As the temperature soared past 90, eager young hands dug into the hot sand, seeking beads, pottery shards, pieces of oil lamps, and other windows into the lives of Jews living on the outskirts of Jerusalem nearly 2,000 years ago. More...
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Mitzvot, community spirit mark Medford's Ruach Week
By HARRIET KESSLER Voice staff
The response was overwhelming, according to Aaron Greenberg who heads the JCC Camps at Medford. "I was shocked by the outpouring of support." A staple at the Medford camps for three or four years now, Ruach Week "is our way of combatting the communal 'ho hum' common in the sixth week of an eight week camping season," said Greenberg. More...
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Analysis:
By LESLIE SUSSER JTA
JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's decision to resign after a new Kadima Party leader is elected in September has opened up the possibility of radical new directions in Israeli policy. As of now Olmert has four potential successors, since Kadima's new leader may not be able to stave off new general elections. More...
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Cherry Hill practitioner sites himself as his own first success story
AGE: 37 FAMILY: Wife, Robyn. Daughters, Sabrina, 5, and Lilah 3-1/2. Son, Ty, 16 months. EDUCATION: B.A. in biology from Rutgers University. Medical school at Phiadelphia's Hahenmann University Hosptal. FEDERATION TIES: He and his wife both serve on the National Young Leadership Cabinet, and Robyn is Women's Campaign co-chair with Susan Kaber. More...
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Shin Bet puts price on medical care outside Gaza
JERUSALEM- Israel's security service pressures Palestinians seeking to leave Gaza for medical care to work as informers, a new report says. More...
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The Jewish Geriatric Home Auxiliary at Lions Gate will hold its paid up membership meeting at Lions Gate on Thursday, Sept. 18, at noon. News analyst Susan Myers will keynote. Planning the event are (seated, from left), Joan Karp, Sylvia KIohn and Helene Tull, with (standing, from left), Renee Platt Goldstein, Rita Freeman, Adrienne Seligma and Anita Farber. More...
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It was a great day for Laurie Ann Goldman when Gwyneth Paltrow told USA Today that her secret to hiding her post- baby weight was to wear not one but two pairs of Spanx Power Panties. Goldman, the 42 year old CEO of the fast-growing body shaping intimates line, Spanx Inc. More...
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NEW YORK (JTA)—New Jersey's highest court equated ethnic jokes and religious comments in the workplace with sexual and racial harassment. The state Supreme Court voted to uphold a Camden County jury's decision in favor of a Haddonfield police officer. More...
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BAR-ON-PIRRONE
Mr. and Mrs. Gad Bar-on of Mt. Laurel are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Ilana Cher Baron to Dr. Stephen Matthew Pirrone, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Pirrone and the late Joan Pirrone. Ilana is the granddaughter of Jerry and Iris Schwartz of Boynton Beach, FL and Joseph and Miriam Baron of Moshav Devora, Emek Israel, Israel. More...
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NEW YORK—June Walker, leader of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, died of cancer at the age of 74. She was a resident of Rockaway, NJ. "She was such a remarkable fighter," said Walker's rabbi, Amy Joy Small. More...
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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13 CONG. BETH TIKVAH Interfaith Family & Friends Get Together at 6:30 p.m. Share insights and discuss future programming. THURSDAY, AUGUST 14 TEMPLE SINAI OF CINNAMINSON Ladies, join us for lunch at Siri's Thai French Restaurant for the "Let's Do Lunch" Program. Call 829-0658 for details. More...
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FRIDAY, AUGUST 15 CONG. BETH EL Singles Shabbat service at 8 p.m. Call Norma Kamis at 662-7916 for details. YOUNG JEWISH LEADERSHIP CONCEPTS Annual Singles Pocono Rafting & Leadership Weekend Escape for young professionals throughout the U.S. Keynote speaker is Prof. Edward Turzanski, an International Counter-Terrorism Expert. More...
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FRIDAY, AUGUST 15 TEMPLE EMANUEL Come as You Are Kids Shabbat Dinner and Tot Shabbat from 5:45 - 8 p.m. There will be kid-friendly entertainment. There is no charge and is open to the community. Please RSVP by Aug. 8 to Roberta Budman at 489- 0029 ext. 68. More...
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EDITORIALS…
The Olympics now taking place in Beijing mean mixed emotions to many. On the one hand, China is not the ideal host. Nonetheless, the Olympics still represent the ideal that nations would do better to play together than fight wars on the battlefield. More...
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BEIJING — Being treated to a hot pot meal is one of my most dreaded social situations in China. Hot pot is like Chinese fondue. A large pot of meat stock bubbles in the center of the table, and fresh meat, fish, vegetables and tofu are dropped inside. You dip the cooked foods in a sesame sauce and drink the flavorful soup. More...
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DEAR EDITOR
I find the entire issue surrounding the return of the remains of Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev, two fine young men, to be very troubling. The Israeli government's decision to exchange a murderer and others for the release of the two dead Israelis will, almost, certainly guarantee the murder of other Israeli soldiers. More...
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Parashat Va-Etchanan The Jewish spiritual tradition is like a symphony comprised of diverse themes and motifs. Periodically, one or another theme dominates. Sometimes the various themes blend in pleasing harmony; sometimes they clash in thrilling and challenging dissonance. Themes appear, recede, appear again. More...
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MEET SCOTT R. GREENBERG, MD…