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Shalom TV now available on Optimum
BETHPAGE, N.Y. – Cablevision Systems Corp. (NYSE: CVC) today announced the addition of the new Shalom TV Channel to Optimum’s line-up. Shalom TV is available on channel 138. “We are… Read more
Holiday Photo Contest
The Foundation of the Jewish Federation of Western CT is sponsoring a Family Traditions Photo Contest this holiday season. Families are asked to share a favorite holiday tradition with the… Read more
Perform a Christmas day mitzvah!
Hebrew Health Care is seeking volunteers for its Christmas Day Mitzvah Program. Volunteers take over certain staff duties on Christmas day, so that staff members may celebrate the holiday with… Read more
Hospice Volunteers Needed
Hebrew Health Care Hospice is looking for people and pet companions who want to share their time and talents with our hospice patients in a variety of settings. In particular,… Read more
On the Web: Chanukah 101
To help get you into the holiday spirit, the students at Technion, Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa came up with an innovative method for lighting a menorah using their… Read more
The Maccabees and Jewish athletics
By Jacob Kamaras/JNS.org Jewish athletes from around the world gather every four years in Israel for the Olympic-style Maccabiah Games, not to mention the annual JCC Maccabi Youth Games… Read more
Dreidel: Fun Facts
By Binyamin Kagedan/JNS.org ▪ The word dreidel is Yiddish, and comes from the German verb dreihen, meaning “to spin.” Dreidel literally means “little spinner.” The first dreidel players were… Read more
Q&A with…Harold & Gayle Berman
Former Springfield, Mass. Federation head and his wife author a book about intermarriage and conversion By Stacey Dresner Four years ago, members of the Springfield, Mass. Jewish community said goodbye… Read more
TORAHPortion: Vayishlach
By Shlomo Riskin Jacob has left Laban and Laban-land behind and – after more than two decades of living in exile – returned to his ancestral land of Israel. He… Read more
