"The premise of our mission is idealistic, even romantic, but we operate on a very realistic set of values," says Jeffrey Dekro, founder and president of the Shefa Fund, a public foundation aimed at ...

Ahmed Tesema, right, the brother of homicide victim Habibi Tesema, testifies against a pardon for Amreya Shefa in St. Paul Tuesday. When it comes to staying informed in Minnesota, our newsletters ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Former top CBS marketing executives Garen van de Beek and Lori Shefa have reteamed to open RM 15, a boutique entertainment ...

NEW YORK (JTA) — For years, homework was a “battle” in Johanna Shlomovich’s home. Her son, Gavi, is dyslexic and had been struggling since pre-kindergarten. By third grade, he was still reading well ...

The 99-year ground lease was possible because landlord Extell Development abandoned plans for a new development at the Upper West Side location amid a legal battle with the New York Institute of ...

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In the 1880s, when few U.S. banks would loan to Jewish immigrants, leaders of that community found their own way to finance the American Dream: They created lending institutions to help tailors, ...

The Saipan Higher Education Financial Assistance has distributed a total of $847,000 in scholarship awards to students for the fall semester. SHEFA administrator Merissa S. Rasa said Thursday last ...

(RNS) — The nonprofit Shefa integrates Jewish beliefs and rituals with legal psychedelic practices, an approach that’s especially resonated in recent years. (RNS) — For nearly two decades, Larry Hertz ...

The Jewish school opened 10 years ago in Nomad with 24 students. In its new building, it can accommodate 350. When 230 students return to classes at The Shefa School tomorrow, they’ll do so in a brand ...