Celebrating Jewish Life Since 1979
Read Current Issue
Facebook
Celebrating Jewish Life Since 1979
Read Current Issue
Facebook

Israeli Leaders Convene To Approve Ceasefire Deal

CJN January 17, 2025

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn By Ben Sales (JTA) — After more than a day of delays, Israel’s security cabinet has gathered to formally approve an agreement to stop the fighting in Gaza, paving the way for hostages to be released beginning on Sunday.

Read More »
Support The Charlotte Jewish News
In the Community
CJN Crossword: Hits of the '80s

Across

1. Where astronauts from the US might live for a while
4. Occasional tefila
9. Israeli kiosk at some malls
14. "Not interested"
15. Battery component
16. Result of being seasick
17. Hannah's ode to Samuel? (1987)
20. President who won a Nobel Peace Prize without making a peace treaty
21. Sarah, to Abraham
22. Song that's a mantra for prophets? (1986)
27. Summer, in Paris
28. World Cup cry
29. Finish
30. Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi of Israel
32. Big fans, nowadays
34. Smells
36. Thou shalt not...
39. Nachshon ben Aminadav's motivational song? (1987)
42. Digits in binary
43. Animated TV twin
45. Be a rebbe, e.g.
47. "I", to Moran
48. Advisory group to POTUS
51. Hustle and bustle
52. US smuggler-stopping org.
55. Song about Lavan? (1987)
59. Overly delicate
60. Stereotypical surfer dude name
61. Song about how manna can be prepared? (1980)
66. Like much of Lamentations
67. Not fulfilled, as a goal
68. Be'er Sheva to Ein Gedi dir.
69. Pioneer mail-order merchant
70. Some suit components
71. '90s put down

Down

1. Cushiony shoe part
2. Drill attachment with teeth
3. Barley bundle, in Ruth
4. Part of Purim or Chanukah?
5. Chapel Hill school: Abbr.
6. SOH-CAH-TOA (trig mnemonic)
7. Israel Prize winner Bar-Shalom (daughter of Rabbi Ovadia Yosef)
8. Current King of Spain
9. Sushi staple
10. Comfy, like your abode
11. Satirist Horowitz often seen on Fox News
12. He is Groot
13. Made Bubbi happy, perhaps
18. Former owner of Abbey Road Studios
19. Laura of "Jurassic World: Dominion"
23. Famous fictional snowman
24. "99 Luftballons" singer
25. First name of one often in headlines the last few months
26. Like a Hasmonean coin
31. Vessel letters
32. Tally
33. What most do for Shabbat lunch kiddish
35. "How could I be so stupid?!"
36. Wand-waving org. at the airport
37. Some kosher birds
38. New Israelis
40. It gets the bawl rolling?
41. "If I had only known"
44. Some winter coats
46. Fights
49. Remain
50. Obligated yid
52. Bill & Ted (fictional time travellers)
53. Israeli condiment
54. With "Top," some golf balls
56. Bob Dylan "Masters of War"
57. Exact duplicate
58. Free electron, for one
61. They may be ripped with effort
62. Mets div.
63. Motion approval
64. Some conversation fillers
65. Having just put a coat on?
Candle Lighting Times

Thank you to our advertisers

“Thank you Levine Hearing for sponsoring the CJN website.”

Current Issue

Subtitle
For easier viewing, read in full screen by clicking the icon
in the lower right corner of the viewer.
Subtitle

About Us

The Charlotte Jewish News is a monthly (except July) publication dedicated to informing, representing, and engaging the Greater Charlotte Jewish community. The CJN reports on news and upcoming events of the local Jewish agencies, accomplishments of the members of the local Jewish community, and stories about Jewish holidays and events in Charlotte, the U.S., and Israel.
The CJN is affiliated with the Jewish Federation of Greater Charlotte and operates as a nonprofit organization under the Federation’s 501(c)(3)

Don't Miss a Thing
Sign up and get the latest news...
Contact us

Address

5007 Providence Road, Suite 112, Charlotte, NC, 28226

Phone

(704) 944-6765

Email

[email protected]

 

Charlotte Jewish News. All Rights Reserved.