JFCM Annual Meeting

The community is invited to the 63rd Annual Meeting and 2011 Annual Campaign Kick-off of the Jewish Federation of Central Massachusetts on:

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

7:30 pm

Temple Emanuel, 280 May Street, Worcester

Click here for full program details.

Click here to register for the Annual Meeting.

Come hear

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Sunday, October 17, 2010
4:00 pm

Hanover Theatre
2 Southbridge Street, Worcester

Event is free and open to the community.

Click here for more details and to RSVP.

Welcome Lidor David & Dror Ben Ami –our 2010-2011 Israeli Young Emissaries

Lidor David and Dror Ben Ami arrived in our community on September 2. Lidor is from Gan Ner and Dror is from Afula. Among the topics that Lidor and Dror will cover in our Hebrew and Hebrew High Schools and Clark Hillel include history, geography, culture, natural resources, Hebrew language, holidays and Israeli cuisine.

Click here to learn more.

2010-2011 Calendar of Events

The 2010-2011 program year community calendar of events is now fully online. Click on calendar on the left to see the all the events.

PJ Library open for new enrollments

The PJ Library is now taking new applications for their successful PJ Libary Program. Thanks to the generosity of the Harold N. Cotton Memorial Fund and the Jewish Federation of Central MA the program will now be expanded to 200 children in the central Massachusetts area.

The PJ Library (PJ as in pajamas) provides your family with a FREE treasury of Jewish books and music.

For more information regarding the program, please click here.

New to Central Mass?

We want to welcome you!

The Federation has welcome gifts for you. Click here to sign up.

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Shechitah Allowed in New Zealand Until Trial

JTA Staff

SYDNEY, Australia (JTA) – A New Zealand judge has allowed the kosher slaughter of animals to resume until the lawsuit filed by the Jewish community against the government comes to trial.