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Official White House photo by Pete Souza President Obama hosts a seder in the Old Family Dining Room of the White House on April 9, with friends and White House employees and their families joining the Obama family. More...

Local News

MEET LINDA OSTROFF…

Clayton entrepreneur creates custom yarns with lots of personality

By DAVID PORTNOE Voice staff

FAMILY: Husband, Alan Weinstein; children, Matthew & Benjamin Ostroff; three grandchildren, Ethan, Rayna & Danielle. SYNAGOGUE: B'nai Tikvah in Turnersville ALMA MATER: Univ. More...

Beth El congregants celebrate long-awaited move to new home

Jewish Comm unit y Th e moo d wa s p ure joy as hu ndred s of C on g. Beth El members arrived at the synagogue's new location at 8000 Main Street in Voorhees. More...

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Agency

JCF names new president, officers

The Jewish Community Foundation, Inc., will elect and install Neal Cupersmith as its new president at its 29th Annual Dinner. Cupersmith succeeds Nina Cohen following two consecutive terms. More...

Commemorate Israel's Memorial Day, celebrate her independence

In Israel, a long, mournful siren wails out across the country. Everything comes to a stop. People leave their cars and stand at attention. School children put their books down and stand by their desks. More...

At the CH Jewish Film Festival

Jonathan Lopatin, (top, far left) producer of Eyes Wide Open, the premier movie of the Cherry Hill Volvo Jewish Film Festival greets (from left), naming sponsors Judith Krupnick, president of Cherry Hill Volvo and sponsor Dave Gilbert, vice-president More...

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World News

UJC announces more budget cuts

Under pressure from the federations that it serves, the United Jewish Communities took a step toward implementing an 18 percent budget cut that will include significant layoffs, the second time this year the organization will be forced to enact maj More...

Swastikas painted on Holocaust memorial

Large black swastikas were painted on a French Holocaust memorial. More...

Young Israel rejects a Palestinian state

An Orthodox group is urging Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to reject calls for a Palestinian state. More...

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Columns

Performance is marred by an ax murder

NECHEMIA MEYERS

REHOVOT, ISRAEL—I felt rather uncomfortable last week while I sat listening to an enchanting performance of "La Boheme" at the Tel Aviv Performing Arts Center. More...

Preparing to guide a group of students through Israel

A place like no other:

RABBI DEBORAH BODIN COHEN Director of Lifelong Education Temple Emanuel

I write this message for Yom HaZikaron and Yom Ha?Atzmaut, Israeli Memorial and Independence Day, on the eve of leaving South Jersey for Israel with the confirmation students from Temple Emanuel and M'kor Shalom. More...

'Employee Free Choice Act' badly flawed

By KENNETH R. GILBERG For the Voice

A recent article in the Jewish Voice (March 25, page 7) utilized the tenets of the Jewish Religion and the Talmud to support passage of the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA). More...

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Jewish, pro-Israel students feel threatened on college campuses

By BEN HARRIS JTA

NEW YORK—At York University in Toronto, a group of students had to be escorted from the Hillel office by campus police on Feb. 11 after a threatening mob shouting anti- Semitic and anti-Israel slogans gathered outside. More...

Alan Respler to retire; brought local JCRC to national prominence

By DAVID PORTNOE Voice staff

Alan Respler, the guiding force behind the Jewish Community Relations Council for the past 32 years, will retire on May 1. He will assume the position of executive director emeritus and work as a part-time consultant until a new director is hired. More...

Mideast

Palestinians decry Canadian plans

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Palestinian officials called on Canada to cancel a planned exhibit of the Dead Sea Scrolls. The officials say the exhibit would violate international law. More...

Adams meets Hamas leaders

IRISH EYES…

Northern Irish Republican leader Gerry Adams met with Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh in Gaza. More...

Netanyahu seeking to shake things up

Early signs:

By LESLIE SUSSER JTA

JERUSALEM—As the new Netanyahu government gets rolling, the early signs are that there will be significant changes in foreign policy. More...

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