FAMILY Wife Judy. Daughters, Sharon (24) & Shelly (19) FAVORITE MUSIC Mostly rock, but classics, Brazilian & Mariachi, too FAVORITE BOOK Umberto Eco's "The Name of the Rose" SYNAGOGUE Temple Emanuel ACTIVITIES UAHC Shaliach Kehilla More...

JERUSALEM—If Avigdor Lieberman's appointment as foreign minister seemed odd when it was made, recent developments cast more doubt over his capacity to function as Israel's top diplomat. More...

The Jewish Community Foundation awarded a total of over $15,000 to 15 scholars and emerging leaders during a June 29 awards dinner at the home of JCF donors Diane and Eytan Irwin. Here, JCF Executive Jeff Klein (left) congratulates Rachel Singer (2nd from right), who won an award from the Jewish War Veterans Post 126 Scholarship Fund, and her parents, David and Susan. Thirty-five attendees included Scholarship Committee Chair Steve Eisner and JCF Vice President Jim Kellmer. More...

Ron Lieberman and David Zive will co-chair the Jewish Federation's Super Sunday/Super Week 2010, announced David Farber, Federation president. "While these are indeed tough economic times, the mission of the Annual Campaign is not in recession," said Zive. More...

NEW YORK—Yeshiva University's Stern College for Women will partner with the Legacy Heritage Fund to create a special program to train women to become Jewish educators. More...

DR. LEWIS S. ALBAN, of Cherry Hill, died on June 26. Husband of Hedy (nee Gottesfeld) Alban. Father of Rachel Alban and Joseph (Hannah) Alban. Brother of Lenore (Fred) Steinhardt. Contributions can be made to Temple Beth Sholom or Temple Beth Sholom Choir Fund, 1901 Kresson Rd., Cherry Hill, NJ 08003. More...

WEDNESDAY, JULY 15 CONG. M'KOR SHALOM Family picnic at 6 p.m. Call 424-4220. THURSDAY, JULY 16 ADATH EMANU-EL Trenton Thunder game. Tickets are $8. Contact Steve Brown at stevene6@comcast. net. More...

FRIDAY, JULY 17 CONG. BETH EL Singles Shabbat at 8 p.m. at the new Voorhees location. Call Norma Kamis at 662-7916. SATURDAY, JULY 18 MERCER BUCKS JEWISH SINGLES Comedy Night & Mingle at Catch a Rising Star inside the Princeton Hyatt Regency. Meet at Koi Pond at 6:30 p.m. and the show starts at 7:30 p.m. Cost is $20. RSVP to mbjs.rsvp@yahoo.com. More...

That's a no-brainer. You'd call our circulation manager to get your delivery back on track. But what if no one answered? What if the Voice closed down? Think about this seriously. It might happen soon. More...

JERUSALEM—The gains made by far-right parties across Europe in the recent European parliamentary elections are certainly cause for concern. But Europe is not the only place Jews should be concerned about the far right rising. More...

Mattot-Masei Num. 30:2-36:13 This week we complete the Book of Bamidbar (in the wilderness) with the double Torah portion Mattot-Masei (literally meaning staffs-journeys). Masei begins with the words "These are the journeys of the Jewish people" and goes on to list each of the forty-two journeys of the Jewish people in their wanderings in the wilderness. More...

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