RESIDENCE: Marlton (via Brooklyn) MILITARY: First Lieutenant in the Armored Cavalry and New York National Guard BUSINESS: B&D Donor Recognition Products FAMILY: More...

A British telecom company severed all ties with an Israeli company over the operation in Gaza. British telecom company FreedomCall Ltd. informed its Israeli counterpart, MobileMax, via email, that it was cutting all business due to Israel's attacks on Gaza. More...

Justin Brownstein (left) enjoys celebrating Chanukah with his mom Alexis (center) and his grandmother Bea Singer (right) at the Katz JCC's Chanukah Celebration. Hundreds of families spent the day enjoying gym activities, sing-a-longs, Chanukah themed movies, latkes, sufganiyot and the lighting of the menorah on top of the JCC. More...

The Jewish Federation will host "For the Love of Chocolate", a cooking demonstration and tasting with Robert Bennett, award-winning pastry chef from Classic Cake, on Monday, Feb. 9. The event will be held at the Weinberg Jewish Community Campus in Cherry Hill, beginning at 7:30 p.m. Arlene Plasky and Lynny Ravitz are event chairs. More...

The leader of the Reform movement criticized J Street over its opposition to Israel's attacks against Gaza. Rabbi Eric Yoffie, the president of the Union for Reform Judaism and an early supporter of J Street, wrote in the Forward that the year-old liberal pro-Israel lobby had "misread the issues and misjudged the views of American Jews. More...

BERMAN Dr. Adam and Jen Berman (nee Cohlberg) announce the birth of their son, Brody Tyler (Moshe Menachim) on Sept. 20, 2007. Grandparents are Shelly and Nelson Berman of Cherry Hill, Nanci and Marc Schure of Bluebell, PA and Sherri and Herb Cohlberg of Havertown, PA. Brody's maternal great-grandfather is Bart Kroungold and his paternal great-grandmother is Leah Berman. More...

RUTH G. (nee Greenberg) COHEN, of Cherry Hill, died on Dec. 20. Wife of the late Joseph Cohen. Mother of Stephanie E. (Larry) Whitson. Grandmother of two. Contributions can be made to Hadassah, P.O. Box 2911, Cherry Hill, NJ 08034. More...

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14 ADATH EMANU-EL Y.E.S. Club Meeting at noon. The speaker will be Dr. Eva Hershey who will speak on "Energy." Call 608-1200 for details. CONG. BETH TIKVAH Torah portion class at 11:30 a.m. More...

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14 MOSAIC OUTDOOR CLUB OF PHILA. Dinner and planning meeting at 6:30 p.m. at the Fish and Grill Restaurant in Northeast Phila. Please RSVP to Janet at 215-673-9605. SATURDAY, JANUARY 17 MOSAIC OUTDOOR CLUB OF PHILA. More...

CAMP AND TOUR CONSULTANTS Judy Macnow 610-446-2267 or 800-609-2267 judy@campandtour.com www.campandtour.com FREE camp referral service. Selecting a camp is an important decision. Let Judy Macnow's knowledge of quality summer programs find the best match for you. More...

Few situations are as morally unambiguous as Israel's current battle with Hamas in Gaza. Israel is in the right: Hamas is in the wrong. For decades, the Palestinians demanded that Israel withdraw from Gaza. Israel did, uprooting Jewish settlements and turning over complete control to the Palestinians. More...

REHOVOT, ISRAEL—It has always been customary to differentiate between the battlefield and the home front. Where Israel is concerned, this no longer makes sense. Day by day, the range of terrorist rockets is extending. According to maps we see almost every evening on TV, it now reaches only a dozen kilometers south of Rehovot, where we live. More...

Sh'mot-Ex. 1:1-6:1 Va'erah-Ex. 6:2-9:35 As we begin the recitation and study of Sh'mot, the Book of Exodus, some startling realizations confront us in the title parashah and in the second, Va'erah. The first is the basis of the conflict between the nascent Israelite nation still living within Egypt and its host. More...

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