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Breaking with Tradition, Elite NYC School Adds a 2nd Entrance Exam Date

Breaking with Tradition, Elite NYC School Adds a Second Entrance Exam Date to Accommodate Jewish Families

(New York Jewish Week) — Hunter College High School, a prestigious middle and high school in Manhattan, has added a second date for its entrance exam after a Jewish parent complained …

Tennessee’s Jewish Federation Join Together for a Day on the Hill

Barbara Dab, The Jewish Observer; Steven Hirsch, The Jewish Federation of Greater Nashville, Rep. John Ray Clemmon, Leslie Kirby, The Jewish Federation of Greater Nashville, Austin Center; The Jewish Federation of Greater Chattanooga; Steven Remer, JewishFederation of Greater Nashville

Rep…

Affordable Housing is Becoming Scarce in Nashville

Rabbi Joshua Kullock of West End Synagogue welcomes attendees to the Affordable Housing Forum. Photo credit: Rick Malkin

Affordable Housing is Becoming Scarce in Nashville: What does this mean for the Jewish Community?

Nashville’s popularity as an “it” city continues to rise, and c…

Cookbook Author & Chef Michael Twitty Bridges Cultures with Koshersoul

Author and chef Michael Twitty will lead this year’s JCRC Social Justice Seder on March 30.

Passover is said to be the most celebrated of Jewish holidays. Of course, that notion may vary depending on who you ask. Nevertheless, Passover is significant in that it provides an opportunity t…

To be a Steward of the Earth, Live a Life of Radical Amazement

Rabban Yochanan ben Zakkai said, “If, while holding a sapling in your hand you are told that the Messiah is about to arrive, first plant the sapling and then go out to receive the Messiah.” Much is written in the Torah and the Talmud about trees, and we read even more carefully about the…

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