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Jewish Groups Softening Resistance On Hagel

01/08/2013 | Ron Kampeas/ JTA

Washington — Now that Chuck Hagel is officially President Obama’s nominee to be secretary of defense, Jewish groups concerned about Hagel’s record on Israel and Iran are faced with a choice.

Special Needs At Summer Camp To Receive Formal Study

01/07/2013 | Julie Wiener | Associate Editor

The Foundation for Jewish Camp (FJC) is launching what is believed to be the first-ever research project mapping current services available to children with special needs and physical disabilities at nonprofit Jewish overnight camps across North America.

Spanish-Portuguese Synagogue Sues Touro Over Torah Ornament Sale

01/02/2013 | Steve Lipman and Gary Rosenblatt

Two of the oldest Jewish congregations in the United States are battling over a pair of silver Torah ornaments, according to the Associated Press.

Mass. Yeshiva Launches Last-Ditch Effort To Stay Open

01/02/2013 | JTA

A Chabad-affiliated yeshiva in Worcester, Mass., has launched a last-ditch effort to prevent its imminent closure.

Hawaii’s Schatz Makes 11 Jewish Senators

12/27/2012 | Steve Lipman | Staff Writer

Hawaii, which had a Jewish governor for eight recent years, will have a Jewish senator in the next Congress.

Noah Pozner: A Loving ‘Little Man’

12/18/2012 | JTA

It was a eulogy for a life that had only just begun.

Veronique Pozner remembered her son Noah as a rambunctious, video-game loving “little man,” a boy with a perpetual smile and twinkly blue eyes who dreamed of becoming a doctor, a soldier or manager of a factory that makes tacos — his favorite food.

Noah Samuel Pozner, age 6, was the youngest victim of the massacre last week at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. He was laid to rest Monday, his miniature wooden casket set beneath the podium where his mother stood.