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JCC Going Up in N.J., Right Near Bucks

Work is under way on a new, $28 million, 60-acre Jewish community campus not far from Princeton, N.J. The Matthew and Staci Wilson Jewish Community Campus being built in West Windsor Township, on land that was once a cornfield, is expected to open later this year and will serve families from Bucks County as well. The Delaware River, which divides...

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Improv Duo Takes Torah for a Comic Spin

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Bryan Schwartzman

What would happen if two 20-something Jews were asked to entertain hundreds of restless Ramah campers for an hour on a rain-soaked summer day? As it turned out, it was something like midrash meets Monty Python, with a little bit of Mel thrown in -- Brooks, that is. That's how Andrew Davies and Aaron Friedman -- who both spent the...

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Special Place for Special Needs

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Deborah Hirsch

Once a month, Nadine Silber, her husband and two little boys drive all the way from their Bucks County home in Bristol Borough for Saturday morning services at Mishkan Shalom in Philadelphia. The draw: Celebrations! -- an educational workshop tailored for children with disabilities and their families. There are closer synagogues, Silber said, but none of them has programs suitable...

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Making Space for the Homeless

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Deborah Hirsch

On a chilly Sunday evening, the main entrance to Beth David Reform Congregation in Gladwyne is dark, the parking lot almost empty. Inside, however, running feet and shrieks of laughter pierce the quiet. A dozen children swarm in and out of a multipurpose room as their parents set dessert on an L-shaped table. "Who wants to read a book?" congregant...

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He's Got Game

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Michael Elkin

Can multimillionaire business mogul and Abington native Adam Aron become the Sixers net prophet? It's looking good -- as Philly's once-failed and feeble pro basketball team suddenly, almost inexplicably, has got game. It's been a torrid, turnover-free four months since Aron and Wharton School graduate Joshua Harris bought the team, along with a select group of co-owners. In the process,...