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| Hands-on Jewish Women’s Foundation Continues to Cut the Edge with Playwright Ensler and Third Year of Grant Awards |
| Published Friday, May 2, 2008 |
|  Even before her standing ovataaion, it was clear that renowned
playwright and activist Eve Ensler was a most fitting keynote speaker
as the Jewish Women’s Foundation (JWF) of the Jewish Federation of
South Palm Beach County announced their 2008 grant awards to improve
the opportunities, choices and status of Jewish women and girls. The
annual “Granting Wishes” program and cocktail reception was held at The
Old Course at Broken Sound in Boca Raton.
More>> | | | | Who Needs Israel Anyway? College-Bound Jewish Teens Prepare to Answer this and More at JCRC’s 8th Annual Campus Advocacy Forum |
| Published Friday, May 2, 2008 |
|  How would a Jewish college student respond if her roommate said she’s never known a Jew before, or a speaker said the Holocaust never happened? Jewish students too often encounter such sensitive or painful circumstances. Fortunately, 120 local teens spent a recent evening gaining tools to address such situations, at the 8th Annual Campus Advocacy Forum, sponsored by the JCRC and the JEC of the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County.
More>> | | | | Federation Hosts Israeli Medical Delegation for Emergency Preparedness Partnership |
| Published Friday, May 2, 2008 |
|  An unprecedented partnership has been forged between physicians, safety experts and emergency responders from South Palm Beach County and its Israeli Sister City, Kiryat Bialik. The Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County and Boca Raton Community Hospital (BRCH) recently united through Federation’s Partnership 2000 (P2K) Exchange to hold a two-day working visit from Israeli emergency management experts.
More>> | | | | Local Teens Build Powerful Israel Connections through Visits and Technology |
| Published Thursday, May 1, 2008 |
|  Whether in colorful Purim costumes, or T-shirts and denim, it was impossible to tell the 10 South Palm Beach county teens from their 30 companions from the community’s Israeli Sister City, Kiryat Bialik. What was clear, of the local students’ Purim week in Israel, was just how comfortable they were there.
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