Shmuley Boteach invites congressional foe to Shabbat dinner
Jewish Journal
June 13, 2012
Rabbi Shumley Boteach invited his opponent in a New Jersey congressional race to Shabbat dinner.
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Rep. Barney Frank, author of Wall Street reform, to retire
Jewish Journal
November 28, 2011
U.S. Representative Barney Frank, a Democrat who helped to craft the landmark overhaul of financial regulations that bears his name, will not seek re-election in 2012, his office said on Monday.
Congress passes funding until March
Jewish Journal
December 22, 2010
Congress passed a procedural resolution that sustains government funding until March. The \”continuing resolution\” passed Tuesday includes the $2.75 billion in annual defense assistance for Israel. It passed 79-16 in the Senate and 193-165 in the U.S. House of Representatives. It maintains government funding at 2010 levels. Failure to pass it would have meant that the government would run out of money by midnight.
House approves funding bill including Iron Dome missile system
Jewish Journal
December 9, 2010
The U.S. House of Representatives included missile defense assistance for Israel in a massive funding bill. Included in the $1.1 trillion bill passed Wednesday was $205 million for Iron Dome, a new Israeli short-range missile defense system aimed at containing rocket attacks from the Gaza Strip and Lebanon, as well as $200 million for existing joint U.S.-Israel missile defense programs like the Arrow.\n
House of Representatives mourns fire losses
Jewish Journal
December 8, 2010
The U.S. House of Representatives mourned the loss of life in Israel\’s worst-ever forest fire and pledged to support assistance. The nonbinding resolution passed unanimously Tuesday \”mourns the loss of life and extends condolences to the families affected by the fire in northern Israel\” and \”supports the Obama Administration’s offer of, and rapid efforts to provide, United States fire fighting assistance to Israel in response to this disaster.\”\n
Fight the Minotaur in the Tax Labyrinth
John Chiang
December 1, 2005
This past September, the Bureau of Jewish Education of Greater Los Angeles, the Zimmer Children\’s Museum and representatives of more than 70 other organizations attended a seminar for nonprofits that I conducted at The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles.
Remember the Roots of the JCCs
Steve Sass
April 18, 2002
Talk about irony.
With the theme \”JCCs as Community Builders,\” representatives from Jewish community centers from throughout the continent will gather at the Century Plaza for four days beginning April 21 for the Jewish Community Centers (JCC) of North America\’s 2002 Biennial conference.
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