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JERUSALEM, Israel - Monday marks the 16th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks on Manhattan's World Trade Center. On that infamous day, people across the globe watched in disbelief as two hijacked jet airliners crashed into the twin towers. A short time later, a third hit the Pentagon and a fourth airliner, headed to Capitol Hill or the White House, crashed in a field in Pennsylvania. https://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/israel/2017/september/israel-remembers-victims-of-9-11

ASU President Michael Crow will receive a humanitarian award for his accomplishments and vision as the university's president by the Jewish National Fund.

North Shore local Wendy Abrams, a past Campaign Chair and president of the Jewish United Fund's Women's Board and Young Women's Board, has been installed as Chair of the Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA) National Women's Philanthropy Board.

Vivian Grossman of Weston dedicated a plaque in honor of a fallen Israeli solider that was recently unveiled during a ceremony that she participated in at Ammunition Hill in Israel.

Jerusalem may seem an unlikely location for Israel's first aquarium - the city is approximately 850 meters above sea level, with no natural bodies of water in the area. But Shai Doron, CEO of the capital's Tisch Family Zoological Gardens, says that as a major contributor to the national biodiversity plan and as Israel's capital, the zoo was by far the most logical place for the marine center.

Boca Raton philanthropists Jane and Alan Cornell recently provided financial support to the Jewish National Fund to help build a child care center at the new state-of-the-art medical center JNF has built in the Halutza region in Israel.

Chairman Michael Saywitz and 75 local members of the Jewish National Fund (JNF) enjoyed their gold medal 2016 Annual Dining, Scotch & Cigar celebration held at board member Joel Johnson's Rancho Mirage estate. Olympic swimming champion, Mark Spitz shared stories of his nine gold medals from the terrorist tarnished Munich Olympics.

In honour of Canada's 150th birthday, The CJN presents 40 profiles of some of the most prominent Jewish Canadians throughout our history. Despite his enormous professional success and influence on many Canadian institutions, it's the simpler things that friends remember about Edwin Goodman.

The Jewish National Fund (JNF) has embraced the power of the media, and has seen enormous success in its mission and in membership growth as a result.

Delray Beach residents and philanthropists Judi and Allan Schuman have given a gift of $1 million to the Boca Raton-based Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County.