Merion Station News

“There is a deep understanding on both sides of each other's conditions and cultures”

For most U.S. companies, big and small, doing business in Israel is a combination of inviting opportunity and engaging challenge, marked by cultural, institutional and administrative differences, that once ... via Jewish Exponent

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“One of the last things I remember him saying coherently is that my ring was beautiful”

Katie, now 26, and Seth, now 29, met during the 2004-05 school year at Merion Mercy Academy in Merion Station, where Seth, who grew up in Locust Valley, N.Y., taught English and French, and Katie, originally ... via Philly.com

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“It's a satisfying, inspiring experience”

When David Kohn became sick last January, he thought his days of learning in yeshiva were over. via Jerusalem Post

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Filed under: Austen Societies and Events - Mags @ 1:29 am Spring is upon us, and many groups are planning Jane Austen festivals and special events. via AustenBlog . . . she's everywhere

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Karen and Michael Sallen of Merion Station, and Yaffa and Yekutiel Berdugo of Ra'anana, Israel, announce the engagement of their children, Rebecca Sarah Sallen and Yaniv Refael Berdugo. via Jewish Exponent

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“The people of Israel will live!”

Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter and Federation board chair Leonard Barrack sign an Israel solidarity banner sent to Philadelphia's Partnership 2000 communities of Netivot and Sedot Negev. via Jewish Exponent

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Dinner guests: Hope they have a big table for these honorees, being applauded and lauded the evening of March 13 at Har Zion Temple in Penn Valley, where the Delaware Valley Region of Jewish Educators Assembly ... via Jewish Exponent

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This episode of 'Philadelphia Weirdness' brings to you brief tales of phantom females haunting the city. via Phillyist

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“They [students] will have an opportunity to learn how you can be both a collegian and a committed Jew on the college campus today”

For the last 20 years, the growth of Jewish a cappella groups on college campuses across North America has been overwhelming, very similar to the virtual explosion of klezmer bands one or two decades earlier. via Jewish Exponent

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“The resolution is going to declare publicly that the Conservative Jewish community is very bothered by this language and feels that the Church is turning the clock back a bit.”

An organization of Conservative Jewish Rabbis is likely to protest what may seem to be a minor change in a Catholic prayer. via KYW-AM Philadelphia

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