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| “Going Green” Kicks Off Metro Business Breakfast Series |
| Published Friday, November 21, 2008 |
|  The year’s momentum stayed in high gear for Metro Business on October 28 with “Going Green: How. Why. And When You Know It’s Time,” the first in a series of four breakfast panels for Jewish professionals on the move. They gathered at the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County campus west of Boca Raton. Ted Deutch, State Senator and Metro member, moderated three Boca Raton-based “Going Green” panelists. The Series continues on January 13 with "The Real Deal – What You Can Count on in a Changing Economy."
More>> | | | | Secret Lives of the Jewish Holidays Series Offered by Gold Coast at Library |
| Published Wednesday, November 19, 2008 |
|  "So you know all about the holidays? You’ve been observing or watching them for years? But what do you really know?” asks Dr. Leon Weissberg, JEC Executive Director. Weissberg present, “The Secret Lives of the Jewish Holidays: The Mysteries Behind Our Routines and Rituals,” a four-part series, from 10:00 – 11:30 am on Dec. 3, Jan. 14, Feb. 4, and March 4. The series will take place at the City of Boca Raton Spanish River Library.
More>> | | | | How North Americans Came When Israel Needed Them Most: The 1948 Story of Aliyah and Bet Machal |
| Published Wednesday, November 5, 2008 |
|  The Jewish Education Commission's Israel Programs Resource Center, and the Jewish Community Relations Council, of the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County are proud and delighted to host the South Florida premiere of a powerful exhibit about a critical yet little known aspect of modern Jewish history. They Came When We Needed Them Most: The Story of Aliyah Bet and Machal, How Americans and Canadians Answered
Israel ’s Call in 1948, will be displayed from November 11 to January 30, in the Cultural Arts Building on the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County campus.
More>> | | | | David Pratt and Elyssa Kupferberg are New Foundation Leaders; Campaign Planned to Increase Unrestricted Endowment Funds |
| Published Tuesday, November 4, 2008 |
|  The Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County has proudly announced that David Pratt and Elyssa Kupferberg have been appointed to lead The Jewish Community Foundation of the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County in 2008-9. The JCF develops permanent resources to ensure the continuity of Jewish life, programs and services in our community, and throughout the world, through lasting legacies, by developing permanent endowment funds, lifetime gifts, bequests in wills, trusts and planning giving programs.
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