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Last week, I blogged about the closing of the Ziv Tzedakah Fund. Today I received this letter from their Israel ...
Ziv Tzedakah Fund to Close
For more than 25 years, Danny Siegel, aka the Mitzvah Man, has been distributing money to little-known tzedakah projects primarily ...
Sell the Matzah, Keep the Hametz
Still looking for a holiday gift? Got $25 million just laying around? The Streit’s Matzo factory, prime real estate located ...
Most Inspiring Person of 2007
Beliefnet has been polling its readers for a little while now, trying to decide on the most inspiring person of ...
Synagogues & Rabbis
-When an interfaith center building is owned in part by a Messianic Jewish organization, should a rabbi agree to officiate ...
Russian Jews
-A look at alleged attempts being made by the Russian Embassy in Tel Aviv to persuade Russian emigrants to return ...
Israel News Update
–The strike of Israel’s teachers, which began October 10, drags on amidst discussion of class size, works hours, and salary. ...
I guess we should update the blogroll.
Everyone’s got a blog these days. Jewish institutions, celebrities, and even fake characters like to journal what’s going on in ...
Jewish Identity
-A conference wrestles with the question of whether there is an identity of the Southern Jew, and if so, “is ...
Do they light it left to right?
If you’ve ever been to Israel as a tourist, it’s likely that you took a picture in front of this ...