LOS ANGELES (JTA) – Sit back by the bonfire and pop open a brewski, it’s Lag Ba’Omer.

Temple Beth-El Religious School students and faculty in Washington, D.C. /Rabbi Sarah MackPROVIDENCE – Seven Temple Beth-El teens traveled to Washington, D.C., to participate in the Religious Action Center’s L’Taken Social Justice Seminar,. The seminiar is a program designed to expose students to a variety of public policy issues, explore the Jewish values surrounding these issues and teach the skills of an effective advocate.

WASHINGTON (JTA) – Jacob Lew helped Orthodox observance reach the highest precincts of governance. But can a man that Republicans say “can’t get to yes” be confirmed as secretary of the Treasury?

NEW YORK (JTA) – A pregnant Darfuri woman at a refugee camp in Chad, a Latino senior citizen living below the poverty line in the Bronx and an elderly Jewish immigrant from the former Soviet Union living in Boston.