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NEW YORK, Sept. 30 (JTA) – Last January, midway through his first year of teaching Sunday school, Dennis Niekro was tempted to quit. A convert to Judaism, the 30-year-old Niekro had initially agreed to take the part-time job teaching fifth grade at his Columbus, Ohio, temple because he thought it would be another way to […]

NEW YORK, Oct. 5 (JTA) – Just weeks after launching a national marketing blitz informing North American Jewish college students of free trips to Israel this winter, Birthright Israel has far more would-be travelers than available spots. And despite the fact that thousands will have to be turned away for this round of trips, the […]