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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 430

Neil Rubin

Illustrative: a Jewish Federations of North America General Assembly conference. (Eric Stephenson for JFNA via JTA)
November 8, 2012, 3:20 pm
Recovery on the agenda at Jewish Federations’ annual summit
Slammed by Hurricane Sandy and still below pre-recession levels of fundraising, US Jewish organizations are getting creative — and making cuts — to serve their communities
By Neil Rubin and JTA
A letter to Congress by prominent American Protestant leaders calling for an investigation and possible suspension of US aid to Israel has upset Jewish-Christian ties. (Photo credit: FCNL/Graphics by Uri Fintzy via JTA)
October 16, 2012, 11:07 pm
Incensed Jewish groups weigh response to Protestant letter on Israel
Major US organizations consider canceling meeting with Christian counterparts over letter to Congress calling for possible aid cut
By Neil Rubin
Residents of MorseLife, a Jewish retirement community in West Palm Beach, Fla., start the day with an outdoor breakfast. (Photo credit: Courtesy of MorseLife via JTA)
October 12, 2012, 9:13 pm
US Jews prepare for baby-boomer retirement wave
With postwar generation hitting senior-citizen status, demand for services will rise dramatically
By Neil Rubin
Illustrative photo: Pro-Israel students at UCLA. (Hasbara Fellowships via JTA)
October 4, 2012, 6:14 pm
Study reveals unexpected diversity among young pro-Israel activists
Findings suggest advocacy groups may not be reaching full population of potential supporters
By Neil Rubin
Volunteers in 2008 at the Homecrest House in Silver Spring, Md., one of B'nai B'rith International's network of independent living facilities for senior adults. B’nai B’rith has had its pension program taken over by the federal government. (B'nai B'rith International via JTA)
September 27, 2012, 5:18 pm
US takeover of B’nai B’rith pension plan raises questions about group’s future
Once at the forefront of American Jewish life, organization’s retirement fund is $25 million in debt
By Neil Rubin
Nigel Savage, director of Hazon, which spearheads the composting effort. (photo credit: Courtesy Hazon/JTA)
September 20, 2012, 8:45 pm
Talmud, a day at a time
Impressed by the discipline involved in undertaking a 7.5 year journey into the world of the sages, Jews from all walks of life are joining the ‘daf yomi’ adventure
By Neil Rubin
College student outreach leaders came to the Hillel Institute at Washington University in St. Louis to learn the ins and outs of engaging their less engaged peers, August 2012. (photo credit: Paul Granados/JTA)
August 14, 2012, 9:50 pm
A new plan for Hillel looks beyond its traditional pale
Unaffiliated Jewish students are being lobbied by a new brand of Hillel student who seeks Jewish life outside the walls of the traditional campus Hillel House
By Neil Rubin
Ankie Spitzer, from her YouTube appeal for a moment of silence at the London Olympic games. (photo credit: Image capture from YouTube)
July 24, 2012, 11:44 am
How the Munich 11 petition went viral
The campaign for an official commemoration at the 2012 Games was born when a suburban New York JCC decided to dedicate the Maccabi Games they were hosting to the murdered Israelis and enlisted Ankie Spitzer to make a video plea to the IOC
By Neil Rubin
Caterpillar manufactured equipment at work in the West Bank (photo credit: Gershon Elinson/Flash90)
July 8, 2012, 3:18 am
Push for divestment unlikely to slow down, despite Presbyterian vote
Church narrowly decided not to boycott companies whose products are used in West Bank
By Ron Kampeas and Neil Rubin
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