Issue Number 24 Volume 48

Israel needs help now as deadly Hezbollah rockets are driving its citizens in the country's north from their homes and their jobs, and as Israelis everywhere grapple with huge new demands on thei

WADI YAROUN, Lebanon (JTA)—Serving as part of Israel's offensive in southern Lebanon has raised several major concerns for Avi, a 34-year-old social worker turned reserve soldier.

WASHINGTON (JTA)—The search for the perfect buffer force in southern Lebanon increasingly sounds like one of the loaded but vague words one sees in personals ads: "Robust" sounds nice

NITZANIM, Israel (JTA) — On the sand dunes of Israel's southern coast, a tent city rises like a desert mirage—blue-and-white flags flapping along a shimmering sea, massive white tents

Leaders of almost every Jewish institution in and around Portland met Aug. 4 at the Jewish Federation of Greater Portland to discuss security issues.

"I've been talking about taking a more active leadership role (in Portland's Jewish community), and the Portland Jewish Leadership Institute has given me the tools to go forth and be on

Congregation Neveh Shalom's 1,000 plus member families now have a new resource to help meet their needs. Rabbi Bradley Greenstein became the Conservative congregation's assistant rabbi Aug.

Cedar Sinai Park Chief Executive Officer David Fuks is going public with his disappointment over service provided to one of its residents by Kaiser Permanente in Portland, and what Fuks believes is K

Morocco is a Muslim country—98.7 percent Muslim, according to the CIA's Web site.

Last year, every Maimonides Jewish Day School student in a grade tested by the Oregon State Assessments met or exceeded the state's benchmarks.

Tikkun olam and mitzvah opportunities will be the focus when Portland Area Jewish Educators convene at Congregation Shaarie Torah Sept. 10 for their annual conference.

What do Garbriel Garcia Marquez, Isabelle Allende, Jorge Amando, Jorge Luis Borges, Umberto Eco, Julio Cort?zar and Portland's Jan Baross have in common?

The fund-raising campaign for the Reform movement's new youth camp and retreat center near Arlington, Wash., has moved into its public phase after about four years of private fund-raising, and, i

ATLANTA, Aug. 15 (JTA)—Hezbollah rockets may have stopped for now—but the American Jewish response to the crisis has not.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 (JTA)—The aftermath of Israel's war with Hezbollah is looking a lot like Oscar night without the envelope: No one knows anything yet, so everyone claims victory.