WASHINGTON — The Jewish Federations of North America praised the part of the recent fiscal cliff compromise that reinstated IRA charitable rollovers. Those rollovers allow people older than 70.5 years to make tax-free charitable gifts of up to $100,000...
By Charlotte Anthony and Debra Rubin, JTA
• Published June 26, 2012
WASHINGTON -- Eleven Jews are pedaling -- and peddling -- their message across the country. Joined by more than three dozen other bicyclists at segments along the way, participants in the Hazon Cross-USA Ride, a 10-week journey across America, are on...
By Ellen Futterman, Editor
• Published March 14, 2012
His is not yet a household name, but in the world of Jewish rock music, St. Louisan Seth Williams is making a lot of noise and getting noticed. That’s even more amazing considering much of his work is behind the scenes in radio. For starters, Williams...
An atheist organization's Hebrew-language billboard calling God a "myth" was not unveiled near a Brooklyn Chasidic enclave as scheduled. The billboard sponsored by the American Atheists organization was supposed to be unveiled Tuesday in New York's...
The application for a proposed Hebrew-language charter school was accepted by the District of Columbia Public Charter School board. The D.C. Hebrew Language Public Charter School is one of 11 prospective charter schools, including an Arabic-language immersion...
LOS ANGELES -- Larry Greenfield has been named national executive director of the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs in Washington, D.C. The announcement was made Thursday by JINSA President David Ganz. JINSA was founded in 1976 as a non-partisan...
This week we got both legislative and judicial pronouncements on school vouchers from the federal government. The first was the House of Representatives' extension of SOAR, the federal Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Act. The bill passed the...
