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Biden To Host First-Ever White House Rosh Hashanah Party
By Ron Kampeas WASHINGTON (JTA) President Joe Biden is bringing a Jewish High Holiday celebration to the White House for the first time. His White House is hosting a Rosh Hashanah reception on Sept. 30, Jewish Insider reported on Monday. As vice president during the 2009-2017 Obama administration, Biden hosted Rosh Hashanah and Sukkot receptions…
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North Carolina Council on the Holocaust Sponsors NC Teachers on Transformative Trip
The Charlotte Jewish News September 2022 In mid-July, a group of North Carolina educators spent time together in Washington, D.C., inquiring, sharing, learning, and building community. When they arrived, though tired, they were ready to dive into the subject that united them: bringing meaningful Holocaust education to their students. The big questions that guided this…
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Mikhail Gorbachev, Soviet Leader Whose Reforms Included Letting Jews Leave For Israel, Dies at 91
By Ron Kampeas (JTA ) August 30, 2022 Mikhail Gorbachev, the Soviet leader whose reforms, including allowing massive numbers of Jews to emigrate to Israel, changed his country and the world, died at 91. Russian media said Gorbachev died Tuesday in a Moscow hospital. “Michail Gorbachev has died,” Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt, Moscow’s chief rabbi from…
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Shalom Park Building Renovations: Behind the Scenes, on the Roof, Under the Ground
By Terri Beattie, Foundation of Shalom Park Executive Director All the agencies at Shalom Park rely on Foundation of Shalom Park (FSP) facilities as they strive to fulfill their missions and remain economically sustainable. Often hidden from view are critical mechanical-electrical-plumbing (MEP) systems, major building components, and site infrastructure that make the buildings safe and…
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Ellen Goldstein Retires From BBYO After 24 Years
You don’t have to look for long at the young leaders in our community’s Jewish organizations before you find one who got their inspiration and their start in their “BBYO career,” as many BBYO alumni call it, from Ellen Goldstein, BBYO’s area
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Shalom Park Building Renovations: Behind the Scenes, on the Roof, Under the Ground
By Terri Beattie, Foundation of Shalom Park Executive Director All the agencies at Shalom Park rely on Foundation of Shalom Park (FSP) facilities as they strive to fulfill their missions and remain economically sustainable. Often hidden from view are critical mechanical-electrical-plumbing (MEP) systems, major building components, and site infrastructure that make the buildings safe and…
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Volunteers Knit 15,000 Blankets for Hospitalized Children
By Sara Schreibman, Yours Truly Needlepoint Volunteer Lynn Edelstein received all-too-familiar phone calls last week from area children’s hospitals. They needed more than 150 blankets for their patients, and Lynn and Yours Truly Needlepoint are the source for these knitted and crocheted blankets. Lynn called all her contacts and was almost able to fill the…
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Israel Headed to 5th Elections Since 2019 After Leaders Concede Collapse of Governing Coalition
(JTA) — After weeks of fending off threats to their governing coalition, Israel’s top leaders have announced that they will instead seek to dissolve the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, and hold new elections
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A New Community for Jewish Singles
Eighteen months ago, the life I had known ended. Though my fantastic wife of more than 50 years suffered from Parkinson’s for a long while, her sudden passing was still completely unexpected. Fortunately, I had, and have, wonderful family and friend support. However, relatively quickly it hit me that virtually everyone with whom I had…
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