Politics
Florida Poll: Clinton Would Defeat Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio in 2016
Politico- Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton would win Florida against both Sen. Marco Rubio and former Gov. Jeb Bush in the 2016 presidential election, a new poll finds. If the election were held today, Clinton would top Bush 50 percent to 43 percent, and she would best Rubio 53 percent to 41 percent, according to Wednesday’s survey from Quinnipiac. Read full story.
May 30, 2013 12:07 pm
NYPD: Letter Containing Ricin Sent to Mayor Bloomberg
Politico – Letters sent to New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and his anti-gun violence...
May 29, 2013 8:46 am
House Oversight Committee Chairman Issues Subpoenas for Benghazi Emails
Fox News – Republican Rep. Darrell Issa issued subpoenas Tuesday for a host of State...
May 29, 2013 8:40 am
Former CIA Director: Boston Marathon Bombings Couldn’t Have Happened in New York
The Hill – A terror attack like the bombing of the Boston Marathon would never have...
May 29, 2013 8:30 am
Poll: Anthony Weiner Marks Gains in New York Mayoral Primary
Politico – Former Rep. Anthony Weiner has slashed away at front-runner Christine Quinn’s...
May 28, 2013 1:50 am
Kerry Holds Surprise Meetings with Livni, Abbas in Jordan
Jerusalem Post – US Secretary of State John Kerry held separate surprise meetings in...
May 28, 2013 1:39 am
New York’s Orthodox Jewish Voters Skeptical of Anthony Weiner
Politicker – Anthony Weiner’s newly-minted mayoral campaign is humming along and ...
May 28, 2013 12:58 am
Israel’s Deputy Foreign Minister Says His Ideology Reflects ‘Real Positions’ of Most Israelis
Fox News – Zeev Elkin has faced a wave of criticism since he was made the de facto...
May 27, 2013 9:46 am
Washington Democrats Advise Obama Administration Beset by Scandals
The Hill – Batten down the hatches and wait for the storm to clear. That’s the advice...
May 27, 2013 9:33 am
Charedi Draft Bill Provisions Disputed by Peri Committee Members
Jerusalem Post – Several members of the Peri Committee – which has been tasked with...
May 27, 2013 9:13 am
Kerry Touts Possible $4 Billion Plan to Boost Palestinian Authority Economy
Politico – Secretary of State John Kerry said Sunday he believes a plan potentially...
May 24, 2013 2:18 pm
Kerry Cites ‘Skepticism’ on Latest Trip to Revive Israel-Palestinian Peace Process
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, making his fourth trip to Israel in four months to revive...
May 24, 2013 1:57 pm
Israel’s Jewish Home Party to Support Charedi Draft Bill
Ynet – Sources with Habayit Hayehudi said Thursday that the party intended to vote in...
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Personalities Sports
NBA Finals a Time to Remember Legendary Jewish Coach Red Auerbach
JNS.org - At the start of each nationally televised game of the 2013 NBA Finals between the San Antonio Spurs and the Miami Heat, ABChas aired a film-clip montage of basketball’s great players and coaches—a montage that includes Jewish coach Arnold “Red” Auerbach, the mastermind behind nine championship teams for the Boston Celtics. Red was one of four children of Marie and Hyman Auerbach. Hyman was a Russian-Jewish immigrant who left Belarus when he was 13. The couple owned a deli and [...]
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Arts and Culture Jewish History
The Marx Brothers and Jewish Identity
JNS.org - The sons of Jewish immigrants from Germany and France, the Marx Brothers became zany masters of stage and screen who continue to captivate audiences. But in addition to providing comic relief, their films captured the drama of the entry of their marginalized religion into the U.S. Wayne Koestenbaum, author of the 2012 book The Anatomy of Harpo Marx, explains that the Marx Brothers’ Jewishness as a family “was evident, marked, thoroughly legible.” “Within a family already marked as Jewish within [...]
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Arts and Culture Jewish Identity
SuperJew
For my shekels, the question of whether the comic book character Superman, is Jewish or not shouldn’t even be questioned. Born and named Kal-El by his father Jor-El, “El” is one of the ancient names for God used throughout the bible and found in great prophets such as Samue-el, Dani-el and angels Micha-el and Gavri-el and of course, Isra-el. As Simcha Weinstein in his entertaining book, “Up, Up And Oy Vey” points out, “Kal” is the root of several Hebrew [...]
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Israel Sports
Formula 1 Road Show Thrills Jerusalem
JNS.org – Some 100,000 people attended Israel’s first-ever Formula 1 Road Show in Jerusalem on Thursday and Friday. For several hours, the controversies that normally characterize Jerusalem were put aside, and a diverse mosaic of Israelis watched up close as the motor-sport stars temporarily conquered the city. “It was an amazing experience, the most fast and furious thing I have seen,” spectator Masada Porat told Israel Hayom. “It was a rare, extreme event that explodes in your face.” Spectator Irena [...]
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Book Reviews Jewish Identity
Klara’s Journey Casts Jews in Fast-Paced Adventure Through Russian History
JNS.org – “If you’re sick, move away. Have some consideration for others,” a red army soldier scolds a slow-moving old man selling train tickets. “No, fires back the old man, proud, haughty, not realizing it’s a new country, a Bolshevik country where force heads the list instead of civility,” reads the following line in Ben G. Frank’s new novel, Klara’s Journey, released June 1. Reminiscent of Boris Pasternak’s Dr. Zhivago—whose backdrop is also a train ride across the Russian frontier during the [...]
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Personalities Theater
Nora Ephron, Famed Jewish Screenwriter, Remembered Through Tribeca Film Festival Prize
JNS.org – For filmmaker Meera Menon, no honor could have been more fitting than winning the inaugural award named after famed Jewish screenwriter and novelist Nora Ephron, the woman whose work inspired her. At the recent 2013 Tribeca Film Festival, Menon was named the first recipient of the $25,000 Nora Ephron Prize, given to a writer or director whose work embodies that of the late Ephron, who wrote the scripts for a number of hit films, including “When Harry Met [...]
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Book Reviews Personalities
Book Review: ‘Jewish Jordan’ Memoir an Important Guide for Players and Coaches
JNS.org – Despite his friends’ and family’s doubts that a young Orthodox Jewish athlete could ever play college or professional basketball without compromising his religious values, between 1999 and 2009 the “Jewish Jordan” defied conventional wisdom and found his place on the court. In his new memoir, Jewish Jordan’s Triple Threat, Tamir Goodman describes his triumphs and disappointments in life, crediting his practice of Judaism for shaping his identity as an athlete and his understanding of basketball as a team sport. [...]
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Blogs Sports
Omri Casspi, ‘Jewish Jordan’ Partner on Basketball Camps to Inspire Youths On and Off the Court
Tamir Goodman (left) and NBA forward Omri Casspi—pictured on the court of the United Center, home of the Chicago Bulls—together run basketball camps that seek to inspire youths on and off the court. Photo: Courtesy Tamir Goodman. JNS.org – Before last year, basketball camps for Jewish youths never had an instructor quite like Omri Casspi, a forward for the National Basketball Association’s (NBA) Cleveland Cavaliers and the first Israeli-born player in NBA history. Casspi is a de facto ambassador for [...]
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