OU Advocacy mission brings community leaders to Washington
More than 125 lay and rabbinic leaders representing Orthodox Jewish communities from across the country convened on Capitol Hill and at the White House June 15 for the Orthodox Union Advocacy Center’s annual leadership...
Jewish education today: Timeless truths in a ‘new’ world
Three thousand years ago, King Solomon expressed timeless wisdom about the illusory nature of change and human progress. Then, as now, the Jewish people strived to maintain our unique sense of national mission and...
Jewish Federation of Delaware wins publishing award
The Jewish Federation of Delaware has won an Award of Excellence in the 2017 APEX Awards, a competition that honors brochures, websites and annual reports.
APEX presented the award to the Jewish Federation for its...
Estrella Toledano School joins World ORT
Speaking after the Spanish capital’s only Jewish day school formally joined the ORT family, the Chair of the organisation’s Board of Trustees, Dario Werthein, said the development “gives power to revive Jewish life in...
World ORT bids a fond farewell to Shmuel Sisso
The former mayor of Kiryat Yam is returning to Israel where he has been appointed by the Ministry of the Interior as mayor of Tel Mond, near Netanya. Mr Sisso’s task is to restore...
Rabbis to officiate in intermarriages at prestigious NYC synagogue
B’nai Jeshurun is an important, widely regarded synagogue in New York City. It will soon start officiating the weddings of couples who are of different faiths, one Jewish and the other not. The conditions...
Ronald Meltzer Z”L
It is with deep sadness that we share the news of the passing of Ronald Meltzer, beloved father of Rabbi Scott Meltzer
The funeral will be today, Tuesday, June 20, at 2:00pm at Home of...
Chassidic matriarch Miriam Friedman, 101, helped holocaust survivors flee to west
Miriam Friedman, whose life spanned the oppression of Soviet Russia, the chaos of post-World War II Europe and the heady growth of Chabad in the United States and around the world, passed away on...
Reb Dovid Yitzchok Wallk, Z”l
Reb Dovid Yitzchok Wallk of Boro Park was niftar Sunday evening, 17 Sivan, at the age of 61, after a difficult illness. Reb Dovid, a highly respected member of the Gerrer kehillah and alumnus...
Jack Fischel is jewish family services volunteer of the year
Author and historian Jack Fischel is best known as the founder of the Holocaust conference at Millersville University.
That, by itself, is quite a legacy. But it is only part of who he is.
Fischel, 79,...