Evans founded Adopt-a-Family, a project of the Coalition Against Terror, a nonprofit organization that matches Jewish organizations worldwide.
Look, I know you\’re busy. What with the spouse, the children, the job, the synagogue, the gym, the board meetings, the dinners —
it\’s hard to find a moment in your day, your week, your month, your life.
I spent most of this past week at the United Jewish Communities (UJC) General Assembly (GA), the annual gathering which, this year, brought nearly 4,000 Jewish communal representatives (and journalists) from North America, Israel and elsewhere overseas.
Birthright Israel hopes to send 1,000 participants this winter despite violence in the Middle East.
Jewish organizations are increasingly relying on the Internet as a way to augment or even launch fundraising and publicity efforts.
A physician might be queen of the operating room, or a lawyer king of the courtroom, but put them up on a bimah, and without some serious background, they\’ll feel fumbling, foreign and clueless.
If the multitude of Jewish events are any indication, the holidays hit hard this season.
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