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...American Jewish World Service The group is working with non-governmental organizations in the disaster region to provide emergency food, shelter and medical relief and long-term development support...
...leadership of Harvard’s largest Jewish organization includes President Judith T. Greenberg ’07, Vice President of Community Building Judith Z. Herbstman ’07, Vice President of Community Relations Rachel B. Nearnberg ’07, Vice President of Education M. Shai Davis ’06, Vice President of Communications Kevin C. Heaps ’07 and Vice President of Shabbat and Holidays Bryan A. Lemus...
Greenberg, the organization’s second female president in its 60 years wrote in an e-mail that Hillel is “the nexus and catalyst for Jewish life on campus.” Anna M. Solomon-Schwartz ’06 was elected Hillel’s first female president last February...
...claims for Jesus and may have ostracized and persecuted some of his co-believers. Thus it was the Magi rather than Jews who followed the star to Jerusalem and innocently alerted Herod. In a dire foreshadowing of Christ's Passion, Matthew reports that rather than being helpful, the half-Jewish King and his Jewish "chief priests and scribes" conspired to kill the Christ Child. The Gospel has the Magi briefly co-opted into his scheme as advance scouts. But on finally locating Jesus, Matthew says, they "fell down and worshipped him." "They responded well, and the insiders didn't," says...
...play roles in a scene from her childhood. Crystal spends his entire show taking his own life very seriously. But that doesn't mean he has reinvented himself as a sad clown. Crystal's show is a scripted extension of his stand-up material, with lampoons of his Jewish relatives--the cranky uncles, the chain-smoking aunt in Boca Raton who regales a friend on the phone with tales of her daughter's lesbian wedding--and enough one-liners and physical business to keep his fans happy. But he's also paying tribute to his family, especially his jazz-loving...