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Reward increased in N.J. synagogue attack

JTA • Published January 15, 2012

The Anti-Defamation League has raised its reward for information leading to the arrest of those responsible for throwing firebombs into a New Jersey synagogue. The reward has increased three-fold to $7,500 for information about those responsible for...

Attack on N.J. synagogue being treated as murder attempt

JTA, NEW YORK • Published January 11, 2012

An explosive thrown through the window of a New Jersey synagogue and residence is being treated as attempted murder, the Bergen County prosecutor said. The latest in a string of attacks that have hit the county's synagogues recently took place Wednesday...

The face of Federation, dancing with the rabbis

By Ellen Futterman, Editor • Published January 11, 2012

If like me you often found yourself attending a meeting at the Jewish Federation, chances are better than even receptionist Celeste Wieselman greeted you after letting you through the building's secure entrance. Celeste had an uncanny ability to make...

In N.J., pro-Israel stalwart Rothman faces a primary battle

By Zach Silberman, JTA/WASHINGTON JEWISH WEEK, WASHINGTON • Published January 10, 2012

Rep. Steve Rothman is accustomed to being re-elected to his northern New Jersey congressional district by wide margins. This year, however, the pro-Israel stalwart faces what could be a tough, redistricting-induced primary battle against a fellow eight-term...

Some cities find Hebrew among language immersion options

BY SARAH ALLEN, SOPHOMORE, LADUE HORTON WATKINS • Published November 9, 2011

Most Jewish students learn Hebrew during the course of preparing for their b'nai mitzvot or in language classes at school. Now, the establishment of Hebrew immersion schools in cities across the United States offers students the chance to learn Hebrew...

Unconventional rabbi combines music, humor

By David Baugher, Special to the Jewish Light • Published March 30, 2011

Many are aware of the "Protocols of the Elders of Zion," the anti-Semitic work that has plagued the Jewish community for more than a century with lies about Judaic desire for world domination. Yet few would have thought of writing a song about it. "It...

Editor finds fame playing the blues in the Far East

By Daniel Durchholz, Special to the Light • Published March 30, 2011

I read a lot of books in the course of a year, and one of the benefits of being a journalist and an author myself is that I tend to meet a lot of my brothers and sisters who are in the word business, too. These days, it seems an awful lot of the books...

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