Rabbi Barry Schwartz to head The Jewish Publication Society
By David Portnoe
Rabbi Barry Schwartz has taken over as CEO of The Jewish Publication Society (JPS), the nation’s oldest publisher of biblical, scholarly and popular Jewish works in English. JPS, headquartered in Philadelphia, was established over 122 years ago. More...
LOS ANGELES— Millions of Fourth of July fuses waiting to be lit are a good sign for Bruce Zoldan and his family business, the B.J. Alan Company, the second largest importer and wholesaler of consumer fireworks in the United States. More...
Emma Green (right), a member of Temple Har Zion in Mount Holly, was so moved by her meeting with Ryfka Finkelstein (left), a Holocaust survivor who speaks for the JCRC’s Goodwin Holocaust Museum More...
The Jewish Federation of Southern New Jersey’s Young Adult Division (YAD) is joining with the Jewish Business Network of Southern New Jersey to sponsor a special networking and business development event on Thursday, July 28 at the Katz JCC in More...
A delegation of 30 professionals from Southern New Jersey, working in real estate or real estate related industries, joined colleagues from Philadelphia for the inaugural event of the Jewish Federatio More...
The Jewish Federation’s Young Adult Division (YAD) gathered at PJ Whelihan’s on June 17 for several hours of friendship and laughter. The monthly Happy Hour event attracted 25 people. More...
Bruce and Lynne Podrat of Voorhees announce the engagement of their son, Randy Torban, to Laurie Stern, daughter of Bob and Connie Stern of Gainesville, FL. More...
Drs. Janine and Mark Sobel of Voorhees and Dr. Roy and Eileen Levinson of Cherry Hill announce the engagement of their children, Rebecca Ellen Sobel and Joshua Aaron Levinson. More...
Leonard Schwartz and Shelley Schwartz, both of Voorhees, announce the engagement of their daughter, Lindsay Nicole Schwartz, to Aaron Jeffrey Oster, son of Caroline Oster and the late Harry Oster of Iowa City, IA. More...
SUNDAY, JULY 11 MOSAIC OUTDOOR CLUB OF PHILA. Trip to Island Beach State Park. The group will carpool at noon from ShopRite in the Kohl’s Shopping Center in Marlton. Call Jon at 787-0325. More...
On a day not long ago, in the Gulf of Mexico, there was a pipe. He, along with many other pipes, was a slave to the company British Petroleum. The pipes were being used to harness oil for the company. More...
JERUSALEM—“Every Jew, no matter how insignificant, is engaged in some decisive and immediate pursuit of a goal,” the German writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe wrote nearly 200 years ago. More...
Rabbi Barry Schwartz to head The Jewish Publication Society
David Portnoe
Rabbi Barry Schwartz has taken over as CEO of The Jewish Publication Society (JPS), the nation’s oldest publisher of biblical, scholarly and popular Jewish works in English. JPS, headquartered in Philadelphia, was established over 122 years ago. More...
The two Jewish synagogues in Gloucester County are about to join forces to become a single entity. On July 1, Cong. B’nai Tikvah of Turnersville and Beth Israel Congregation of Woodbury will formally merge to become Cong. More...
HERZLIYA PITUACH, Israel—Some of the wealthiest Israelis live on Galei Tchelet Street in this coastal town on a narrow road that seems to groan under the weight of its many mansions. More...
The world’s largest breast cancer organization, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, is partnering with Jerusalem, Hadassah: The Women’s Zionist Organization of America, health advocates and scientists for a week of breast cancerrelated events. More...
Jewish Community Foundation (JCF) donor Ethyl Blumenfeld (seated) pauses as she hands out bags to Kellman Brown Academy and Politz Day School students at the end of the Charles A. More...
The Katz JCC invites all active seniors to embark on a journey of a lifetime. The Israel Mitzvah Experience Trip, being held Feb. 13-17, 2011 is a specially designed trip to Israel that will satisfy the needs and interests of older adults. More...
Kosher meatpacking executive Sholom Rubashkin was sentenced to 27 years in a federal prison for his conviction on federal financial fraud charges. More...
The U.S. Supreme Court upheld a federal law forbidding support for peaceful activities to organizations considered terrorist. In the case of Holder v. More...
Los Angeles philanthropists Eli and Edythe Broad have pledged to distribute 75 percent of their total wealth, currently standing at $5.7- billion, “during and/or after our lifetimes.” More...
RUBEN BALIN, of Cherry Hill, died on June 9. Husband for 68 years of the late Lena (nee Gardner) Balin. Father of Cynthia (Al) Rubin and Stanford (Cyndi) Balin. Grandfather of six and great-grandfather of 11. More...
THURSDAY, JULY 1 TEMPLE SINAI OF CINNAMINSON New backpacks and school supplies are being collected throughout the summer for Operation Backpack to benefit local children in need. Call 829-0658. More...
The passage of time sometimes brings with it a fading of memory. People and stories that are in the news one day are pushed out in the next news cycle. June 25th marked the fourth anniversary of a day that must not recede in our memory. More...
I’ve read the piece by Gideon Aronoff on page 6 of the June 2 Voice (“Immigration overhaul is a job for the U.S. Congress”) and I must say that Mr. More...
The unanimous outrage expressed by Muslim governments to the Gaza flotilla incident is interesting; to a degree hypocritical. Are they really protesting the deaths of nine Muslims or politicizing the event because of Israel? More...
You printed an opinion piece from Mr. Zachary Grayson, now an Israeli, and former Cherry Hill resident, about Israel’s commitment to peace (“Israel’s government is committed to peace,” Apr. 7 Voice, page 6). More...