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is JTA's former associate editor.

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• Using data, Jewish groups try to turn the art of fundraising into a science

  December 9, 2012 3:14pm

  Jewish organizations increasingly are looking to data-driven analysis to drive decision-making and improve fundraising.

• Yankees offer Youkilis $12 million

  December 7, 2012 2:53pm

  The New York Yankees reportedly offered Jewish free agent Kevin Youkilis a one-year, $12 million contract.

• Heifers on Chanukah

  December 4, 2012 6:37pm

  Giving a cow isn’t most people’s idea of a great Chanukah present, but the folks at Heifer International are trying to change that. Not sure this video is gonna do the trick, but who knows? Heifer donates cows to improverished communities around the world out of the belief — shared by at least one notable…

• Repair the World offering grants to encourage Sandy relief

  December 4, 2012 5:04pm

  The Jewish service group Repair the World is offering micro-grants to encourage students to volunteer for Hurricane Sandy relief.

• Air-raid siren sounds in Jerusalem

  November 16, 2012 3:01pm

  Air-raid sirens were sounded in Jerusalem on Friday, marking the first time the holy city has been targeted by rocket fire from Gaza.

• Jewish pot activist Mason Tvert hits new high with marijuana legalization vote in Colorado

  November 12, 2012 4:31pm

  Jewish activist Mason Tvert was behind the effort to sell the unprecedented marijuana legalization law that passed in Colorado.

• From Boca to Delray, Florida’s much-discussed Jewish voters finally have their say

  November 6, 2012 9:00pm

  In South Florida, Jewish voters talk about social issues and Israel at the conclusion of a bitterly fought presidential campaign.

• Deluged day school, ruined Torahs and devastated communities left in Sandy’s wake

  November 1, 2012 7:39pm

  A tour of the devastation in coastal Brooklyn revealed a deluged Jewish school, a synagogue with wet Torah scrolls and silent Jewish institutions.

• As storm descended on Northeast, Jews took to Internet to share stories and appeal for help

  October 30, 2012 6:03pm

  Social media outlets became lifelines during the storm, enabling residents to commiserate, share information and appeal for or offer help.

• ‘U.N. Me’ documentary makes Borat-style attack on world body

  May 29, 2012 3:52pm

  A pro-Israel activist is hoping that his scathing documentary on the United Nations — to be released nationwide — brings focus to what he says is the world body’s global ineffectiveness.