Bernard Leyden, Shipping Pioneer, Jewish Community Leader Dead At 85
Bernard Leyden, a respected international shipping executive and Jewish philanthropist, has succumbed to cancer at the age of 85.
"Only Pretty, Young and Healthy, Please" -- Jewish Matchmaking Taken to the Next Level
47% of all marriages involving Jewish persons are interfaith marriages. Is this a blessing or a serious problem? Well, whichever view we take on this issue, the truth is - there is many Jewish singles out there who would very much like to meet a like-minded Jewish soul, but since Jewish matchmaking is not an option for them, they just don't know how.
Lion Heart To Host Former Heavyweight Champ Bruce Seldon Comeback
Lion Heart Boxing Productions will host Former World Champion Bruce Seldon (35-6) in his final comeback attempton February 10, 2007. The fight, Northeast Philly Fight Night, is the first fight to be held in North East Philadelphia and a Philadelphia Jewish Community Center--the Klein Branch of the Philadelphia Jewish Community Center in North East Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (the Klein JCC). On the Undercard are Trenton's Charles "Italian Bull" Cavallo (13-0) against Ron Boddie for Tri-State bragging rights, New Orleans Undefeated Heavyweight Prospect Big Fred Kassi (6-0), Malcolm "The Showstopper" Tann (22-2), Philadelphia Welterweight Prospect Troy Browning (19-0), Victor Vasquez (2-0), David Williams (5-0), Reu ...
AJWS President Ruth Messinger Named to 'Forward 50' List of American Jewish Community's Most Influential People
Messinger listed for seventh consecutive year as one of America's most significant Jewish leaders
'The PJ Library' Jewish Identity Initiative, Inspired by Dolly Parton Children's Book Gifting Program, Gets $2.5 Million Grant from Gri
A $2.5 Grant from Grinspoon Foundation will enable The PJ Library to expand its reach to 10,000 children by 2008. The highly successful family Jewish identity-building initiative modeled itself after Dolly Parton's Imagination Library children's book gifting program. Philanthropist Harold Grinspoon brought the Imagination Library to Western Massachusetts, then was inspired to adapt the concept to the Jewish Community, to build Jewish identity in young intermarried and unaffiliated Jewish families. The PJ Library mails a year's worth of free-of-charge, brand new, age-appropriate Jewish children's books and music CDs to more than 5,300 children ages six months to six years, operating in over 35 cities and towns nationwid ...
Rabbi Ephraim Z. Buchwald Named In Newsweek's "50 Most Influential Rabbis" List
Founder of the National Jewish Outreach Program Recognized for touching More than 1,105,000 Jewish Lives through Innovative Programs and Classes Nationwide
CyberRabbi Serves Iraq, Beijing, Utah, and Chicago All in 1 Week
Interactive Jewish Spiritual Counseling, Classes in Judaism, Jewish Conversions, Jewish and Interfaith Wedding preparation by CyberRabbi.
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