Amy Krulik to Leave JCC for Main Line Reform
Amy Krulik announced Feb. 9 that she is leaving her position as CEO of the Kaiserman JCC in Wynnewood to become executive director of...
Rabbi Abel Respes Spent Lifetime Urging Jews of Color to Discover Their Roots
The late Rabbi Abel Respes, the subject of a Black History Month webinar this week, always knew his family was different.
Born in 1919 to...
Love Gave Couples Hope During Holocaust
Regina Goodman and Sam Spiegel’s first meeting and early relationship had many hallmarks of ordinary teenage love: friendship, flirting and finding ways to be...
Community Briefs: Honors, Appointments, More
Stephanie Resnick, the managing partner of Fox Rothschild’s Philadelphia office, was honored by the American Jewish Committee Philadelphia/Southern New Jersey on Feb. 17 with its 2021 Judge Learned Hand Award.
Longtime Central High School President Sheldon Pavel Dies at 74
Sheldon Pavel, who presided over Central High School for nearly three decades, died Feb. 7 at his Elkins Park home. He was 74.
Jewish Teachers Express Concern About School District’s Reopening Plans
Thousands of educators in the School District of Philadelphia taught outside in freezing weather on Feb. 8 to protest the district’s reopening plan, which...
Ari Gold, Yeshiva Student-Turned-Pop Star and LGBTQ Icon, Dies at 47
Ari Gold, a pop star who left his Orthodox Jewish roots to become a music icon of and activist for the LGBTQ community, died Sunday.
Gulf Jews Form Umbrella Body to Make Observance Easier
Jews in six Gulf states are uniting under an umbrella association to facilitate Jewish observance.
Russian-Israeli Aslan Karatsev Makes Tennis History at Australian Open
Aslan Karatsev, a Russian tennis player with Jewish heritage who lived in Israel for nearly a decade, is making history at the Australian Open.