Jewish Left Pressing Obama On Peace

Obama: Will Israeli-Palestinian conflict be at the top of his crowded agenda? getty images

by James D. Besser
Washington Correspondent

Inauguration Day is still two months away, but President-Elect Barack Obama is already being pressed by Jewish doves to fulfill his campaign promise to make Israeli-Palestinian peace a top priority from day one of his administration — despite a deepening economic crisis that has swept most other issues off the table. - Read Story -

And Then There Was One

In wake of new merger, a lone Reform temple stands its ground in the frum Five Towns.

Fish out of water? The members of Temple Israel of Lawrence, above, believe Reform Judaism has a place in the Five Towns. Kym Newborn

by Stewart Ain
Staff Writer

In wake of new merger, a lone Reform temple stands its ground in the frum Five Towns. - Read Story -