'Mideast Update' to be topic at meeting Martin Raffel, senior associate executive director, Jewish Council for Public Affairs (JCPA), will be the guest speaker at an East Brunswick Hadassah program set for 7:45 p.m. on Jan. 10 at the East Brunswick Jewish Center, 511 Ryders Lane. Raffel, who has served as senior associate director and director of the JCPA Task Force on Israel and Other International Concerns for the past 20 years, will offer a presentation titled "Mideast Update." Topics will include Iran, the recent national intelligence estimate on Iran's nuclear capability and the recent Annapolis conference. The meeting is free and open to the public. For more information, call Linda at (732) 238-0877.