NEW YORK -- The works of Shmuel Yosef Agnon, Israel’s only winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, are on the shelves of nearly every Israeli bookstore. Readers seeking S.Y. Agnon's writing can access several editions of his novels, novellas and short...
By Jon Rosenberg and Lee Sherman
• Published April 5, 2012
Nonprofits in the United States don’t just benefit from government contracts and charitable donations. Some 62.8 million volunteers in the United States provided more than 8 billion hours of their time to nonprofits in 2010 at an estimated value of...
The American Joint Distribution Committee has had to mobilize extra assistance in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union in the wake of extreme winter weather. An emergency winter response system was activated to provide additional care to tens of...
"Soup puts the heart at ease, calms down the violence of hunger, eliminates the tension of the day, and awakens and refines the appetite." - Auguste Escoffier Chicken soup is not the only soup that nurtures the body and feeds the soul. On a cold winter...
By MARK MIETKIEWICZ, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published December 14, 2011
It's one of the most popular traditions of one of the most well known holidays of the year. But the reasons behind the giving of Hanukkah gelt can leave most people scratching their heads. Today some Hanukkah gelt explanations.There is a direct connection...
