Not much Madoff in this week’s Jewish papers. Looks like we’re starting to move on:
- The movement for publicly funded Hebrew language and culture charter schools took a giant step forward as a new school for New York City received final approval and plans emerged for a national center to back Hebrew charter school efforts across the country, says the Forward.
- Less than a week before the start of the spring semester, Rutgers University suspended its study abroad programs with three Israeli universities in light of the present conflict in the Gaza Strip, reports the New Jersey Jewish news.
- The New Jersey Jewish Standard reports on a meeting the Orthodox Union held last week that was intended to address the financial crisis that yeshivas and day schools now face.
- Older Jews are working longer, says the Washington Jewish Week.
- Three rabbis on the North Shore of Boston have started a program to help Jewish families in financial need, reports the Jewish Journal Boston North.
- Various local groups in Baltimore, from Birthright participants to Friends of the IDF, are picking up the fund-raising mantle to help Israelis affected by the war in Gaza, reports the Baltimore Jewish Times.
- This story in the St. Louis Jewish Light about a tzedakah project that one Hebrew school learned at last year’s CAJE conference is a subtle reminder that CAJE will be missed.
- A synagogue in San Francisco aims to take the stigma out of mental illness, reports J.
- A program in Philly that promotes understanding between black and Jewish high schoolers has a new exec, says the Philadelphia Jewish Exponent.
- Which brings us to this: Actor Louis Gosset Jr. (yes, the star of Iron Eagle 1, 2, 3 and 4) will give the toast at the National Inaugural Jewish Ball sponsored by Ohev Shalom — the National Synagogue in D.C., reports the LA Jewish Journal.
