JR stories

Challah orders spread cheer to survivors

PHOTO: Challahman Rich Meyer brings a bin of challah loaves to Janet Menashe to deliver to Kehillah residents. For every two loaves sold, one more is donated to Jewish Family & Child Service. Each week about 75 Holocaust survivors, clients with special needs  and other JFCS clients get a f…

Rabbis on the move

Rabbi Debra Kolodny to head east; Rabbi Truzman to stay connected from Israel; More Transition News: Rose, Levy, Boettiger.

Study of fish could offer clues to aging and cancer in humans

PSU Professor Jason Podrabsky, Ph.D., and Hebrew University Professor Itamar Harel, Ph.D., were awarded an NSF grant to study embryo dormancy and aging in killifish that could have applications in the fields of human aging and cancer.

Police Reform: Soft Skills for Hard Encounters

By Dave Dahl and Jathan Janove

Before creating Dave's Killer Bread, Dave Dahl spent 15 years of his life in jails and prisons. In his numerous encounters with police and corrections officers, their approach was always force or threat of force, obedience or physical suffering.

In 1989, usin…

A remarkable first year

PHOTO: The Jewish Review returned as an e-newspaper (left) when society still functioned in person. Later that month, the world moved into a virtual realm and the Review published an EXTRA issue (right) to help readers navigate the altered world. (See schedule of upcoming issues and deadlin…