May 20, 2009 / Local News

Brown family honored at event

The Brown family was honored at the recent Kellman Brown Academy Sixth Annual Tribute Dinner. The event raised over $402,000 for school programs and financial assistance to students. More...

Judy Nadell uses BookMates as inspiration for 'King School Series'

Judy Nadell was trying to get Jorge, a young Hispanic boy, to become interested in reading. She brought him books about cars and airplanes, things she thought he might be interested in. Nothing worked. More...

JCC poker event slated for May 31

The Katz JCC in Cherry Hill will present a Hold' Em Poker Tournament on Sunday, May 31. This is a new date for the event. The tournament is open to the community. More...

TBS kindergarteners help out

Kindergarteners at Temple Beth Sholom Preschool presented Andi Loew, volunteer coordinator for Samost Jewish Family and Children's Service, with blankets that the class made for Project Blizzard, providing emergency packages to homebound seniors duri More...

Acclaimed author Ariel Sabar will speak at Katz JCC in June

Acclaimed author Ariel Sabar will be speaking about his debut novel, "My Father's Paradise: A Son's Search for his Jewish Past in Kurdish Iraq," on Wednesday, June 10 at 7:30 p.m. at the Katz JCC. More...

Zack Wilder to be honored by Rutgers Hillel

Mt. Laurel resident Zack Wilder will be honored as one of Rutgers Hillel's "Rising Stars" at the Hillel Annual Gala on Monday, June 1 at 7 p.m. The event will take place at The Crystal Plaza, 305 W. Northfield Ave., Livingston, NJ. More...

Samost JFCS installs officers, honors volunteers at Annual Meeting

The Samost Jewish Family & Children's Service (JFCS) installed its officers and honored its volunteers at the Federation agency's 65th Annual Meeting/Volunteer Recognition event on May 6 at the Weinberg Jewish Community Campus. More...

Scouts turn out to honor dead Jewish war veterans

Luke Yogel and his father Lee place flags at the graves of Jewish war veterans at Crescent Memorial Park. Luke is a member of Pack 36 sponsored by Temple Beth Sholom. More...

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Waving the flag for Israel

Lily Cohen (left) and Shoshanna Tieyah waved the flag for Israel at Kellman Brown Academy's recent Yom Ha'atzmaut celebration. More...

Broadway stars to put on show for JCC Camps

"Broadway Sings for Camp," a benefit for the JCC Camps at Medford featuring some of today's top Broadway stars, will be held on Monday, June 15 at the Katz JCC. More...

Edward Adelman gets his day

Cherry Hill Mayor Bernie Platt (right) presented Edward Adelman with a proclamation declaring Apr. 19 as "Edward Adelman Day" in Cherry Hill. More...

Torah Links to break ground

Torah Links of South Jersey will break ground on its new headquarters at 1092 Springdale Rd., Cherry Hill, on Sunday, May 31 at 1:30 p.m. The community is invited. Activities are planned for the entire family. More...

Lions Gate residents share joy of reading with Kellman Brown kids

'Book Bubbies':

Gavi Melman, a kindergartner at Kellman Brown Academy, loves to learn Hebrew, a fact that makes Eva Vlessing very happy. Vlessing comes every two weeks to Kellman Brown to read to Melman, always highlighting a few words in Hebrew. More...

Rabbi Harold Kushner addresses peers, capacity crowd at Emanuel

Inspiration:

Drawing on his book Living A Life That Matters, Rabbi Harold S. Kushner got a standing ovation from the crowd filling Temple Emanuel's sanctuary on a recent Sunday evening. More...

Judge Weinberg dies; legal giant, devoted member of community

Hon. Barry M. Weinberg, a retired Superior Court judge who was regarded as a giant in the legal community, died on May 14. He was a resident of Voorhees. A graduate of Temple University and Rutgers School of Law, he served in the Army in Korea. More...