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Conservative Synagogues Shift Tactics on the Intermarried

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Bryan Schwartzman

Rabbi Ira F. Stone can cite one reason why Conservative congregations have been losing ground to their Reform and Reconstructionist counterparts: Many people perceive them as less open to intermarried families. Stone, the religious leader of Temple Beth Zion-Beth Israel in Center City, believes that Conservative shuls need to become more welcoming not only because it's the right thing to...

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Testing for Swine Flu's Just One More Thing to Do Before Camp

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Aaron Passman, Staff Writer

The temperature on the morning of June 28 hovered just below 80°, but that wasn't the number B'nai B'rith Perlman Camp staffers were interested in. As children from across the Philadelphia region gathered in the parking lot of the Plymouth Meeting Mall to board the one bus headed to the Poconos camp, the eager youngsters were met by camp officials...

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'Exponent' Earns 10 Awards in Contests

The economy may be down, but spirits are up at the Jewish Exponent, which took home 10 awards from various journalism contests for work done in 2008. The Pennsylvania Newspaper Association bestowed two honors on the Exponent at the organization's annual Keystone Press Awards dinner, which was held last month in Gettysburg, Pa. The staff took home second place for...

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Ready to Hit the Ground Running

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Aaron Passman, Staff Writer

Craig Hoffman is headed back to Israel because of some unfinished business. The Berwyn resident served as head coach of the United States' rowing team at the 1997 World Maccabiah Games in Israel when tragedy struck. A pedestrian bridge over Tel Aviv's Yarkon River collapsed during the opening ceremonies, killing four Australian athletes. Though the games went on and the...

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A Sure-Footed Brother-and-Sister Soccer Act

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Aaron Passman, Staff Writer

For siblings Josh and Tracy Bienenfeld, playing in the World Maccabiah Games will be a sort of reunion. The two haven't been around one another as teammates "since I was a freshman in high school and she was a senior, and we played on the same co-ed team," said Josh, age 21. The Huntingdon Valley natives will compete on the...