By Repps Hudson, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published February 8, 2012
Yonatan "Johnny" Ariel, the executive director of Makom, the Israeli Engagement Network, spent a couple of days last week speaking with members of United Hebrew, Temple Israel, Shaare Emeth and B'nai Amoona. He came under the auspices of Focus Israel,...
The Jewish Community Center offers the community a chance to meet with the new farmers providing produce for the Hazon Community Supported Agriculture Program (CSA). Farmers from Dry Dock Farms will discuss organic farming and share samples of produce...
United Hebrew Congregation invites the community to attend the Jewish Overnight Camp Fair on Sunday, Feb. 12. Families interested in learning more about 2012 Jewish summer camp opportunities for children age 7 to 18 years will be able to meet with a variety...
Volunteers. Advocates. Innovators. Those making a difference, whether by everyday service or extraordinary effort. These are just a few of the types the Jewish Light will honor with its third annual Unsung Heroes edition of Oy! Magazine and recognition ...
WASHINGTON—It's one of those coincidences too tempting to believe is a coincidence. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is delivering a speech to AIPAC about what should happen next with Iran and likely meeting with President Barack Obama to discuss...
WASHINGTON -- The United States and Israel have rescheduled their joint military exercise for around October. Top U.S. military officials will arrive in Israel later this month to plan the anti-missile exercise, the largest of its kind, after pushing...
WASHINGTON -- Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman will meet top Congress members and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on his U.S. visit. Lieberman, who arrived Monday in Washington, is scheduled during his three-day visit to meet with...
WASHINGTON -- President Obama said Israel and the United States will work in "lockstep" to keep Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. In a pre-Super Bowl interview on NBC on Sunday, Obama discounted reports that Israel was getting ready to strike Iran....
Forty-three employees of NGOs in Egypt, including 19 Americans, have been charged with using foreign funds to incite violence in the country. Sam LaHood, the son of U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, reportedly is one of the American NGO employees...
SNCF, the French national railroad, has handed over digital copies of hits World War II–era archives. The documents were transferred to Yad Vashem in Jerusalem, the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington and the Shoah Memorial in Paris, SNCF said...
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...
The prime minister of Montenegro signed an agreement to recognize the Jewish community as an official minority in the country. Prime Minister Igor Lukšić signed the agreement Feb. 2 during an official ceremony held with representatives of the Montenegro...
