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Jewish community joins the fight against hunger
While Minnesota lawmakers failed to pass MAZON-sponsored legislation to close the lunch and achievement gap for students, local advocates continue...
Visiting Israel: Yemin Orde Youth Village
AJW Editor and Publisher Mordecai Specktor is in Israel this week and today he toured the Yemin Orde Youth Village,...
Jewish groups ride roller-coaster week of Supreme Court rulings
U.S. Supreme Court issues ‘critical decisions’ on affirmative action, voting rights and gay marriage By RON KAMPEAS WASHINGTON (JTA) —...
Hebrew immersion for kids
The Afikim program will provide Hebrew-immersion afterschool care for kindergarten and first-grade students By ERIN ELLIOTT BRYAN / Community News...
Rabbinic court excommunicates AER officials
AJW Staff Report A beit din, rabbinic court, in Brooklyn, N.Y., has issued a decree of excommunication for the executives...
Nazi SS commander found living in Minneapolis
Documents indicate that Michael Karkoc, 94, was a top commander of a Nazi SS-led unit accused of burning villages filled...
Trying to stay out of Syria
Border clashes may make it hard for Israel to steer clear of the Syrian conflict By BEN SALES JERUSALEM (JTA)...
Local Jewish community reacts to 1967 Six-Day War
The front page of the June 9, 1967 edition of the American Jewish World focused on support for Israel during...
NECHAMA responds to disaster needs in Oklahoma
Staff and volunteers are focusing relief efforts on areas that haven’t had as much attention On May 20 and 21,...
A rabbi to Jews of the Far East
Rabbi Marvin Tokayer, who was Japan’s only English-speaking, university-trained rabbi for 10 years, will attend the local commemoration of the...
