Deciding which Jewish organizations and programs receive communal funding -- and how much -- has always been a difficult call. This year, volunteers and professionals described the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia's allocation process as downright "impossible." That's because the funds -- which comes from unrestricted dollars raised from the Jewish community -- shrank from last year by 14 percent,...

If you've shipped your child off to Jewish overnight camp for the summer, you're likely envisioning all the standard camp fare -- sports, swimming, some Shabbat worship, maybe even an unfortunate bout of sunburn or poison ivy. What you might not realize is that your child could unwittingly be meeting his or her future spouse. That's exactly what happened to...