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[by Penny Schwartz] BOSTON (JTA) – Shofars, apples and honey, make room for pomegranates, couscous and pumpkins. The new crop of children’s books for the High Holidays opens a world beyond the beloved traditional symbols of the New Year (Rosh … Read More
[by Uriel Heilman] NEW YORK (JTA) – In 5773, the religious wars just would not go away. In Israel, elections that extended Benjamin Netanyahu’s tenure as prime minister delivered big wins to two anti-Orthodox-establishment upstarts, Yair Lapid and Naftali Bennett. … Read More
The JCC will close for several holidays during September. But even though the facility is closed, improvements will continue on the building. Brian Tabler, the JCC’s Facilities Director, has a list of projects to work on during shut down. Some … Read More
BBYO, NFTY, Camp Livingston and Beber Camp sent groups to Israel BBYO trip adds leadership training to Israel trip [by Holly Hinson, Special to Community] For Maggie Rosen, going to Israel this July was the culmination of a long-held and … Read More
Editor’s note: For most of the teens featured in this section, this summer’s trip was the first time they went to Israel. A few had been before, but for short periods of time. Natania Lipp has spent a lot of … Read More
Beber Camp friends, old and new, explored Israel together [by Cynthia Canada, Special to Community] (See full image gallery at the end of this article.) Three high school students from Louisville experienced Israel this summer from a new perspective – … Read More
For NFTY group, Israel creates sense of belonging [by Shiela Steinman Wallace, Editor] (See full image gallery at the end of this article.) For Pamela Niren, Harrison Reines and Christina Stoler, summer usually means going to Goldman Union Camp Institute … Read More
[by Holly Hinson, Special to Community] (See full picture gallery at the end of this article.) Six local teenagers – Ben Bass, Amanda Berman, Daniela Reuter, Katie and Daniel Segal and Elana Wagner – participated in Camp Livingston’s Solelim 2013 … Read More
[by Holly Hinson, Special to Community] (See full image gallery at the end of this article.) The first time Jennifer Davis visited the Western Wall she was walking hand in hand with other young women. She didn’t know who was … Read More
[by Phyllis Shaikun, Special to Community] Most American students go from high school to college with nary a break between the two, while students in many other parts of the world take a year off (a “gap” year) before entering … Read More
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