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‘Get a Financial Life’

Avi Janssen — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:01:53 GMT

2009 guide offers tips to getting young people on financial track in tough economic times.

Gilad Shalit held captive by Hamas for 3 years

Jane Charney — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 19:00:17 GMT

Yesterday marked three years that Gilad Shalit has been held captive by Hamas. Hamas has continued to refuse a deal for his release and has threatened Israel that if it does not act soon, Gilad will suffer the same fate

Shimon Peres, songwriter?

Jane Charney — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:19:09 GMT

If Shimon Peres ever seemed distracted during a Cabinet meeting, Israelis now know why He was busy writing song lyrics on the side. Israel’s senior statesman, it turns out, is actually a poet statesman — the pen behind a new collection of

Prague conference may be last chance to settle Holocaust property claims

Jane Charney — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:52:26 GMT

In what may be the final opportunity for many Holocaust survivors, the international community is launching a new effort to reach understandings on restitution of property that belonged to Jews in Europe before the Nazi occupation, reports The Forward's Nathan Guttman. The

Jewish, evangelical leaders meet in Washington

Jane Charney — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:50:06 GMT

Some three dozen Jewish and Evangelical Christian clergy, academics, and organizational representatives met in Washington, D.C., on June 15 16 for a two day “conversation” where they advanced Jewish Evangelical

Jewish Federation system facing massive state cuts; community urged to help

Jane Charney — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:08:39 GMT

With over a $9 billion deficit and the only budget awaiting Illinois Governor Pat Quinn’s signature calling for a 50 percent reduction in funding for human services, the Jewish Federation network of agencies is bracing for this draconian financial impact

Federation agencies report on impact of imminent state budget cuts

Jane Charney — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:14:18 GMT

Agencies throughout the community facing cuts

Jewish Federation system facing massive state cuts; community urged to help

Jane Charney — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:18:00 GMT

State budget could reduce human services funding by 50 percent

JUF hosts job fair as part of J-Help initiative

Avi Janssen — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:34:55 GMT

Some 300 job seekers connected with 40 prospective employers June 24

Nixon on the Jews

Jane Charney — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:47:24 GMT

In newly released tapes from the Nixon presidency, Richard Nixon is recorded as saying that if the Jews simply "behaved" themselves, there wouldn't be any problems. JTA's Eric Fingerhut highlights more of the former president's remarks on Jews and provides

As Jewish camp season starts, swine flu threat looms

Jane Charney — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:41:44 GMT

Though no longer leading evening news reports, the swine flu which recently was upgraded to a pandemic has gradually but persistently been making its way into the Jewish community, according to a JTA report. With the Jewish summer camp season

How will turmoil in Iran affect Israel

Avi Janssen — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:43:02 GMT

Like the collapse of the Soviet Union nearly two decades ago, the outcome of the post-election unrest in Iran could be of major strategic significance for the Middle East and for Israel.

Adopting forebears’ faith and leaving Peru for Israel

Jane Charney — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:20:14 GMT

Descendants of Sephardic merchants who settled in a corner of the Amazon basin are converting and emigrating to the Jewish state. Until recently, a rebirth of Judaism here seemed unlikely. The history of Jews in Iquitos, Peru, dating from the late 19th

Iran turmoil likely to benefit Israel

Jane Charney — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:47:37 GMT

The unrest in Iran may benefit Israel in the long run by unmasking the face of a brutal regime or replacing it with a more moderate one. But one possible outcome bodes ill for the Jewish state, writes political analyst Leslie Susser.

Chicago recognized for refugee resettlement programs

Jane Charney — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:21:47 GMT

On the eve of World Refugee Day, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres recognized Chicago’s refugee resettlement services as an example of successful “cooperation between the state and the civil society,” he said during a breakfast meeting with state and