AGE: 56 FAMILY: Husband Bill Pantaleo; daughter Lilia (11); four stepchildren; 1 grandchild SYNAGOGUE: Temple Emanuel HOBBIES: Crafting, music, and travel LISTENS TO: The Beatles, Led Zeppelin; ‘Old-time Funk and Soul’ FAVORITE TV: FOX News More...

The remains of a prehistoric building, the earliest ever discovered in the Tel Aviv region, were discovered in Ramat Aviv. The building is estimated to be between 7,800 and 8,400 years old, the Israel Antiquities Authority said. The archaeological excavation was carried out recently in the tony Tel Aviv neighborhood prior to the construction of an apartment building. More...

Samost Jewish Family and Children’s Service (JFCS) will hold its annual fundraiser, “Stepping Out,” on Saturday, Apr. 24 at 8:30 p.m. at the Weinberg Jewish Community Campus. More...

Final details are being completed for the Jewish Federation’s annual community-wide phone-a-thon, Super Sunday, set for Sunday, Jan. 31 from 9:30 a.m.-8 p.m. at the Weinberg Jewish Community Campus in Cherry Hill. Super Week will follow, running Feb. 1-4 from 6-9 p.m. at the offices of the Jewish Federation, also located on the Weinberg Campus. More...

Barry Reisman played his first Jewish record on the air in February of 1965. During the entire month of February 2010, Reisman will celebrate the milestone 45th anniversary of his popular Jewish/American radio program by re-playing various interviews he has conducted over the past four-and-a half decades. More...

ADATH EMANU-EL WESTIN BOBADILLA, son of Victor and Shari Bobadilla, on Jan. 16. LAUREN WEISSMAN, daughter of David and Susan Weissman, on Jan. 23. CONG. BETH EL ARI SOKOLOW, son of Caren and David Sokolow, on Jan. 9. More...

Patsy Auerbach Brandt, a devoted volunteer and past president of Samost Jewish Family & Children’s Service (JFCS), died on Jan. 12. A Cherry Hill resident, she was 66. More...

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27 AMERICA-ISRAEL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Dan Senor, author of “Startup Nation, The Story of Israel’s Economic Miracle” will speak at the Bossone Research Enterprise Center of Drexel Univ. at 5:30 p.m. Call Debbie Buchwald at 215-790-3722. CONG. BETH EL More...

THURSDAY, JANUARY 28 SJ JEWISH SINGLES Line Dancing at 7:30 p.m. at Temple Emanuel. All are welcome. Cost for non-members is $3. Call Judy at 609-953-8649. SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 7 JEWISH SINGLES ENCOUNTERS More...

SUNDAY, JANUARY 31 ADATH EMANU-EL Tu B’Shevat Cradle Roll at 11:30 a.m. for pre-schoolers ages two and a half thru five. Registration is a must. Call 608- 1200. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5 ADATH EMANU-EL Tot Shabbat at 5:45 p.m. for pre-schoolers and their parents. Call 608-1200. More...

When many people need help at once, to whom does that help go? When an earthquake ravages Haiti killing hundreds of thousands of people, whom do we help? When a Jew in the Former Soviet Union is sitting in the dark, hungry and shivering, whom do we help? More...

NEW YORK (JTA)— See. Feel. Act. These three words are Judaism’s answer to the questions that occur to religious people at this time of great human suffering in Haiti. There are two kinds of questions that we find ourselves asking when we are confronted with scenes such as the disaster that has struck the island nation. More...

Tu B’Shevat (the 15th of the month of Shevat, January 30 this year) was originally set up as an indication of when to consider the yearly tithe on crops—a midwinter fiscal new year. It was viewed as a minor holiday, even though the festive prayers of Hallel are not recited. In the last 500 years, Tu B’Shevat has taken on more significance. More...

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