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YPs learn to Scuba at the J!

2011-2012 LEAD class features high flyers

Access has an Art Attack at the PAC Art Gallery!

Ben & Jerry’s co-founder explains how to do well by doing good

Efrat, Israel — “He said, it was because his name was Jacob that he has outwitted me these two times” (Genesis 27:36). This week’s portion begins with Jacob leaving his parents’ home in Beersheba and setting out for exile in the home of his uncle, Laban. Our portion will conclude 22 years later, when he [ Read More...]

Dear Editor, The problem with the Super Committee was they were all politicians — “like thinkers.” Perhaps if BO formed an “Idea” Committee made up of persons who are accustomed to thinking outside-the-box it might generate novel solutions. Such a unique committee, made up of fiction writers, architects, engineers and creative artists, et al. would [ Read More...]

Rabbi Avi Shafran Contributing Columnist When I recounted seeing a small group of unusually dressed men in shul last Sunday in Staten Island and realizing that they were trying to catch a minyan before participating in the New York Marathon (which begins in that borough), my daughter asked me if any of them had a [ Read More...]

By Sondra Katkin Dining Editor While savoring the tasty tidbits in my bento box at Mei (pronounced May) Japanese Restaurant, my concentration was brusquely broken by a female diner who exclaimed, “Smell that scent in the air. It’s cucumbers! And look at him carving them.” She was referring to chef/owner Han Lin who was deftly [ Read More...]

By JTA Staff Writer Jewish Telegraphic Agency BERLIN (JTA) — For the first time, some survivors of Nazi-era ghettos are eligible for a one-time payment from the so-called “ghetto fund” in addition to the pensions they receive from the German government. Following negotiations with Germany, the Conference of Jewish Material Claims Against Germany announced that [ Read More...]