For the city's Jewish poor, it's hard to celebrate this time of year even though a host of local organizations are busy delivering meals and grocery staples to keep them from going hungry.
Darfurian refugees literally jumped for joy at HIAS Pennsylvania's fourth annual refugee Thanksgiving dinner on Nov. 11 in Center City. Click here for a video clip from the event.
As Philadelphia-area Jews grappled with an uncertain and fluid situation in southern Israel and braced for the possibility of a protracted conflict, pro-Israel activists echoed a common theme: Israel must be allowed to defend herself. Noah Feit, president of Penn Friends of Israel, said his group was “preparing for the worst on campus,” as the conflict between Israel and Hamas...
Gov. Mitt Romney fared far better at Jack M. Barrack Hebrew Academy than past Republican candidates — and better than among the Jewish population as a whole.
As representatives from two area day schools continued closed-door deliberations over a possible middle school merger, Main Line students and parents spoke out in favor of unification.
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