Retired teacher helping impoverished villages in Africa
HOMETOWN: Marlton FAMILY: Husband Randy; Children Jason & Benjamin SYNAGOGUE: Congregation Beth Tikvah FAVORITE MOVIE: “Rocky” After teaching kindergarten and...
Parenting conversation focus of JDAIM event
During Jewish Disability Awareness and Inclusion Month (JDAIM), the Katz JCC, Jewish Federation of Southern New Jersey, and JFCS jointly...
TALK TO US…
Who’s news?’ will appear on this page of every issue of the Voice. Does anyone you know belong here? If so,...
800 students celebrate Multicultural Day with Haddonfield’s Jewish American Club
The Jewish American Cultural Club (JACC) at Haddonfield Memorial High School hosted 800 students at its first-ever schoolwide Multicultural Day...
Federation and JCRC to present ‘Faces of October Seventh’ on Mar. 28
The Jewish Federation of Southern New Jersey (JFSNJ) and its agency, the Jewish Community Relations Council of Southern New Jersey (JCRC of SNJ), will host...
SNJ Israel Solidarity Mission brings messages of support
Last week, 15 Jewish Federation and agency staff, lay leaders, local rabbis, and other community members traveled to Israel on a Solidarity Mission. They met...
Radin’s Delicatessen opens in Cherry Hill, marking homecoming for noted deli owner
Jewish deli veteran Russ Cowan’s new Radin’s Delicatessen opened February 22 on 486 Evesham Road in Short Hills Shopping Center, marking a homecoming for the...
Groups working to support Israeli hostages and their families awarded 2024 ‘Jewish Nobel’
Five Israeli groups supporting Israelis held hostage in Gaza and their families will receive the 2024 Genesis Prize, the $1-million award known as the “Jewish Nobel.” Presented annually since 2013,...
For thousands of Israeli soldiers wounded in Gaza, a long journey to recovery of body and mind
RAMAT GAN, Israel--In December, Nechemia, a combat engineer, was serving in Gaza alongside his close friend when a rocket-propelled grenade exploded next to them. Nechemia suffered severe shrapnel injuries on...
Your Israel Emergency Fund dollars at work
This is the fourth and final article in a 4-part series that I hope has helped to illustrate the strength...
Checking in with South Jersey’s Jewish celebrity chef Jerzy Gonzalez-Arroyo
In the United States, a vast majority of Jews are of Ashkenazi (Eastern European) descent, but not all Jews in...
Examination of a relationship by Councilman Shabazz
We live in a world where many are unaware of the historic deep relationship between Jewish people and black people...
Universities are still not doing enough to protect Jewish students on campus
During a roundtable discussion about rising antisemitism and anti-Zionism on university campuses recently hosted on Capitol Hill by the House Committee on Education and the...
We must continue to advocate for the truth
Following October 7th, the Jewish nation has never been the same. We continue to carry the pain on our backs of the devastating bloodshed, as...
Israel’s security has always been bipartisan, and now is not the time to let that support waver
As Israel continues its war against Hamas to destroy the terrorist organization and return the hostages to Israel and their families, it is vital for...
We feel an inheritance of values–and trauma
Many of us are feeling a sense of uncertainty, even wariness, in our bones. The events that exploded onto the world stage during the last...