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LETTERS | Stanford graduation, remembering Rabbi Kelman and more
19+ hour ago (22+ words) Here's what our readers are talking about in this week's letters to the editor of J. The Jewish News of Northern California....
Alan Greenspan, long-serving US Fed chair, dies at 100
2+ day, 9+ hour ago (142+ words) The self-taught economist became chair in 1987, overseeing the longest economic boom on record. Alan Greenspan, the former chairman of the Federal Reserve who served during the pinnacle of US economic power, died on Monday at 100 The self-taught economist became chair…...
San Diego Jewish World
4+ day, 9+ hour ago (199+ words) By Cailin Acosta in La Mesa, California Jewish Federation of San Diego has welcomed back Heather Wolfson as Senior Director of Leadership and Belonging. Wolfson returns in a focused capacity dedicated to the two areas that have defined her career…...
How "Uncle" Joe helped to "lay the base for others
5+ day, 21+ hour ago (775+ words) Windrush migrant went on to be a vital elder in NW5 Friday, 19th June " By Dan Carrier Members of the Roberts family built the area's first sound system " called Mighty President " and took it to parties across Kentish Town WHEN "Uncle" Joe…...
Foundation set to host luncheon, targets N250m
5+ day, 19+ hour ago (357+ words) The Heart of Gold Support & Care Initiative and the Patrick Ejedawe Foundation, has unveiled plans to expand the scope of its poverty reduction and economic inclusion attempts, through a landmark luncheon targeted at raising "250, 000, 000. In a statement issued on Wednesday,…...
The Builder of Lakewood: Rav Shneur Kotler zt'l On his yahrtzeit, the 3rd of Tammuz
6+ day, 13+ hour ago (905+ words) By Rabbi Yair Hoffman New York (VINNEWS/Rabbi Yair Hoffman) On the 3rd of Tammuz, 5742 " June 24, 1982 " After battling with yenem machala for a while, Rav Shneur Kotler was niftar. He was sixty-four years old. In the twenty years he had led…...
Ride out of poverty: How a widow built wealth through boda boda business
1+ week, 1+ day ago (795+ words) When Jane Kemunto Makori lost her husband'in 2020, she was left with six children, no steady source of income and a future clouded by uncertainty'and many unanswered questions. The death of the family's sole breadwinner plunged the'widow'from Igare in Kisii County…...
Philanthropy in Africa's largest startup ecosystem should be data-driven
1+ week, 1+ day ago (175+ words) Nigeria is the most generous country on earth. According to the World Giving Report 2025, 89% of Nigerians donated money in 2024, the highest proportion of any country surveyed globally, and gave an average of 2. 83% of their income to charity, also ranking first…...
Pregnancy loss lead this Long Island mom to co-owning a business built around teaching confidence
1+ week, 1+ day ago (17+ words) Newsday...
Rabbi Josh Bennett of Temple Israel and Steven Ingber, CEO, Jewish Federation.
1+ week, 2+ day ago (15+ words) The Columbus Dispatch...