Jersey City has a growing Jewish population, the size of which is variously estimated, but is certainly not less than 1,500 families. Its oldest congregations are Beth-El, on York street, founded in 1870, and Bnai Israel, established in 1882. Since then two other congregations have been ...
The cabinet unanimously approves Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s NIS 40 million ($11 million) plan to double the population in the Golan Heights. Around 50,000 people live on the Israeli-controlled side of the heights, evenly split between Jews and Druze. The money will go toward educatio...
The June 18 primary in Northern Virginia’s 10th District, encompassing suburbs and exurbs of the nation’s capital, is a sign of how the local Jewish population has burgeoned. There was a time not too long ago, local Jewish leaders said, when the southern state was something of a Jewish...
“Some of the choices…are true-blue New York versions; others are far from it.” The “far from it” variety includes rainbow bagels, bagels with Sichuan peppercorns, and piña colada bagels. Bagels are also in the news as PopUp Bagels has...
Ongoing Struggle:The passage of the Americans With Disabilities Act was fueled by the United States’ practice of mass institutionalization of people with disabilities, and while the chapter of history is over, discrimination against this population is still...
Pray that mercy be given to those believers who may be in the line of fire. However, we should be ready to flee into the mountains and hills at a moment’s notice. LGBT types make up such a small percentage of the population (except in metropolitan areas) that letting them marry seems...
This book provides a unique insight into a Jewish population little understood outside Germany, but whose significance in the post-Holocaust world cannot be underestimated.Similar content being viewed by others Jews in the United States and Israel: A Comparative Look upon Israel’s 70th Anniversary ...
Those stakes are motivatingWestchester Unites, whose data shows 32 percent of early mail-in ballots have been requested by likely Jewish voters (nearly 2,000 as of this week) though they make up just 9 percent of the population. Westchester Unites is targetingan overall universe of 28,000 vot...
So, for example, the 100+ Teens Who Care chapter in Palm Beach, Florida, does monthly beach cleanups, while the chapter in Portland, Oregon, hosts food drives for that city’s homeless population. “I feel like there’s real power in getting a group of like-minded teens to come together...
West Lafayette, located in the northern third of the state and nestled among countless acres of cornfields, is the home of Purdue University (no relation to the purveyor of poultry with a similar name). The population, as the locals have it, is “20,000 people—plus 30,000 students.” ...