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Full-Day Child Care Coming to Center City

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Aaron Passman, JE Feature

Not long ago, Maddy Mallis got a call from an unusual place. The head of Federation Early Learning Services, she regularly gets phoned by parents seeking information on every possible permutation dealing with Jewish child care. But what made this recent call different was its immediacy -- the person on the other end, said Mallis, was actually in bed at...

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Teacher Ties the Knot at the School That 'Saved Her'

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Rachel Levy Lesser, JE Feature

In lieu of snack time this past Monday morning, 130 or so toddlers gathered in the sanctuary of Temple Beth Hillel/Beth El in Wynnewood to attend a wedding. For most of the children, it was their first such ceremony -- and it was a distinctly special one. They had gathered to watch the synagogue's early-childhood center's assistant teacher, Janine Neff,...

Education

Hillel at Work on Rules to Govern Speakers

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Aaron Passman, JE Feature

Hillel of Greater Philadelphia is fashioning a set of guidelines that will detail just what sort of content is and is not welcome from speakers at the group's events. This comes after a heated fracas this past fall over what's appropriate for Hillel audiences on area college campuses. It also comes as vitriolic attacks against Israel are occurring at universities...

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Thinking Kosher-Food Preparation? Well, You Might Want to Think Glass

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Adam Bell, JE Feature

Trendy and kosher-friendly at the same time -- that's the idea behind a Canadian glass-countertop manufacturer seeking to expand its presence in the marketplace. ThinkGlass, a privately held company outside of Montreal, is pitching its sleek glass countertops as a good fit for kosher kitchens because they are nonporous. A basic kosher rule is no mixing of meat and dairy...

Health

A Jaw-Dropping Condition

TMJ can take a bite out of the pleasures of life

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Frank Rosci. JE Feature

Almost anyone with temporomandibular joint syndrome will admit readily that pain associated with this dental disorder can be severe to excruciating. Pain from TMJ, also known as temporomandibular joint disorder, exhibits itself in front of either one ear or both, sometimes as a headache. Basically, the mandible bone of the lower jaw is pushed back toward the ears whenever someone...