life, and then i met nine of them altogether, so it was great. >> and, rabbi marv, had you ever met a muslim leader? >> oh, yeah. >> okay. >> yeah. with my work with the boardrabbis, there's a lot of interfaith work we do. >> of course. erin, i wanted -- rabbi marv and abbas were talking about the work, the ngos -- non-governmental organizations -- that do so much. what does israaid do for the refugees? how does that work? i mean, it's got to be multifaceted. >> of course. so, israaid works in 19 countries around the world. we've impacted 2 million people to date. traditionally israaid has responded to natural disasters, but in our response to the refugee crisis, we're focused on medical work, so we run medical clinics to attend to the refugees, and we also specialize in psychosocial support. israel leads the world with psychosocial training and response to ptsd, and this is something that we can really use in the refugee camps that we work with in iraq, greece, germany. >> but they're not just all in camps, though, right? first you have to see how injured they are and then you had to get them mental care, healthcare, housing, and food. >> yes. we work hand

of dangerous violent you know can this be even. reinforced jewish voice for peace at the rabbinical board as a board of rabbis one of them rabbi alysa wise was detained not in israel but actually before she even got on her live tons of flight by israeli security agents who prevented her from entering and i think that might have been the first time it happened to a jewish person certainly to a rabbi. now we have to ask how that makes israel look at they start doing this regularly to jewish based jewish member based organizations it means they're seeking to define judaism along the lines of support for israel's project of apartheid and that is going to deep in the international crisis that israel has as it attempts to define itself as a jewish state while it finds itself in conflict with growing numbers unprecedented numbers of left wing liberal and humanitarian minded jews that's really i think a fight that israel has never wanted to have and that's what they face now is incredible do you think we're going to see this reverse to resist the kind of. you know because i'm also thinking what becomes mine too is the amount of surveillance

invocation will be given by rabbi stephanie bernstein, the widow of michael stuart bernstein who left behind their two children, she is a rabbi in falls church, virginia, a long-term board103 inc. and our go to person for handling how to say what we want to say intelligently and eloquently. if you could come up. >> source of all blessings, be with us today as we gather at this place of sacred memory as we remember parents who cared for us, guided us, taught us and sacrificed for us. spouses and partners with whom we shared our lives who were with us in good times and bad. children and grandchildren taken from us when they have so much life to live. siblings with whom we played and squabbled and shared a rich tapestry of heritage, grandparents, aunts and uncles who gave us unconditional love, friends whose counsel and support reached our lives, as we recall with gratitude friends and neighbors husaks of lovingkindness his status and helped us to keep the memories of our loved ones alive. we give thanks, members of the club no one wanted to join who pride with us with who we walk the halls of congress and attended meetings too numerous to count. as we call to mind those w

burnt wreckage of a cessna plane discovered by emergency responders in costa rica sunday -- all 12 on board perished -- including a scarsdale family.jon mark / scarsdale: "rabbi jonathan blake of the westchester reform temple sent a letter to the congregation."that letter -- jon mark says -- revealing longtime congregant bruce and irene steinberg died in the fiery crash -- along with their children: william, zachary and matthew.jon mark / scarsdale: "accident like that, at any time is tragic and poignantly at the end of the year, it's an awful way to go into the new year."messages of sympathy pouring in on social media where bruce steinberg's sister thanked those online for calls, thoughts and prayers.margaret reiniger / scarsdale: "if they were on a trip together, to have something happy, and to have something like that, that's really a tragedy... tragedy."reports say the family traveled internationally often -- the steinbergs wanting to expose their children to different cultures. william and zachary were in college -- matthew the youngest -- in 8th grade.the doomed plane went down just ten minutes after take-off from an airport in the western part of the c

of be fostering a future penn student. >> reporter: the other passengers on board were the weiss family confirmed to the associated press by the family's rabbiays hannah weiss died in the crash along with her and parents and her brother ari. property records so the weiss family lived in the philadelphia area until 2004 with properties listed in plymouth meeting lafayette hill and norristown. now the university of pennsylvania has yet to put out a statement confirming that william steinberg was a student there. as for the cause of the crash that is still under investigation. reporting live in the sat center, trish hartman channel6 "action news." jim. >> thank you, trish. >>> of course the world news tonight with david muir will have more on the investigation into the crash. that is next at 6:30 right after "action news." >>> coming up on "action news" tonight, frigid temperatures not ideal for making music so how did the mummers cope with the cold to keep their instruments in tune? and we'll introduce you to the delaware valley's newest residents born moments into 2018. cecily. >> well, the high today only hit 20 degrees making this our third

in on the board of directors of the jewish book council and is a contributing editor to two jewish feminist publications. she was at the forefront of the struggle to web women ordained as rabbis in the conservative movement. finally, francine, i hope you know that you and your endlessly charming husband, stan, are so dear to my wife judy and me, so i'm honored to introducing out. ladies and gentlemen, please join me in welcoming the author of "lioness", francine klagsbrun [applause]. >> okay. thank you, gary. i just love gary turkey is one of the great editors of our time and for me it is such an honor to be introduced by gary and for the jewish week to be cosponsoring this. gerrit-- gary has been my editor, my boss for all of these years i have been writing for the jewish week and it's been a joy, every single moment of it. i also want to thank the jewish week, cf who does events for the jewish week it was involved in this event and whatever it is it is magic. whatever she does its magic and i think her for that and i particularly want to thank the people of the jewish museum who put this together, nelly benedict to put this together was the person who invited me to speak at

of william steinberg and his family. we still cannot believe that they died so unexpectedly ." the other family on board the plane is the wise family concerned to the associated press by the family's rabbiint peter's burst florida. he says hannah wise died in the crash along with her parents mitchell and leslie and her brother ari. property records show the wise family lived in the philadelphia area until 2004 with properties listed in plymouth meeting lafayette hill and norristown. now heavy winds were reported earlier sunday but officials are still investigating exactly what caused that plane to crash. reporting live in the sat center, trish hartman channel6 "action news." monica. >> thank you, trish. >>> a 16-year-old young man is accused of killing four people in monmouth county, new jersey. police say the teen shot his own parents, his 18-year-old sister and a family friend in long branch. the alleged shooter's name is not being released because of his age. investigators will explain -- try to explain where he got the weapon used in those crimes coming up tonight at 5:30. >> well, the new year brings a major policy change for the u.s. military. starting today, the pentagon will beg