Current News From The Jerusalem Post

• Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood braces for future trouble June 19, 2013
  Fortification of Brotherhood headquarters after Morsi's first year in office suggests looming war. […]
• Fatah warns US against exerting pressure on PA to resume talks unconditionally June 19, 2013
  As Kerry set to return to region next week, West Bank leadership calls on US secretary of state to exert pressure on Israel to "fulfill its obligations"; Erekat: Israeli gov't strategy based on "destroying the 2-state solution." […]
• Danon condemns haredi campaign against soldiers June 19, 2013
  Deputy Defense Minster calls on action against attacks waged to "delegitimize" IDF enlistment of ultra-Orthodox soldiers. […]
• Yisrael Beytenu warns against dropping periphery grants June 19, 2013
  Uri Ariel says government decisions harming housing market, encourages MKs to work to reverse them. […]

COMMUNITY NEWS and INFORMATION

     Visiting Scribe          Recommended Reads      Anne Frank: The Biography Melissa Müller Metropolitan Books, 2013. 480 pp. $35.00     Praised as “remarkable,” “meticulous,” and “long overdue,”... Read More →

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By Marianne Bazydlo The Jewish Federation of Central New York will present Micha Feldmann at a Maimonides Society event on Sunday, March 3 at 6 pm at The Oaks. Feldmann serves as the director of the Ethiopian department within SELAH – the Israel Crisis Management Center (ICMC), an organization that takes care of new immigrants from Ethiopia and... Read More →

Federation’s Brandeis Baruch Society to Honor Sara Alexander By Marianne Bazydlo The Jewish Federation of Central New York is revitalizing its local chapter of the Brandeis Baruch Society for Jewish business, financial and legal professionals. At the society’s 2013 inaugural event, Sara Alexander will be honored for her years of service and support... Read More →

Members of the Jewish Federation of Central New York Young Leadership class, light Chanukah candles at Temple B’rith Shalom in Cortland, NY. (From front left): Aaron Fumarola leading the service (Aaron is the brother of Adam Fumarola, who is in the YL class.) Gisele Fumarola (Adam’s daughter); Owen Reckess, next to his father, David Reckess,... Read More →