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Washington, D. C. - March 21 through 23, 2010 The AIPAC Policy Conference is the pro-Israel community's preeminent annual gathering. Register today and join more than 6,000 community and student activists from all 50 states, more than half of the Senate, a third of the House of Representatives and countless Israeli and American policymakers and opinion leaders. CONFIRMED PLENARY SPEAKERS: * Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY)
* Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC)
* Amb. Michael Oren, Israeli ambassador to the United States
* Col. Richard Kemp, former commander of British forces in Afghanistan
* Alan Dershowitz, Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law at Harvard Law School
* Robert Satloff, executive director of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy
* Dan Senor, co-author of Start-Up Nation: The Story of Israel's Economic Miracle
* Robert Kagan, senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Jewish Ideas Daily is a one-stop online resource of opinion and insight, of deliberation and analysis, of reflection, discovery, stimulation, and delight: the best that has been thought and said by or about Jews. The website's range of interest is very wide: Jewish history, religion, society, and thought, Jewish literature, art, music, and culture, Jewish politics and world affairs, Jewish people and places, Jewish philosophy, Jewish ethics, and the Jewish spirit. In illuminating each of these topics, it draws upon an equally wide variety of sources: daily opinion pages from around the world, weekly and monthly magazines, academic journals, books, blogs, video and audio content from think-tanks, universities, and online learning sites. Many of its sources are timely and up-to-the-minute. Many others are timeless, classic and provocative writings of the far or recent past that merit rediscovery and reconsideration. Still others are original content in the form of columns, interviews, and commissioned debates on big questions by leading thinkers and public figures.

Do you know someone who could benefit from a home delivered meal? Maybe you know a neighbor, a friend, or a relative? Perhaps someone who recently returned home from the hospital? Please call us!! Stanley Isaacs Neighborhood Center would be happy to provide a meal to eligible seniors (60+ years old) in need living between 5th Avenue and the East River from 59th Street up to 143rd Street. Hot, frozen and Kosher meals are available. To make a referral for yourself or someone else, or for more information, please contact the East Side Case Management Consortium at 212-744-5022, Ext. 1203.

In response to these challenging times, UJA-Federation of New York has created a program called Connect to Care to help members of the Jewish community who have been hurt by the current economic downturn. A new component of this program offers residents of Manhattan and Westchester interest-free loans up to $10,000.00 designed to help middle-income families help themselves. The program is open to families who had pre-recession gross family income of up to $140,000.00 and lost significant income because of the recession. For further information or to learn more about whether the loan program is right for you, a loved one, or someone else in the community, please contact one of the following: In Manhattan: The Jewish Board of Family and Children's Services at 212-399-2685, Ext. 206 or connect-to-care@jbcfs.org
In Westchester: Westchester Jewish Community Services at 914-470-5721 or connect-to-care@wjcs.com