✡ We Stand With the People of Israel ✡
From March 4-14, Rabbi Avrohom and Goldie Litvin led a Birthright Israel trip of young adults to Israel for a 10-day learning experience. Birthright Israel is an organization that seeks to change the course of Jewish history by strengthening the … Read More
[by Dianna Ott] Ophthalmologist Shlomit Schaal, M.D., Ph.D. is among those who will be recognized at the eighth annual MOSAIC Awards to be held on Thursday, May 30, at The Henry Clay. This fundraising event, which benefits Jewish Family & … Read More
[by David Wallace] Andrew Lloyd Webber’s (music) and Tim Rice’s (lyrics) Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is a frothy concoction of the biblical account of Joseph and his coat of many colors in a modern swirling rainbow and spiced … Read More
[by Robert H. Sachs] Albert Einstein wrote of Wilfrid Israel: “Never in my life have I come in contact with a being so noble, so strong and as selfless as he was – in very truth a living work of … Read More
[by Phyllis Shaikun] Oh what a night it was when Adath Jeshurun’s Hazzan, David Lipp, introduced the congregation’s annual music festival on Sunday evening, March 3. The theme, “Bluegrass with Jewish Sass,” lived up to its name and then some. … Read More
Editor’s note: The following letter was sent to JCL President and CEO Stu Silberman, who shared it with Community. Dear Editor, I want to take this opportunity to thank all the folks who made our 15th year of the Annual … Read More
[By Ben Sales (JTA)] President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu conveyed broad consensus on Israel’s top security priorities in a statements following a meeting in Jerusalem. In the statements, given on the first day of Obama’s first presidential … Read More
Three female Knesset members joined the Women of the Wall for the group’s monthly prayer service at the Western Wall. No arrests were made during the service, which marked the new Jewish month of Nissan, the first time in months that … Read More
Pope Francis told Jewish leaders that Catholics and Jews are “bound by a very special spiritual bond.” The new pontiff also pledged to foster the interfaith dialogue begun with the Nostra Aetate decree of the Second Vatican Council. “I thank … Read More
Innovative treatment is a critical factor in the care for many patients, as was true for a 4-month-old infant brought to Western Galilee Hospital recently. Left with few care options, the multidisciplinary staff of WGH attempted an approach that has … Read More