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May 7, 2008  RSS feed
Safe Haven at Lions Gate 'the right place for Rosa'
Loving son seeks best care for his mother
Dominic Bocco is different, according to Renee Davidow, Lions Gate director of community relations. "Most people who look at Safe Haven (the Lions Gate Alzheimer's memory care residence) are in denial. Not Dominic. He knew. He made it easy. More...
Founding Fathers a little stiff, JFCS leaders agree

Gathered with our nation's founding fathers at a cocktail reception at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia are JFCS leaders (from left), Michele Ettinger, president-elect; President Michele Golkow, and Executive Director Jennifer Weiss. Co-hosted by Samost JFCS of Southern NJ and JFCS of Greater Philadelphia, the event launched the recent Annual Conference of the Association of Jewish Family and Children's Service Agencies. JFCS staff members presented two workshops at the Conference. More...

Lots of speculation regarding Kadish arrest rationale
By RON KAMPEAS JTA

WASHINGTON- Is it connected to the classifiedinformation case against two former AIPAC staffers? A bid to pressure Israel to concede more to the Palestinians ahead of a new round of peace talks? Connected to the murky circumstances of Israel's mysterious airstrike in Syria last September? More...

 Local News
• article has image MEET MATT SIGEL…
Hell's Kitchen contestant can really take the heat
AGE: 35 FAMILY: Wife Ellen HOBBIES: Florida State Football, the New York Yankees, "Closet" Phillies Fan SYNAGOGUE: Adath Emanu-El PETS: Five cats ALMA MATER: Institute of Culinary Education in Manhattan "Meshugenah" is the way Matt Sigel describes himself. More...
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• article has image Synagogue, church choirs continue tradition of many years
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 Mideast
• Commander of Exodus, Yossi Harel, dies at 90
TELAVIV- On Monday, April 27, a white-haired former shipmate propped a gold-fringed, pale blue flag of the legendary Exodus ship next to the coffin of its commander, Yossi Harel. A short distance away sparkled the azure Mediterranean Sea, whose waters Harel sailed four times on clandestine journeys between 1945 and 1948. More...
• article has image Deal between Israel & Syria within realm of possibility
• Israelis split on keeping Golan
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 Agency
• Installations to highlight Katz JCC Annual Meet
Amy Kaplan will be installed for a second term as president of the Katz JCC at the agency's 51st Annual Meeting on Monday, May 19. Kaplan has been involved at both the JCC and the Jewish Federation for the past 15 years. More...
• article has image Howard Heyman to be reinstalled at JCRC Annual Meeting
• article has image JFCS to host Annual Meeting May 13
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 Federation
• ANNUAL FEDERATION DAYS
Woodcrest Country Club sets annual Federation Days
Woodcrest Country Club will put a new spin on its annual Men's & Women's Federation Days this year. Women's Day, on Tuesday, June 3, will feature breakfast followed by golf, tennis and cards, and end prior to lunch. More...
• article has image WOMEN'S CAMPAIGN
• ISRAEL 60
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 World News
• Carter a "bigot," says ambassador
WASHINGTON (JTA)- Israel's U.N. ambassador called Jimmy Carter a "bigot" for meeting with Hamas leaders. Ambassador Dan Gillerman made the remarks at a Washington press luncheon held by the Israel advocacy group The Israel Project, The Associated Press reported. More...
• Mezuzah can stay at Florida condo
• JDate earns a Webby Award
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 Life Cycles
• article has image Engagements:
DICKERMAN-ETISH
Ruth and Michael Dickerman of Cherry Hill announce the engagement of their daughter Katie to Scott Etish, son of Barbara and Allan Etish of Cherry Hill. Katie attended Plymouth State Univ. in Plymouth, NH and Katherine Gibbs Fashion Institute in NY. More...
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 Obituaries
• DEATH NOTICES
FELIX BASS, of Cherry Hill, died on April 20. Husband of Inge (nee Berger) Bass. Father of Ruth (John) Moriarty and Michael (Debbi) Bass. Grandfather of four. ADAM M. BECK, of Cherry Hill, died on April 14. Son of the late Marcia (nee Rosenberg) and the late Harold Beck. Brother of Edward Beck and Elana (Dan) Arons. Uncle of Harrison Arons. More...
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 Do It!
• Events
WEDNESDAY, MAY 7 ADATH EMANU-EL Mitzvah Cooking with the Social Action Committee at 7 p.m. Dinners will benefit Providence House, a local women's shelter. Call Forest Kairos at 273-9978 for details. More...
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 Going Solo
• Going Solo
SUNDAY, MAY 11 Mosaic Outdoor Club of Phila. The group will meet at 1 p.m. at the Dunkin Donuts on the corner of Castor Ave. and Bustleton Pike to go on a 5-6 mile hike of some of the best trails in Pennypack Park. A dinner meeting and election of officers will be held at Jack's Deli after the hike. Call Don at 215-934-5676 at 8 p.m. for details. More...
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 Kid Stuff
• Events
SUNDAY, MAY 11 HAR SINAI TEMPLE Join a dozen of interfaith members of "Common Ground" at 11 a.m. for a discussion of the human ties of faithfulness that bind us together. There is no charge. FRIDAY, MAY 16 CONG. More...
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 Editorial
• EDITORIALS…
Reasons to celebrate
The modern state of Israel is celebrating its 60th anniversary. Not only the citizens of Israel, but Jews throughout the world have many reasons to celebrate this milestone. The fact that Israel has physically survived is nothing short of a miracle. In multiple wars, Israel has beaten back attacks from Arab armies whose size put Israel at an enormous disadvantage. More...
• article has image DRY BONES…
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 Columns
• article has image Do a mitzvah; save a life
Project sends money to needy, forgotten Holocaust survivors
VANCOUVER, BC- The photographs are heart-wrenching: elderly men and women, living in near-squalid conditions. Some are dressed in all their winter clothes, even though they are indoors, because they don't have heat. Some are in apartments so small, they sleep on a couch, crowded next to their only table; some are crippled or blind, unable to shop for themselves. More...
• article has image BOOK REVIEW
• article has image SALLY'S WORLD
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 Letters
• DEAR EDITOR
Don't blame interfaith marriages
We read with concern Rabbi Ephraim Epstein's Torah commentary of April 23. There is more than one way to stem the tide of assimilation. Rather than blame interfaith marriages for our attrition, we need to attract the entire Jewish people to make Jewish choices. We have no better allies than the non-Jewish members of our own families, who love us. More...
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 Four Questions
• THE 4 QUESTIONS…
Our questions, your answers... In every issue of the Voice
In celebration of Israel's 60th birthday, we invited Kellman Academy and Politz Day School sixth graders to answer questions about the Jewish State. More...
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 Religion Column
• article has image Yom Ha-Atzmaut 5768: Give the gift of your presence
Israel will be 60 years old on May 8. That is the day on which we mark Yom Ha-Atzmaut- Israel Independence Day. Israel was born in 1948, and so was I, which means it's easy for me to remember Israel's age. More...
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