by admin | May 30, 2013 | Ask the Rabbi
The Land and the People by Rabbi Myer Kripke The scouts who spied out the Land of Israel for Moses described it as a land flowing with milk and honey. And indeed, compared with the desert areas the Israelites had traversed, the land was very good. It was a land of...
by admin | May 30, 2013 | Editorial & Opinion, Featured, Jewish Culture, U.S Jewish news, World News
By Yaffa Klugerman HIGHLAND PARK, N.J. (JTA) — Over the past few weeks, strangers have begun stopping high school computer science teacher Chaim Cohen on the street. A few accuse him of recording them without their knowledge. Even fewer blame him for all of...
by admin | May 30, 2013 | Featured, Local News
5.31.13 Issue by Annette van de Kamp-Wright, Editor of the Jewish Press Editor’s note: This is part one in the story of Jacob Besser and his remarkable journey from Russia to Omaha, and a few other places in between. Rather than compress it, it needs to be...
by admin | May 29, 2013 | Local News
5.31.13 Issue by Annette van de Kamp-Wright, Editor of the Jewish Press Being Jewish, according to Dr. Larry Roffman, “is not about sitting on the sidelines of life. It is life. You reach out, you welcome newcomers, you volunteer, you study, you vote, care, support...
by admin | May 29, 2013 | Local News
5.31.13 Issue by Annette van de Kamp-Wright, Editor of the Jewish Press You may have noticed: something has been brewing in the canteen area. Space has been blocked off, Friedel Jewish Academy has a new donor wall and a nice set of double doors, while the canteen...
by admin | May 29, 2013 | Europe, Featured, Local News
5.31.13 Issue by Steven J. Riekes (Note: This is a continuation of a description of the Jewish Heritage trip that Margo and I, Nate and Hannah Schwalb, and Bernard and Naomi Bloom took with Professor Stephen Berk of Union College last summer. From...
by admin | May 29, 2013 | Local News
5.31.13 Issue by Sharon Houchin, Co-Vice President of Public Realations, NCJW-Omaha Section The Omaha Section of the National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW) will install the 2013-2014 slate of officers on Sunday, June 9, 2-4 p.m. with an Afternoon Tea at One Pacific...
by admin | May 29, 2013 | Births, Local News
5.313.13 Issue Megan Adams and Jeffrey Bennett of South Orange, NJ announce the May 15 birth of their son, Aaron Gabriel Jacob Bennett. Grandparents are Bettie and John Adams and Sheree and Fred Bennett of Verona, NJ. Great grandmother is Rose Adams of Reno,...
by admin | May 29, 2013 | Local News, Obituaries
5.31.13 Issue Lawrence Hornstein passed away on May 26 at age 71. Services were held on May 27 at Golden Hill Cemetery. He was preceded in death by his parents, Bess and Julius Hornstein. He is survived by his partner, Miki Petersen; son and daughter-in-law, David and...
