Less-affected Jewish communities offer to host residents of cities that were hit hardest by the storm, others organize supply runs to bring kosher food, water and gas to affected towns

After reviewing complaints of antisemitism in the literary world, JBC begins offering marketing grants, support groups, book clubs and a legal rights workshop for writers

Initiative named in honor of philanthropist Robert Beren, who died last year; his daughter, Julie Platt, pushed for the program to prepare teens to go to any university, even those with history of antisemitism

Mental health issues persist with the wives and children of Israelis who were called up to the reserves, as well as the tens of thousands displaced by the fighting and among Arab Israelis

Friends, colleagues and mentees remember Fleishman as a devoted Jew, wise beyond his years (even as a nonagenarian) and always willing to help