‘I Know What It’s Like to Feel the Pain of Not Having Parents’
Dr. Chaim Peri has 500 children - and a hug and a kind word for each one, every day. The longtime director of Yemin...
An Extended Branch From a Family of Philanthropists
In acknowledging Green Valley Country Club's presentation of its 2005 Community Achievement Award to him last week, Ronald Krancer responded in the straightforward manner...
‘Exponent’ Takes Two Honors
The Jewish Exponent was honored as the best-looking Jewish newspaper in the country in the year 2004 by the American Jewish Press Association at...
Behind Bars, She’s Come to Realize the ‘Part of God That’s Inside’
Stepping over an aged dog to enter a modest living room on a quiet street in East Mount Airy - cooled by an afternoon...
Fashions Highlight an Afternoon of Philanthropic Work
Fundraising, fashions and a festive lunch filled the bill when Women's Philanthropy of the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia held its annual Federation Allied...
Country Club Days: More Than Par for the Course
Golfers didn't only respond to an eagle, tennis players to an ace and card players to a full house at the Jewish Federation of...
She’s Zooming in on Boomers
The "Coming of Age" program billed as "the Delaware Valley initiative to promote age 50-plus civic engagement and learning" is designed to further volunteering,...
Stern Gets Grant for Advocacy
Thanks to brand-new funding in the form of a grant, the staff at Stern Hebrew High School will be working with the Jewish Agency...
A ‘Renaissance Man’ Retires From Pulpit
Although Jewish causes were a significant part of his Brooklyn upbringing - his father was president of their Orthodox shul, and was also involved...
A Mound of Material on the Shoah
Though the Holocaust is a topic many find difficult to read about, let alone write about, 100 local sixth-graders tackled the challenge head on.
In...