Tag: American Jewish World

Kids learn that they have the power to influence how their peers are treated in school By ERIN ELLIOTT BRYAN ...

Fischmans in Africa

By ERIN ELLIOTT BRYAN / Community News Editor On the flight home from their daughter Shoshana’s Bat Mitzva in Israel ...

Film probes aftermath of civil rights murders

Now out on DVD, the documentary Neshoba: The Price of Freedom (First Run Features), tells the story of justice delayed ...

More lawsuits seek ‘clawback’ in Madoff scam (Update: Irving Picard, trustee for Madoff estate responds to Jan. 7 Jewish World story)

The trustee for the Madoff estate is suing numerous local Jews for ‘fictitious profits’ from the massive Ponzi scheme By ...

Rep. Gabrielle Giffords remains in critical condition

Congresswoman among 14 wounded; six killed in Tucson shooting spree Members of Congregation Chaverim in Tucson, Ariz., attended a healing ...

Singer-songwriter Debbie Friedman dies

Minnesota native created a new style of Jewish liturgical music that reinvigorated worship services By ERIN ELLIOTT BRYAN / Community ...

Kicking back against clawback

Bilked Madoff investors now complain about the conduct of Irving Picard, the court-appointed trustee of the Madoff estate By MORDECAI ...

Soulfarm will rock Beth El

Noah Solomon talks to the AJW about his musical career in Israel and the U.S. By MORDECAI SPECKTOR Noah Solomon ...

Mickey Smith’s philanthropy enriched Jewish life