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Wednesday, June 19, 2013 Tammuz 11, 5773

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Zara Myers

Jewish Federation

Attentio​n, Israel: Assistance Is on the Way!

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Zara Myers
Soon after Hezbollah declared war on Israel, the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia activated its Israel Emergency Fund to help provide the initial $2 million that was immediately sent to communities in northern Israel. "Federation has a two-pronged approach in its efforts to assist Israel," said Jeri Zimmerman, director of Federation's Center for Israel and Overseas. "One is to provide...
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Jewish Federation

Graduates Have Real Reasons to Celebrate

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Zara Myers
The smiles that lit up the faces of three eighth-grade graduates in May were right in sync with the name of the organization, OROT -- meaning "lights" in Hebrew -- that made it possible for them to graduate alongside their classmates. OROT, which began in 1998, supports special-needs education in five local Jewish day schools. Students receive an individualized curriculum...
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Obituaries

'Consummate Lawyer' Samuel N. Rabinowitz, 73

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Zara Myers
Samuel N. Rabinowitz, 73, attorney, active volunteer and supporter of a myriad of Jewish causes, died at his home in Bala Cynwyd on June 8. Rabinowitz was a native of Hazelton, Pa. He earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Pennsylvania and a law degree from Temple University. Former chairman of the trusts and estates department at Blank Rome,...
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Jewish Federation

Clubbin' It!

Days to show their spirit and their support
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Zara Myers
From mid-May to early June -- in rain and in sunshine -- sports and camaraderie combined with new projects to make country-club members score in a big way at the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia 2006 FAJA Country Club Days. The money raised at the daylong events -- featuring golf, tennis, cards, cocktail hours and dinners at Green Valley, Meadowlands,...
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Tradition

Group Works to Counter the Effects of Abuse in Israel

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Zara Myers
In Israel, a recent survey showed that 40,000 children - at lease 1.5 percent of the total child population - are victims of parental incompetence, cruelty, neglect or emotional, physical and sexual abuse. However, the problem has existed, along with denial and lack of public awareness, for a much longer time, and led to the founding of ELI in 1979...
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