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WASHINGTON, DC(Press Release)- National Jewish Democratic Council (NJDC) Executive Director Rabbi Jack Moline issued the following statement on Thursday, Jan. 30,  in response to the news that Representative Henry Waxman (D-CA) will not be seeking re-election: “The National Jewish Democratic Council is saddened by the news that our dear friend, the most respected Congressman Henry

NEW YORK (Press Release) — Ten Jewish day schools last week competed in an interschool virtual competition testing students’ teamwork and problem solving skills on “The Science of Soda” as part of the Excellence 2000 (E2K) program provided by the Center for Initiatives in Jewish Education. The winners of the 7th Grade Science Virtual Activity

By Cynthia Citron HOLLYWOOD, California–Anton Chekhov reportedly said, “If there is a gun hanging on the wall in the first act, if must fire in the last.” The same might be said about golf clubs. In Timothy McNeil’s The Twilight of Schlomo, now having its world premiere at The Elephant Space in Hollywood, there is

PHILADELPHIA (Press Release)–There are people whose contributions to baseball history went far beyond mere batting averages or stolen bases. They didn’t just play the game, they changed the game. For generations of American Jews and other minorities, they served as athletic, cultural, and ethical role models. On March 13, 2014, just in time for the

By Anav Silverman JERUSALEM — Pre-state Israel experienced its first opera premiere when the Russian-born conductor and visionary, Mordechai Golinkin directed Verdi’s La Traviata  (“The Fallen Woman”) in September 1923. With no opera house existing in Tel Aviv at the time, La Traviata had to be performed in movie theaters.  In his quest to pioneer

By Deborah Fineblum/JNS.org TEL AVIV (JNS)–Sure, it helps if you love to ogle the latest in hand-made crafts. But even if you don’t know a piece of greenware from earthenware, Tel Aviv’s Nachalat Binyamin Art & Craft Fair is a fun and funky way to spend a lazy Tuesday or Friday afternoon (the two days

By Sybil Kaplan/JNS.org Arava, literally meaning “desolate” and “dry area” in Hebrew, on the map is a section of the Jordan Rift Valley, running in a north-south orientation between the southern end of the Sea of Galilee down to the Dead Sea and continuing farther south, where it ends at Eilat and the Gulf of