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Rabbi Herschel Schacter, Chaplain At Buchenwald Liberation, Dies At 95

03/21/2013 | Staff Report

Rabbi Herschel Schacter, a national Jewish leader and the only Jewish chaplain present at the liberation of the Buchenwald concentration camp, died Thursday at the age of 95.

Freedom From Toil, 2013 Style

03/20/2013 | Steve Lipman | Staff Writer

He could have been one of the ancient Israelites toiling for the Pharoah under the brutal Egyptian sun some 5,000 years ago. Even his name is biblical.

L.A. As A Model For The Jewish Future

03/19/2013 | Gary Rosenblatt | Editor and Publisher

Los Angeles — “This is the most exciting and frustrating Jewish community in the country,” proclaimed Jay Sanderson, chief executive of the Jewish Federation of Los Angeles, the site and showcase of the annual Jewish Funders Network international conference held here over three days this week.

New Alliance Complicates Jewish Energy Policy Position

03/19/2013 | Ron Kampeas/ JTA

Washington — On page 15 of the most recent edition of the Kansas Independent Oil and Gas Association’s newsletter, beneath griping about perceived threats to the industry posed by President Obama’s tax and energy policies, was a nugget of positive news:

Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association Elects Gay Rabbi To Lead Group

03/15/2013 | JTA

The Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association has elected an openly gay rabbi to lead the national rabbinic organization.

The Eternal Conversation

03/12/2013 | Alfredo Borodowski | Special To The Jewish Week

Editor’s Note: This article introduces a new column in which Rabbi Alfredo Borodowski, executive director of the Skirball Center for Jewish Learning at Temple Emanu-el and founding rabbi of Congregation Sulam Yaakov in Larchmont, asks leading religious figures, thinkers and activists in Jewish life what they think about God? He began with Rabbi Rick Jacobs, president of the Union for Reform Judaism.