| Global News Analysis: Some Israelis want tough love from Obama JERUSALEM (AP) — Each time a new U.S. president is elected, the question that leaps to Israeli minds is, "is he good for the Jews?" more
Responding to the economic crisis, the Day School Advisory Council of the Jewish Community Foundation of MetroWest on Nov. 10 approved a proposal to grant $100,000 in scholarship funding to day school families to assist in keeping their children in school. more
Local News courtesy of New Jersey Jewish News |
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| "Max"imum Potential — A UJC Blog | |
| Max Kleinman shares his thoughts about what's important to the MetroWest community. | |
| Kristallnacht: Seventy Years Later This week we commemorated the seventieth anniversary of Kristallnacht. Over a thousand synagogues were burned, over one hundred Jews murdered and thousands herded to concentration camps. Seven decades later, there is a rise of terrorism, primarily promulgated by Islamic Jihadists. Is Europe ready to take on serious geo-political challenges in our post 9/11 world? more |
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| On the Ground in Israel | |
| A personal view of our efforts in Israel from Amir Shacham, UJC MetroWest Director of Israel Operations. | |
Beautiful Israel |
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| Haifa Hoops for Kids | |
| Bring a smile to the face of a child | |
Haifa Hoops for Kids is a joint initiative of United Jewish Communities of MetroWest NJ and Maccabi Haifa Heat, an Israeli Professional Basketball Club, that offers companies, individuals, and organizations the chance to send underprivileged youth in Haifa and the Greater Haifa area to experience a Night of Fun at a Haifa Heat basketball game. |
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A Druze village in the northern Galillee, MetroWest became involved in Horfesh as a result of the Second Lebanon War in 2006. more