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St. Louis Jewish Light

A nonprofit, independent news source to inform, inspire, educate and connect the St. Louis Jewish community.

St. Louis Jewish Light

A nonprofit, independent news source to inform, inspire, educate and connect the St. Louis Jewish community.

St. Louis Jewish Light

Ari Hart, left, and other Uri LTzedek activists protest Flaums Appetizing with former Flaum employees at Associated Supermarket on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, Jan. 30, 2012.

Behind the Flaum settlement, a long campaign and a phone call

By Ben Sales, JTAPublished May 8, 2012

 NEW YORK -- For more than a year, Ari Hart had struggled in his protest against unfair labor practices.  Seeking justice for immigrant workers allegedly fired by a Brooklyn kosher food distributor, Hart had held signs, made phone calls, organized protest...

Beth Koritz, Director of B’nai Tzedek, speaks to the b’nai mitzvah class at Shaare Emeth. Cantor Seth Warner praised the program and challenged the class to have 100 percent participation in the teen philanthropy program.

Teen philanthropy program registering new participants

Published February 29, 2012

B’nai Tzedek is enrolling new participants for the teen philanthropy program, which aims empowers teens to improve the world by launching them on a personal and engaged relationship to life-long Jewish giving.  B’nai Tzedek will hold an introductory...

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